tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978652979840829013.post7514763140688563452..comments2024-02-13T07:05:41.069-08:00Comments on sFlow: Merchant silicon competitionPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00856599914190257147noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978652979840829013.post-49092469489171004642013-05-02T09:22:40.482-07:002013-05-02T09:22:40.482-07:00It does look like it will be an interesting compet...It does look like it will be an interesting competition. I recently came across an <a href="http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/white-papers/ethernet-switch-fm6000-sdn-paper.pdf" rel="nofollow">Intel white paper</a> that discusses their hardware support for SDN - it's pretty impressive.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00856599914190257147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978652979840829013.post-91210686443930201752013-04-30T11:10:51.864-07:002013-04-30T11:10:51.864-07:00You are hitting on one of the strategic sweet spot...You are hitting on one of the strategic sweet spots for SDN. While everyone is busy crafting up their software features and talking about OpenFlow support (mind you, SDN goes beyond OF), a lot of people are ignoring the silicon side. I am particularly bullish on Intel as they take on Broadcom. I think this should shape up to be one of the more interesting corporate battles. <br /><br />It shouldn't be terribly surprising that the big guys are coming in. When you have small markets, you get the little bit players entering the space. When you get big markets, even the big guys cannot help but to join the fray. <br /><br />If SDN turns out to be as big as we think (we worked with SDNCentral to model out a potential $35B impact by 2018*), then there will be more titans entering the battlefield. I am personally curious to see what IBM and Oracle do.<br /><br />*The backing data on the market sizing is here: http://www.plexxi.com/2013/04/sdn-market-to-reach-35b-by-2018/<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com