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June 28, 2013

Q & A: How Real-Time and Scheduled Events Can Drive Network Optimization

by Daniel Tardent

Our SDN Central DemoFriday Webinar is Now Online Earlier this month, we co-hosted an SDN Central DemoFriday webinar with Plexxi Inc. to demonstrate our joint software-defined networking (SDN) driven dynamic packet-optical data center network. If you weren’t able to catch the show, you can go to the SDNCentral DemoFriday site to view the video and download the accompanying PowerPoint slides. […]

June 13, 2013

Last Chance! Free Webinar on How Real-Time and Scheduled Events Can Drive Network Optimization

by Tamsin Douglas

Earlier this week, CALIENT and Plexxi Inc. announced a webinar demonstrating our joint software-defined networking (SDN) driven dynamic packet-optical data center network. The free webinar will be held this Friday, June 14, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. PST. As part of SDN Central’s Demo Friday series, Andre Viera, Plexxi’s Director of Product Management and Daniel Tardent, CALIENT’s Vice President of Marketing, […]

June 5, 2013

Data Center Knowledge Spreads Word On Hybrid Packet-Optical Circuit Switch Networks

by Daniel Tardent

At a recent software-defined networking tradeshow someone told me that CALIENT’s demo stood out because it really conveyed concrete benefits of adopting SDN. That demo was of the SDN-powered hybrid packet-optical circuit switch networks for data centers. In a further effort to get the word out about hybrid data center networks, Data Center Knowledge recently published an article that we […]

June 4, 2013

Update from ONS: Networking Innovation Driving SDN Market

by Daniel Tardent

I was at the Open Network Summit last month where attendees were very much engaged in the growth of software-defined networking (SDN) and the promise the technology offers for innovative solutions for data center and carrier networks alike. From my vantage point at our booth, roaming the show floor, and attending conference sessions, I could hear genuine interest in the […]