Comcast Joins Open Source SDN/NFV Project

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) has joined the OpenDaylight Project, an open source platform to advance SDN and NFV to enable network automation and programmability.

Comcast is embracing SDN as part of its long-term network vision and has been contributing to OpenDaylight with CableLabs in a project called PacketCable PCMM. Chris Luke, principal engineer at Comcast, is also a part of the OpenDaylight Advisory Group that was formed to provide technical and strategic guidance to the ODL community on the challenges of running real-world networks.