PALO ALTO, Calif., April 6, 2016 – The Open Networking Foundation (ONF), a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the adoption of open Software-Defined Networking (SDN), today announced open registration for the organization’s annual interoperability event. AppFest 2016 will be held May 16-19, 2016 at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, and also an authorized OpenFlow® testing lab. This year’s AppFest will feature ONF’s first-ever...
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ONF to Hold 2nd Annual AppFest For Application and OpenFlow Interoperability Testing at The UNH-IOL
April 6, 2016
UNH-IOL and GENIANS Announce Partnership to Validate Genian Network Access Control (NAC) Solution to the IoT Era
February 22, 2016
DURHAM, N.H.--The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, and GENIANS , the leading provider of network security and management solutions, today announced a strategic joint research and development (R&D) partnership. Through industrial collaboration, we will be devoted to improving the usability and interoperability of Geni Networks’ Network Access Control (Genian NAC) solution for global customers.
Recently, the UNH-IOL team completed a usability study...
SIP Forum and UNH Team on Seamless Enterprise Communications Deployment
February 22, 2016
The SIP Forum recently announced it’s continuing to do its part to ensure enterprise communications products fully interoperate with service provider networks. In fact, its new SIPconnect Certification Testing Program will be hosted by the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) and is designed to help ensure adherence to the SIPconnect Technical Recommendation currently at Version 1.1.
In an interview with Marc Robins SIPNOC Program Chair and Robert Kinder of Cox Business who also serves as...
What Is IPv6 And Why Is It Considered A Key Enabler Of The Internet Of Things
February 10, 2016
Customer Edge (CE) routers from Broadcom, Netgear and ZTE were the first to be approved for the IPv6 CE Router Logo.
Please provide an overview of the CE Router Logo and explain its significance to service providers.IPv6 Ready CE Router Logo tests all the MUST requirements stated in the IETF RFC 7084. As with all IPv6 Ready Logo programs, a CE Router must pass all the required test cases in the program. The testing demonstrates the CE Router...
Getting IPv6 to Play Nice
February 4, 2016
With the Internet of Things (IoT) gaining traction, as evidenced by the technologies displayed at CES 2016, IPv6 traffic will continue rising. IPv4 addresses have been depleted, so the explosion of IoT devices (Gartner estimates 6.4 billion things will be online worldwide this year) is dependent on the IPv6 address inventory.
Service providers are planning on going to native IPv6 vs. continuing to use a carrier grade network address translation (NAT). But just because they deploy IPv6 to a...
SIP Forum Announces Launch Of New SIPconnect Certification Testing Program
February 2, 2016
NORTH ANDOVER, MA – The SIP Forum today announced the launch of the SIPconnect Certification Testing Program, a unique certification testing program that includes a new certification test suite and test platform, as well as an associated “SIPconnect Certified” logo program that will serve as the official “seal of certification” for companies products and services that have successfully passed the certification test and officially achieved laboratory tested, independently verified conformance with the SIPconnect specification.
The current, ratified Version 1.1...
UNH-IOL Announces First Devices to Receive the IPv6 CE Router Logo
January 21, 2016
DURHAM, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, announced today that four customer edge (CE) routers have been approved for the IPv6 Ready CE Router Logo. Devices from Broadcom, Netgear and ZTE passed the necessary IPv6 test cases, enabling them to bear a mark established by the IPv6 Ready Logo Committee (v6LC). The IPv6 Ready Logo indicates to service providers that IPv6 will work...
OPNFV Project Welcomes New Members Openet, ETRI and UNH-IOL
January 19, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The OPNFV Project, a carrier-grade, integrated, open source flexible platform intended to accelerate the introduction of new products and services using Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), today announced that Openet, a supplier of real-time BSS (business support systems) to communication service providers, has joined as a Silver member while the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) and the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) have joined as Associate members. Launched just over a year ago, the OPNFV project is supported by a growing group of 55+ member companies committed to advancing a flexible, open source framework for NFV.
ONF move continues push in support of SDN platforms
September 9, 2015
The Open Networking Foundation unveiled a new OpenFlow testing specification and added to its list of authorized testing facilities designed to help support the deployment of software-defined networking technology.
ONF said the OpenFlow version 1.3 testing specification includes specific features designed to ensure the development of “richly functional SDN products and services,” and pushes mandatory inclusion of protocol components within products.
“This further ensures that companies are able to build OpenFlow-based products, including hardware switches, that implement an...
Open Networking Foundation Announces OpenFlow v1.3 Test Specification
September 8, 2015
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Open Networking Foundation (ONF), a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the adoption of open Software-Defined Networking (SDN), today announced the availability of the OpenFlow® v1.3 testing specification. ONF also announced the addition of its seventh authorized testing facility, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in South Korea. With the release of the testing specification for OpenFlow v1.3, any organization can test its products for OpenFlow conformance at an accredited ONF testing lab.
OpenFlow...