About OpenFlow

The OpenFlow Switching Consortium was created in 2008 to evangelize and support OpenFlow. Although hosted at Stanford University, our goal is for OpenFlow to be owned by the community – for the betterment of research and innovation in networking.

The Stanford OpenFlow Team

The OpenFlow Switch Consortium is a group of university researchers and network administrators. Membership is free, and open to anyone who doesn’t work for a network equipment vendor (to prevent conflict of interest). Our goal is to promote research and innovation in networking, particularly in the networks we use everyday in our universities. The consortium proposes that the Ethernet switches and routers we deploy in our universities – in wiring closets, basements and computer centers – should support the OpenFlow feature. OpenFlow allows a researcher to experiment with new functionality in their own network; for example, to add a new routing protocol, a new management technique, a novel packet processing algorithm, or even – eventually – alternatives to IP.

OpenFlow in the Press

• Technology Review – Cracking Open Internet Hardware – 11/5/2008
• Computerworld Poland – OpenFlow optymalizuje pracę sieci komputerowych – 11/3/2008
• Computerworld Portugal – Investigadores testam tecnologia avançada de controlo de redes – 11/3/2008
• Networkworld Italy - Da Stanford una tecnologia per rivoluzionare il controllo delle reti – 11/3/2008
• CW Japan – 米スタンフォード大学の研究者がトラフィック処理能力を高める「OpenFlow」技術を発表 – 10/30/2008
• IDS Spain – Un grupo de investigadores desarrolla una tecnología avanzada de control de red - 10/30/2008
• IDG Sweden – Kontrollera flödet med ny nätverksteknik - 10/30/2008
• Networkworld – Researchers show off advanced network control technology – 10/29/2008
• NEC Press Release – NEC Successfully Conducts a Trans-Pacific Demonstration… – 10/29/2008
• Stanford Press Release – New Technology Makes Internet Switches, Routers Open… – 10/28/2008