OpenFlow Driver Contest
FYI:
Press
Releases
Open
Networking Foundation Launches Industry’s First Open-Source
"OpenFlow™ Driver" Contest
Competition
to Encourage Implementation, Interoperability of the OpenFlow
Standard
OPEN NETWORKING SUMMIT, Santa Clara, Calif.,
April 17, 2013 – The Open Networking Foundation (ONF), a
non-profit organization dedicated to promoting Software-Defined
Networking (SDN), today announced the industry’s first competition
to create an open-source "OpenFlow™ Driver.” The competition is
open to the worldwide development community to create an
interoperable open-source implementation of the latest OpenFlow
standard. ONF intends the competition to produce an OpenFlow
driver that everyone from network equipment vendors and ISVs to
operators, and larger open-source projects can use for easy
transitions between different implementations of the OpenFlow
protocol. The winner of the “OpenFlow Driver” competition will be
awarded one grand prize of $50,000.
“ONF is committed to solving market needs in
very practical ways,” said Dan Pitt, executive director of the
Open Networking Foundation. “This competition is designed to
encourage additional SDN innovation by seeking additional
open-sourced technology solutions. We want this OpenFlow Driver to
be of use for global developers of OpenFlow products, making it
easier for them to build value around and easily update the
OpenFlow protocol component with the latest ONF specifications as
they evolve.”
The competition is open to all organizations
and individuals worldwide interested in developing an OpenFlow
driver that any developer can use in a controller or switch to
maintain compatibility among switches and controllers. The contest
will open for submissions on April 16, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. Pacific
Daylight Time, and will close on August 15, 2013 at 11:59 p.m.
PDT. Judges, who will be selected by the Foundation, will critique
on the following:
· Compliance
with the OpenFlow specification standard
· Correctness
of operation with test harness
· Ease with
which the submission can be integrated into a controller
· Completeness
of the implementation
· Clarity of
the code and architecture
· Memory
footprint
· Potential
performance and scaling of the architecture
· Portability
of the code
· Modularity
of the code
· Extensibility
and maintainability of the code
· Integration
with multiple programming languages
· Performance
and scalability of the code
The winner will be announced on September 30,
2013. The winning entry will be provided under both Apache 2.0 and
GPL dual-licenses for maximum compatibility with both open-source
projects and commercial ones. For more information about the
open-source “OpenFlow Driver” competition and submission
guidelines, please visit www.opennetworking.org/competition.
Competition terms and rules can be found at: www.opennetworking.org/images/stories/downloads/misc/openflow-driver-competition-terms-conditions.pdf.
About ONF
Launched in 2011 by Deutsche Telekom, Facebook, Google, Microsoft,
Verizon, and Yahoo!, the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) is a
growing nonprofit organization with more than 90 members whose
mission is to advance the commercialization and use of SDN and the
OpenFlow protocol. ONF will accelerate the delivery and use of SDN
and OpenFlow technologies and standards while fostering a vibrant
market of products, services, applications, customers, and users.
For further details visit the ONF website at:
http://www.opennetworking.org.
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FYI:<br><br><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Press
Releases</span><p></p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Open
Networking Foundation Launches Industry’s First Open-Source
"OpenFlow™ Driver" Contest</span><p></p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span><p></p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Competition
to Encourage Implementation, Interoperability of the OpenFlow
Standard</span><p></p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <p></p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">OPEN NETWORKING SUMMIT, Santa Clara, Calif.,
April 17, 2013 – The Open Networking Foundation (ONF), a
non-profit organization dedicated to promoting Software-Defined
Networking (SDN), today announced the industry’s first competition
to create an open-source "OpenFlow™ Driver.” The competition is
open to the worldwide development community to create an
interoperable open-source implementation of the latest OpenFlow
standard. ONF intends the competition to produce an OpenFlow
driver that everyone from network equipment vendors and ISVs to
operators, and larger open-source projects can use for easy
transitions between different implementations of the OpenFlow
protocol. The winner of the “OpenFlow Driver” competition will be
awarded one grand prize of $50,000.<p></p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <p></p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“ONF is committed to solving market needs in
very practical ways,” said Dan Pitt, executive director of the
Open Networking Foundation. “This competition is designed to
encourage additional SDN innovation by seeking additional
open-sourced technology solutions. We want this OpenFlow Driver to
be of use for global developers of OpenFlow products, making it
easier for them to build value around and easily update the
OpenFlow protocol component with the latest ONF specifications as
they evolve.”<p></p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <p></p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The competition is open to all organizations
and individuals worldwide interested in developing an OpenFlow
driver that any developer can use in a controller or switch to
maintain compatibility among switches and controllers. The contest
will open for submissions on April 16, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. Pacific
Daylight Time, and will close on August 15, 2013 at 11:59 p.m.
PDT. Judges, who will be selected by the Foundation, will critique
on the following:<p></p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <p></p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Compliance
with the OpenFlow specification standard<p></p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Correctness
of operation with test harness<p></p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Ease with
which the submission can be integrated into a controller<p></p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Completeness
of the implementation<p></p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Clarity of
the code and architecture<p></p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Memory
footprint<p></p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Potential
performance and scaling of the architecture<p></p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Portability
of the code<p></p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Modularity
of the code<p></p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Extensibility
and maintainability of the code<p></p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Integration
with multiple programming languages<p></p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span>Performance
and scalability of the code<p></p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <p></p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The winner will be announced on September 30,
2013. The winning entry will be provided under both Apache 2.0 and
GPL dual-licenses for maximum compatibility with both open-source
projects and commercial ones. For more information about the
open-source “OpenFlow Driver” competition and submission
guidelines, please visit <a href="http://www.opennetworking.org/competition">www.opennetworking.org/competition</a>.
Competition terms and rules can be found at: <a href="http://www.opennetworking.org/images/stories/downloads/misc/openflow-driver-competition-terms-conditions.pdf">www.opennetworking.org/images/stories/downloads/misc/openflow-driver-competition-terms-conditions.pdf</a>.<p></p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <p></p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">About ONF<p></p></p>
Launched in 2011 by Deutsche Telekom, Facebook, Google, Microsoft,
Verizon, and Yahoo!, the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) is a
growing nonprofit organization with more than 90 members whose
mission is to advance the commercialization and use of SDN and the
OpenFlow protocol. ONF will accelerate the delivery and use of SDN
and OpenFlow technologies and standards while fostering a vibrant
market of products, services, applications, customers, and users.
For further details visit the ONF website at: <a href="http://www.opennetworking.org">http://www.opennetworking.org</a>.<br>
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