Press Releases

February 19, 2013

InCNTRE Hosts First Vendor PlugFest to Test Big Switch Networks Controller

INDIANAPOLIS, ID — February 19, 2013 — The Indiana Center for Network Translational Research and Education (InCNTRE) at Indiana University is hosting its first single-controller vendor Software-Defined Networking (SDN) Lab PlugFest this Feb. 19-21 in Indianapolis.

February 08, 2013

Big Switch Networks Receives Intel Capital Investment for Software-Defined Networking and Network Virtualization

Mountain View, CA – February 8, 2013 – Big Switch Networks today announced that Intel Capital has invested in the company’s Series B funding, bringing the total amount raised to date to over $45 million from investors including Goldman Sachs, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Redpoint Ventures and ot

November 13, 2012

Big Switch Networks Ships First Open Software-Defined Networking Product Suite to Accelerate Network Transformation

SDN Embraced by Fidelity Investments, Goldman Sachs and the SDN Industry’s Largest Partner Ecosystem

November 09, 2012

Dan Talayco Appointed to ONF Technical Advisory Group

Big Switch Networks Dan Talayco Appointed to Open Networking Foundation Technical Advisory Group

October 30, 2012

Big Switch Networks Raises $25M Series B

PALO ALTO, CA – October 31, 2012 – Big Switch Networks™, the leading platform-independent Software-Defined Networking (SDN) company has closed a $25M Series B funding led by Redpoint Ventures and joined by Goldman Sachs, and existing investors Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and others.

October 08, 2012

Big Switch Networks Appoints Network Industry Veterans to Lead Marketing and Sales Efforts as SDN Market Explodes

Big Switch Networks Appoints Network Industry Veterans to Lead Marketing and Sales Efforts as SDN Market Explodes  

September 30, 2012

Big Switch Networks Rob Sherwood Appointed Chair of Open Networking Foundation’s OpenFlow Architecture & Framework Working Group and Design Team

Big Switch Networks™, the leading platform-independent Software-Defined Networking (SDN) vendor, announced the appointment of Rob Sherwood as the chair of the Open Networking Foundation’s (ONF) new Architecture & Framework Working Group (ArchWG).

August 20, 2012

Big Switch Networks Delivers Over 6000 Downloads of the Apache- Licensed Floodlight Controller and APIs Creating the Largest Software-Defined Networking Ecosystem

Open Source Floodlight Ecosystem to Impact $3B Application and Switch Markets with OpenFlow-based SDN Solutions

July 10, 2012

Big Switch Networks Extends Software Defined Networking Controller to OpenStack Developers

IT enterprises can now manage multi-tenant OpenStack networks through physical and virtual OpenFlow-enabled network devices

June 06, 2012

Big Switch Announces OpenFlow-based Overlays In “Corona” Beta Release

OpenFlow SDN vision of “any machine anywhere” now compatible with any physical network

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