
Big Switch Networks, the leader in bringing hyperscale-inspired
networking to data centers worldwide, today announced significant
updates to its SDN-based Big Monitoring Fabric and Big Cloud Fabric
solutions. The new releases provide broader support for key customer use
cases in security monitoring, network function virtualization (NFV) and
IP storage, as well as support for the latest open networking switches.
Furthermore, with enhancements to visibility, troubleshooting and
automated network operations, Big Switch continues its rapid pace of
innovation to transform data center networking.
To learn more about Big Monitoring Fabric 5.7, and Big Cloud Fabric 3.6, please register for a webinar June 29th at 10am PDT: http://go.bigswitch.com/16Q2WebinarLaunch_Reg.html
New capabilities in Big Monitoring Fabric include advanced
feature additions to the Big Switch DPDK service node and enhanced
network services for out-of-band network monitoring to achieve pervasive
network visibility and security. Big Cloud Fabric updates include
deeper integration with VMware vSphere®, and support for Red Hat
OpenStack Platform 8, with a recently completed 300 node scale benchmark
validation test with Dell & Red Hat. Big Switch is also announcing
support for the latest open networking switches based on Broadcom
Trident-II+ and Tomahawk ASICs, including copper 10G (10GbT) and
higher-density 64x40G to double the scale of both SDN fabric solutions.
With these new capabilities, Big Switch delivers next-generation network
visibility and automation to any company, any workload, at any scale.
"This has been an extremely rewarding period for the company
as we continue to earn the trust of customers around the world who are
increasingly selecting Big Switch technologies to modernize their data
centers," said Douglas Murray, CEO, Big Switch Networks. "We understand
the importance of innovation velocity and are rapidly adding
transformational capabilities in support of our mission to make
hyperscale-inspired networking available to anyone."