{"id":652415,"date":"2013-04-15T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=630874"},"modified":"2013-04-15T09:00:49","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T13:00:49","slug":"networking-startup-noviflow-announces-fast-openflow-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/652415","title":{"rendered":"Networking startup NoviFlow announces fast OpenFlow switch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Networking startup NoviFlow<\/a> is trying to get ahead in the OpenFlow networking\u00a0race by bringing out a switch capable of running on the OpenFlow 1.3 protocol at up to 200 Gbps.<\/p>\n

More and more IT people are coming to understand and express interest in implementing OpenFlow, which separates the control plane from the data plane and lets servers take charge of telling switches what to do with packets. As the trend takes hold, NoviFlow will surely have to put up with fierce competition, as more vendors move to make their switches OpenFlow-compatible and as OpenFlow-friendly code from the OpenDaylight Project<\/a> hits the market.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0news comes a year after NoviFlow was founded and just a few months after NoviFlow promised switches that could deliver 100 Mbps. Clearly NoviFlow is serious about capturing marketshare as enterprises consider OpenFlow options<\/a> and at least think about moving away from legacy vendors such as Cisco.<\/p>\n

Cisco, of course, downplays the threat to its bread-and-butter business and is taking steps to\u00a0protect its market-leading position<\/a> in switches and routers and enviable profit margins.<\/p>\n

“I don’t see this (software-defined networking and network-function virtualization) as a commoditization threat whatsoever to Cisco,” said David Ward, Cisco’s chief technology officer for engineering and chief architect, during a call with investors on Thursday. Startups like NoviFlow are hoping to prove Ward wrong.<\/p>\n

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