Software-defined networks

Speaker: Ronny Lam

Abstract

Software Defined Networking is the new kid on the block in networkingland. In this presentation Ronny will give an introduction to and an overview of SDN, covering the following subjects:

• What is SDN? How is it different from what we have been doing for 25 years?
• What is OpenFlow and how does it relate to SDN?
• Business and operational drivers behind SDN
• Overlay- and underlay-networks
• Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
• OpenDayLight Project
• How to start playing with SDN

Warning: do not enter this presentation if you are afraid of Unicorns.

Biografie

Ronny started his career in networking some 20 years ago and joined Snow B.V. not much later. He developed a networking team within Snow and did consulting for the large Dutch Cable Operators. Provisioning of networks has always been his main focus and that's why he joined NetYCE a couple of years ago. Ronny embraced the recent rise of DevOps and Software Defined Networking, which started the so much needed (r)evolution of the network.