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HP Launches Industry’s Most Complete Software-defined Network Fabric for Cloud

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-news/press-release.html?id=1399084&pageTitle=HP-Launches-Industry%E2%80%99s-Most-Complete-Software-defined-Network-Fabric-for-Cloud#.UYA7ycrFyes

PALO ALTO, Calif., April 30, 2013 — HP today unveiled an industry-leading data center network fabric built on HP FlexNetwork architecture, enabling business agility for clients by delivering two times greater scalability(1) and 75 percent less complexity over current network fabrics(2) while reducing network provisioning time from months to minutes.(3)

As companies move to a cloud environment, legacy network architectures are buckling under the pressure for instant access to applications and services that offer a high-quality user experience. Organizations also are struggling with the complexity of current data center network fabric designs, which require manual device-by-device configurations and limit the performance of bandwidth-intensive applications.

HP is addressing these challenges with a series of software-defined network (SDN) data center switches that deliver advanced automation capabilities and industry-leading scalability for bandwidth-intensive applications such as Hadoop.(4) The new offerings include the new HP FlexFabric 12900, which is the industry’s first OpenFlow-enabled core switch capable of scaling to meet the demands of increasing virtualized workloads.(4)

“For the past 20 years, data center networks have lagged in supporting new enterprise demands for cloud, virtualization and big data,” said Bethany Mayer, senior vice president and general manager, Networking, HP. “Only HP is positioned to deliver the industry’s most complete software-defined data center network fabric with innovations that enable our customers to create a network foundation that will meet their needs today and well into the future.”

It’s great to see HP furthering its innovation in their networking solutions business, their efforts to facilitate automation and scalability to meet a range of applications and usage scenarios is great news for their customers and the industry alike.

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