GEC NEWS WIREBrocade joins CERN openlab to develop SDN solutions & support future infrastructure requirements
Brocade would be working with CERN openlab, a unique public-private partnership between CERN and leading ICT companies from across the world, on a long-term software-defined networking (SDN) strategy for the New IP.
Brocade has been named an official networking contributor member to CERN openlab, building on its previous relationship as a technology supplier to CERN. Given the volumes of research data generated at CERN, the current network infrastructure is not flexible, scalable and efficient enough to meet the current and future traffic demands. Incorporating the Brocade SDN Controller, Brocade Flow Optimizer and Brocade MLXe routers and ICX switches, the Brocade solution will proactively increase network efficiency, improve resource utilization, mitigate attacks, and significantly reduce congestion of the CERN network. In addition to future-proofing the network, Brocade will also create enhanced user interfaces for its solutions, giving collaborators at CERN the ability to view graphical charts and visualizations showing real-time and historical traffic information.
Kelly Herrell, senior vice president and general manager, Software Networking at Brocade stated, “CERN openlab’s commitment to open source technology is a key part of what has made it an IT pioneer over the last 14 years. As a founding member of the OpenDaylight Project, Brocade has been leading the industry’s transition to open SDN.”
Alberto Di Meglio, head of CERN openlab, commented, “As one of the most complex machines ever built, the Large Hadron Collider requires cutting-edge ICT solutions both to control its operations and to analyze the vast amounts of data produced by the experiments. This means that we are often at the very forefront of what is possible in terms of network and infrastructure management.”
