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• SDN thinking lags behind technology, VMware's Casado says

  Most enterprises need help moving beyond traditional networks, the SDN pioneer said

• HP pivots, says open sourcing SDNs is right

  Seven months after dismissing OpenDaylight, HP has raised its membership in the vendor-driven open source SDN consortium to its highest and most expensive tier.

• Little-known Cisco open source project among contributors to OpenStack Neutron policy blueprint

  Multiple vendors, including an open source project within Cisco, have had a policy blueprint approved for the OpenStack cloud platform's Neutron networking component.

• SDN start-up targets enterprise WAN complexity

  An SDN start-up this week emerged from stealth mode to propose a software-defined answer to challenges vexing administrators of an enterprise WAN.

• Michael Dell: On SDNs and networking for the masses

  Dell is synonymous with home and business PCs, and datacentre servers. Yet Dell also has an ambitious software-defined networking activity underway called the Open Networking Initiative, where it partners with SDN software companies like Cumulus Networks and Big Switch Networks to bundle operating systems and applications on Dell switches.

• Cisco, VMware take SDN battle to policy arena

  The focus in SDNs and programmable networking is shifting to application policy, an area where vendors can instill their unique architectures and maintain customer dependency.

• Cisco looks at extending OpFlex alternative

  Cisco says it is looking into extending its OpFlex policy protocol, unveiled this week at Interop, to legacy platforms such as the Catalyst 6500.

• Interop 2014: Mobile is here, Cloud is next, SDN is coming

  Interop, one of the premier shows for networking each year, kicked off its general session on Wednesday proclaiming that a new era of IT is upon the world, led by a mobile revolution and supported by cloud computing. And more change is on the way as software-defined networking quickly matures into a platform for enterprises to seriously consider.

• Cisco reveals OpenFlow SDN killer

  At Interop this week, Cisco is unveiling an alternative to OpenFlow for software-defined networking and proposing it as a standard, while adding it as a vital component of the company's new programmable architecture.

• In Pictures: Hot products at Interop

  These products are on display at the annual tech conference in Vegas.

• Alcatel-Lucent ups the ante in unified access

  At Interop this week, Alcatel-Lucent updated its wired/wireless unified access portfolio with a new access switch, and SDN and application analytics extensions.

• Extreme binds Enterasys gear tighter to its own

  Extreme Networks has unveiled a software architecture for building SDNs and enabling interoperability between its technology and that of recent acquisition Enterasys.

• HP bucks up unified access line to better battle Cisco, others

  HP this week at the annual Interop Las Vegas conference is rolling out extensions to its unified access wired/wireless product portfolio designed to deliver consistent operation and management across the mixed infrastructure.

• SDN changing the shape of networking, IT careers

  Cisco recently announced new certifications for its Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) programmable networking initiative, its response to software-defined networking. The certifications are designed to tailor new roles for IT practitioners looking to transition their company's infrastructures to programmable, application policy driven, SDN-type environments.

• Dell unveils fabric switch, SDN controller

  Dell this week rolled out products designed to help customers build and scale cloud environments.