Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., a provider of networking solutions that help the world’s leading organizations transition smoothly to a world where applications and information reside anywhere, today announced that David Meyer, Brocade Service Provider CTO and Chief Scientist, has been appointed as the chair of the OpenDaylight Project Technical Steering Committee (TSC). This appointment reinforces the Brocade commitment to the OpenDaylight Project, as well as the industry initiative to accelerate customer adoption of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) technologies.
A Linux Foundation Collaborative Project, OpenDaylight unites industry leaders with the goal of a common and open SDN platform for developers to utilize, contribute to, and build commercial products and technologies. The TSC, providing the technical leadership for OpenDaylight, will assist in the oversight of integration of best breed technology, inter-collaboration across all OpenDaylight projects to ensure release quality and the establishment of best practices. The TSC will also specify and coordinate the release dates for OpenDaylight project mode.
“We envision the OpenDaylight Project being comprised of numerous projects, all of which will be focused on different aspects of software-defined networking, and the Technical Steering Committee will be responsible for providing direction and guidance,” stated Jim Zemlin, executive director at The Linux Foundation. “I’d like to congratulate David on his appointment as the chairman of the Technical Steering Committee and I believe his industry and academia background will prove beneficial to OpenDaylight.”
In the new role, Meyer will be responsible for working with tier-1 service providers, cloud hosting providers, and Web 2.0 content providers worldwide to develop cloud-optimized network architectures that support next-generation technologies and services, such as SDN, cloud computing and network virtualization.
“David’s daily interactions with customers and diverse technology expertise will be a strong asset for OpenDaylight as he can provide guidance from the customers’ perspective to ensure the code is properly built for use in real-world environments,” said Ken Cheng, vice president of the Routing Application Delivery and Software Network Group at Brocade. “Additionally, his experience and leadership within a number of industry organizations will bring tremendous value to OpenDaylight and the Technical Steering Committee.”
Meyer, in addition to his roles with Brocade and OpenDaylight, is also an active participant within a number of industry associations, including the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the North American Network Operators’ Group (NANOG), RIPE Réseaux IP Européens, APRICOT, and the Open Networking Foundation (ONF).
Brocade is one of the founding members and platinum sponsors of the OpenDaylight Project. Meyer also acts as a board member for OpenDaylight, providing strategic and financial oversight for the project.
For more information on Brocade, please visit www.brocade.com
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