Software Defined Networking

Pizza, beer, and mingling.

"Introduction to SDN/Openflow"
Xin Huang (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/xin-huang/29/256/748) - Sr. Research Scientist/Technologist, Cyan, Inc.

"SDN/OpenFlow: Challenges and Opportunities"
Sriram Natarajan (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sriram-natarajan/5/1a6/b48/) - Sr. Researcher, NTT Innovation Institute, Inc.

Lightning talk: "#include "
Nils Swart (http://www.linkedin.com/in/nilsswart) - Director, Plexxi

"Performance Aware SDN"
Peter Phaal (http://www.linkedin.com/in/peterphaal) - sFlow standard co-author, http://sFlow.org

Software Defined Networking (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_defined_networking), or SDN, has become a hot topic in the last few years, probably driven by the need for flexibility in reconfiguring networks in cloud environments. The basic idea is to be able to change my network without having to manually configure hardware or do any rewiring.

For our June event, I'm looking for talks on SDN and virtual networking. How does this work? What are its applications? What are its implications for distributed systems? Where is it in use? Just how flexible is SDN, and what is the extent of the changes I can manage in this way?

I'm looking for 2-4 20-25 minute talks. If you can give a talk, please contact me, Chris Westin, through meetup.

As well as the evening's theme talks, we can fit in 2-3 five minute lightning talks at the beginning of the evening; any topic that would be interesting to the #lspe audience is welcome. If you're interested in giving a lightning talk, contact me, Chris Westin, through meetup.