Barefoot Networks is on a mission, and it is a simple one: To give datacenter switches the same kind of openness and programmability that X86 servers have enjoyed for decades in the datacenter. With ...

High-performing programmable networks empower communications service providers (CSPs) to steer network behavior, aligning it with diverse business goals for optimal outcomes Seven new 5G Advanced ...

If you’ve been catching up on Stranger Things, you might be primed for some ’80s nostalgia. So, let’s go back to 1984, when John Gage, an early Sun Microsystems employee, coined the phrase “the ...

A team of RIT computer science researchers has created a new programmable switch that significantly reduces lookup time, helping to improve router performance by more than 100 percent. The team ...

It's been a while since we caught up with Nick McKeown, chief scientist at Barefoot Networks. Read on to find out McKeown's startup routine, his plans for P4, and his take on the state of OpenFlow.

Henry Calvert joined the GSMA in December 2013, and is responsible for the delivery of the Future Networks program. A key program of the GSMA’s strategic focus, to deliver industry scale for IP ...

The network is ever the bottleneck in information technology. Silicon Valley has waited around for years as rumors of an open, programmable network made the rounds. Now networking startups are ...

The rise of programmable networks has changed the role of the network engineer, and accepting those changes is key to career advancement. Network engineers need to become software fluent and embrace ...

It would be very difficult indeed to find a better general manager for Intel’s newly constituted Network and Edge Group networking business than Nick McKeown, and Pat Gelsinger, the chief executive ...

CEO Borje Ekholm highlighted stable organic sales and strong growth in the Americas, with gross margin at 48.5% and EBITA margin at 12.6%. He emphasized progress in programmable networks, citing new ...

Changing networks require changing skills. Learn how some IT pros are developing network programming skills to navigate the shift to software-defined networking (SDN) and respond to the increasing ...