Breaking Down Barriers to SDN

HP looks to create new business opportunities for partners, and providing a simple way for customers to purchase and deploy network services with its launch of enterprise-class software-defined networking (SDN) open ecosystem with the HP SDN Developer Kit (SDK) and the HP SDN App Store.

Legacy network rollout typically requires months of extensive human middleware and customization, delaying potential application deployment while limiting agility. SDN promises to automate network operations, however closed, proprietary SDN technologies inhibit innovation, prevent interoperability and limit creation of a marketplace. An open SDN ecosystem and application development platform can unlock innovation as well as enable collaboration.

One of our biggest priorities is delivering new innovations that keep pace with customer demands for new services, said Ricardo Pedreti, data networking marketing manager, Telefonica Vivo Corporate Customers.

The HP SDN Developer Kit provides developers the essential tools to create, test and validate SDN applications, leveraging HPs SDN infrastructure and full complement of support services. The HP SDN App Store lets customers browse, search, purchase and directly download SDN applications onto their Virtual Application Networks SDN controller, creating a new business model for how network services are purchased and implemented.

With SDN the networking industry has an opportunity to disruptively innovate and is now primed for a monumental leap forward, said Prakash Krishnamoorthy, country manager, HP Networking India. HP has created the industrys most comprehensive SDN product portfolio as well as an open SDN ecosystem, which offers an environment for enterprises and partners to rapidly tune the network to their business and application needs.

Current SDN ecosystem partners registered for the HP SDN Developer Kit include Aastra, Blue Coat Systems, BlueCat, Citrix Systems, Ecode Networks, F5, Infoblox, Infranics, Intel, Microsoft, MIMOS, PwC, Qosmos, Radware, Real Status, Riverbed, RMIT University, ShoreTel Inc., SAP, Tech Mahindra, VMware, Versatile and Websense.

Enterprise customers create a secure, private portal accessible only by employees to download and run the HP VAN SDN controller via their private server environment for customers.

To complement this open SDN ecosystem, HP has added OpenFlow support to 10 new routers in the HP FlexNetwork portfolio, including the HP MSR2000, 3000, 4000 and HP Virtual Services Router (VSR) Series routers. These additions build on the existing OpenFlow enabled portfolio of 50 switches, representing more than 25 million installed ports. View the full list of partners on the HP SDN Ecosystem Partners web page.

HP SDN App Store will be available the first half of 2014 whereas HP SDN Developer Kit will be available in November 2013

HP SDN Developer Support will be available in November 2013. HP SDN Apps Services and Support, and Services and Support for the HP OpenFlow products will be available in the first half of 2014.

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