NEC to Host Live, Multi-Vendor Software Defined Network Demo at Interop Las Vegas
Interoperable OpenFlow network solution features Brocade, Extreme Networks, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, and Radware controlled by award-winning NEC ProgrammableFlow
Irving, Texas – April 26, 2012 – NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a leading provider and integrator of advanced communication and IT solutions, will host a software-defined networking (SDN) interoperability demo at Interop Las Vegas 2012, May 8-10 in booth 815 at the Mandalay Bay. Multiple leading system and networking vendors will be shown operating with a single, programmable network, where services are delivered independent of hardware. In addition, NEC is showcasing its latest cloud-based data center solutions.
SDN Interoperability Demo
In this presentation, NEC and its partners will demonstrate the benefits of SDN while leveraging the OpenFlow standard in a multi-vendor network environment. Solutions demonstrated include the NEC ProgrammableFlow Controller 2.0 – a Best of Interop Las Vegas 2012 Finalist in the Management, Monitoring and Testing category – and joint network virtualization solution with Windows Server 2012.
Title: SDN Interoperability Demo
Participants: NEC, IBM System Networking, Microsoft, Intel, Brocade, Extreme Networks,
Radware
Hosts: Don Clark, Director of Business Development, NEC Corporation of America
Su-Hun YUN, Senior Manager of Business Development, NEC Corporation of America
When: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Where: NEC Corporation of America Booth #815
NEC Booth #815 Demonstrations
Demonstrations include world-class NEC infrastructure, including server, storage and network, Cloud in a Vault (CiaV), Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) as well as the ProgrammableFlow 2.0 Product Suite.
When: Tuesday, May 8 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 8 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 10 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Where: NEC Corporation of America Booth #815
Theater Presentation
Title: Building an Open Fabric for Data Center Networks with OpenFlow
Abstract: Modern data center networks need a high performance and scalable network fabric architecture for server and storage interconnectivity. OpenFlow and Software Defined Networking offer an open strategy in building such a fabric. What are the unique benefits of an OpenFlow based fabric vs. a proprietary protocol based fabric? How do you architect a data center network with OpenFlow based fabric? This session will provide key understanding of the disruptive power of an OpenFlow network fabric in delivering seamless scale, security, agility and network virtualization.
Speaker: Samrat Ganguly, Senior Network Architect, IT Platform, NEC Corporation of America
When: 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Where: Mandalay Bay L
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About NEC Corporation of America
Headquartered in Irving, Texas, NEC Corporation of America is a leading provider of innovative IT, network, communications and biometrics products and solutions for service carriers, Fortune 1000 and SMB businesses across multiple vertical industries, including Healthcare, Government, Education and Hospitality. NEC Corporation of America delivers one of the industry's broadest portfolios of technology solutions and professional services, including unified communications, wireless, voice and data, managed services, server and storage infrastructure, optical and virtualized network systems, microwave radio communications and biometric security. NEC Corporation of America is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, a global technology leader with a presence in over 44 countries and more than $37.5 billion in revenues. For more information, please visit www.necam.com.
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