Greater Network Agility

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Greater Network Agility

Enabling Modern IT Environments

NEC's ProgrammableFlow® networking suite achieves greater organizational agility.

As a pioneer of the first commercially available Software-Defined Networking (SDN) solution using OpenFlow protocol, our technology enables full network virtualization and allows enterprises, data centers and service providers to easily deploy, control, monitor and manage secure multi-tenant network infrastructure.

NEC Is A Recognized SDN Solution Provider

IDC
A New Enterprise Network Architecture: Empowering
the Smart Enterprise
IDC
NEC Reinforces Commitment
to OpenFlow-Based SDN
IHS
Data Center & Enterprise SDN:
Vendor Leadership Analysis Excerpts
ESG
NEC Programmableflow:
Simple, Open Scalable Networking

NEC SDN Solutions Find Applications In A Multitude Of Fields

Higher Education
Higher Education
Ryukoku University
Healthcare
Healthcare
Nagoya City University Hospital
Kanazaw University Hospital
Transportation
Transportation
East Japan Railway Company
West Nippon Expressway Company Limited

Use Case
Construction Materials
Manufacturer/Supplier
Manufacturer/Supplier
Takeuchi Manufacturing. Co., Ltd
VOXX International


Use Cases
Lighting Equipment
Automotive Components
Design
Research & Design
NS Solutions Corporation

Why NEC SDN Now?

Our ProgrammableFlow SDN solutions provide a network-wide programmable interface and by unifying the deployment and management of network services delivers:


Performance
10/40G open compute switching.
Non-blocking network.
Multipath.

Security
Micro-segmentation.
Network service insertion.
Smart ACLs.

Manageability
Zero-touch configuration.
Network topology visualization.
End-to-end flow visibility.

Scalability
Up to 10,000 switches.
640,000 L2 networks.
19M Endpoints.

Availability
Redundant control channel.
Highly available.
Controller cluster.

 

Examples of NEC Solutions

On Demand Campus Network
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SDN Unified Communication
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Automatic Cyber
Defense
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Data Center
Cross-Connect
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Software Products

SDN
Controller

SDN Unified
Network Coordinator

PFTAP
Controller

Hardware Products

5240
ProgrammableFlow Switches

5248
ProgrammableFlow Switches

5340
ProgrammableFlow Switches

QX-S5200 Series
PoE+ Gigabit Ethernet Switches

QX-S4100 Series
PoE+ Gigabit Ethernet Switches

Third-Party
ProgrammableFlow
Switches

A Recognized SDN Leader

"It takes a company like NEC, with the courage and commitment to introduce enterprise-class products, to give SDN a chance to prove itself in the very difficult and challenging enterprise IT environment."

Steven Hill
Best of Interop Lead Judge

Some Of Our Recent Recognitions

Our Commitment To SDN Collaboration

In support of the company's ongoing commitment to SDN and its SDN award-winning ProgrammableFlow networking solutions, NEC works with organizations that are equally dedicated to the transformation of networks and data center management through the use of OpenFlow protocol.

Some of our key collaborators

A Founding Member Of ONF


ONF is a user-driven organization that emphasizes an open, collaborative development process and is dedicated to the promotion and adoption of SDN through open standards development.

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Help Shape The Future Of SDN


Join the NEC SDN Partner Space, an open SDN applications ecosystem, and help redefine the rules imposed by traditional flat networks and shape tomorrow's virtualized network environment.

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