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ONF launches; come see at Interop http://goo.gl/tPZ8X #Interop (via@opennetfound)

By Dan Pitt | Published: May 8, 2011
After some months getting organized under the covers, the Open Networking Foundation launched officially on March 22, 2011 with six board members and 17 other members. Since then another nine companies have joined. A complete list of current members can be seen at www.OpenNetworkingFoundation.org. [Full disclosure: I am dedicated fulltime to ONF as executive director.] [...]
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And now what? OpenFlow!

By Dan Pitt | Published: March 18, 2011
My eye-tracking chapter has ended and while I’ve enjoyed in recent months mentoring some very interesting startups that range from hardware acceleration to retail shopping acceleration one phenomenon that has really captured my attention is OpenFlow (www.openflow.org). OpenFlow is actually a specific example of a larger movement called Software Defined Networking. In other words, putting [...]
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    Perhaps we met at the Plug and Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale (where I was an executive in residence), at Santa Clara University (where I served as dean of engineering), or at Nortel, Bay Networks, HP, or IBM. In California, North Carolina, or Switzerland. Or prowling Downtown Palo Alto restaurants, but that's another website.