2012 Speaker List
Hear from IT leaders and industry experts in more than 100 sessions at the leading business technology event.
Matthew Davy
Chief Network Architect and Executive Director, InCNTRE
Sessions
OpenFlow and Software Defined Networks: What Are They and Why do You Care?
Location: Lagoon J
Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 2:00 PM-3:00 PM
The vast majority of IT organizations are in the process of re-designing their data center LANs. Most likely the best approach for IT organizations to take is a continuation of what they have always done. But what if it isn’t? What if the best approach is something very different? Recently OpenFlow and Software Defined Networks have been getting a lot of attention as providing an alternative approach to network design. The panelists in this session will discuss those techniques. Are they the same thing with different names? What specific problems are solved by these techniques and when will they become mainstream solutions?
