While big networking technology vendors like Cisco and Brocade are certainly in the thick of these changes, startups like Big Switch Networks, Midokura and Versa Networks are setting the pace for ...

Big Switch said the new software, slated for general availability during the second half of the year, frees customers from being locked down to a specific networking vendor or architecture.

It takes a collaborative effort for the silicon vendor and OEM vendor to make a complete network switch product. There is more effort involved to integrate the silicon vendor SDK and own Network ...