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Meet OpenDaylight Project Executive Director Neela Jacques (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on from the becoming-a-de-facto-standards-body dept.

The OpenDaylight Project works on Software Defined Networking. Their website says, "Software Defined Networking (SDN) separates the control plane from the data plane within the network, allowing the intelligence and state of the network to be managed centrally while abstracting the complexity of the underlying physical network." Another quote: it's the "largest software-defined networking Open Source project to date." The project started in 2013. It now has an impressive group of corporate networking heavyweights as sponsors and about 460 developers working on it. Their latest release, Lithium, came out earlier this month, and development efforts are accelerating, not slowing down, because as cloud use becomes more prevalent, so does SDN, which is an obvious "hand-in-glove" fit for virtualized computing.

Today's interview is with OpenDaylight Project Executive Director Nicolas "Neela" Jacques, who has held this position since the project was not much more than a gleam in (parent) Linux Foundation's eye. This is one of the more important Linux Foundation collaborative software projects, even if it's not as well known to the public as some of the foundation's other efforts, including -- of course -- GNU/Linux itself.

14 comments

  1. Interesting placement... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...of the two trophies.

  2. Software defined networks .. by nickweller · · Score: 1

    Are these Software Defined Networks similar to the Cloud, as in you get more for less money, with the side effect being they are slightly less reliable.

    1. Re: Software defined networks .. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      My suspicion is that this yet another ploy to capture data surreptitiously. Look at companies involved, they all have known to covertly assist in "data retrieval" for the three letter agencies. If all the network admin can see is a virtual "software defined network", less reputable people can make sure their traffic is only visible in the physical network.

  3. Deck chairs on the Titanic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    So here's the deal: We're sick and tired of gigabit ethernet. What we want is something faster, like say, 10-gigabit ethernet.
    But the switchmakers refuse to give us that, so instead we're playing reindeer games with the network capacity we can actually get.
    This is known as software-defined networking - because the hardware is same old crap, only a superficial software layer is adjustable.

    1. Re:Deck chairs on the Titanic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      We've had 10gbase-t for years over copper, and have fiber connections for a few years before that. It isn't cheap, but neither was 10M stuff when you go far enough back, and the price continues to come down.

    2. Re:Deck chairs on the Titanic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "and the price continues to come down."

      A bold claim. Present your evidence.
      I see no drop whatsoever since 2012.

    3. Re:Deck chairs on the Titanic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Our contract prices for 10G cards has now dropped below $100 each, when in 2012 it was closer to $200. Switch gear has increased capacity since then, but still is dropping in price too.

  4. Secure? by cjonslashdot · · Score: 1

    So we can look forward to having radios, cellphones, and other communication appliances as wonderfully reliable and secure as our laptops.

  5. This would be 100x more interesting... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This would be 100x more interesting if it were an article and not a freakin' video. Fuck off with this video stuff DICE.

    1. Re:This would be 100x more interesting... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "This would be 100x more interesting if it were an article and not a freakin' video. Fuck off with this video stuff DICE."

      Don't knock it, these videos are for people who find extended periods of reading a strain :)

  6. OpenDaylight written in Java .. by nickweller · · Score: 1

    Hasn't the write-once-run-anywhere sandboxed Java Virtual Machine been hit with much security breeches recently. So much that some people advice removing it from your computer. ref

  7. Has anyone ever heard of this guy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This slashdot entry is now a few days old, and has only 10 comments. It seems pretty obvious that no one knows who this guy is, where he comes from, what he has done in the past, and what he is doing right now... Or what SDN is and how it will benefit (or tether) us.

  8. Googling this guy by carlhaagen · · Score: 1

    Turns up nothing older than 2014. He sprung out of nowhere. Never heard about him until this post showed up. Who is he?