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• Network owners/operators face real challenges– scale and management => capex and opex

• Networking has to and will change – Give more control to network owners/operators– Enable and accelerate innovation and customization

• SDN is the solution of choice – Owners/operators want to deploy it – Vendors stepping up to provide products/solutions

• SDN has to mature to deliver on the promise– OpenFlow protocol, switches, and SDN software stackAnd it will with all this community interest & participation

My Takeaways

“OpenFlow and Software Defined Networking (SDN) are not only here to stay, but they will

define the future of networking.”

Art Fewell, Network World, 10/18/2011

Jonathan Heiliger

Until recently VP Tech Operations, Facebook

Founding Director of Open Networking Foundation

Has been a champion of OpenFlow/SDN and its potential

Dan Pitt

IBM

HP

Bay

Nortel

TCP/IP

ATM

LAN 802

DAVIC

IETF

IEEE

DAVIC

ATM Forum

Experience Expertise Connections Some Grey Hair