Nicira is a company focused on software-defined networking (SDN) and network virtualization. Nicira created their own proprietary versions of the OpenFlow, Open vSwitch, and OpenStack networking projects.[1]

Nicira was co-founded in 2007 by Martin Casado, who served as the CTO, Nick McKeown and Scott Shenker. On July 23, 2012, VMware announced they intended to acquire Nicira for $1.26 billion,[2] a deal which closed the following month. Nicira technology was merged into VMware's vSwitch and marketed with the name NSX.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Matthew Palmer (2012-07-13). "vSwitch the New Battleground for Network Virtualization". Sdncentral.com. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  2. ↑ Williams, Alex (July 23, 2012). "VMware Buys Nicira For $1.26 Billion And Gives More Clues About Cloud Strategy". TechCrunch. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "The History of NSX and the Future of Network Virtualization". VMware blog. May 4, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.