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A flexible solution that can be integrated with third-party solutions whilst maintaining its automated nature
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    What do you like most about Big Switch Networks?
    Top Answer:What I liked about the solution is the quick and easy way you can build a network data center fabric.
    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Big Switch Networks?
    Top Answer:The licensing cost depends on the number of switches that are going to be licensed to run the software. I wasn't on the commercial side of this project, so I don't really have a lot of details, but it… more »
    What needs improvement with Big Switch Networks?
    Top Answer:I think if I was to say something that could be improved, it would be a multi-data center nature of the implementation. Meaning, having an active-active data center with multiple entrance-exit points… more »
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    Overview

    Big Switch Networks is at the forefront of the next-generation of networking technologies. By combining industry standard switch hardware (“white box / branded white box “brite box”) with intelligent SDN control software, the company is delivering next-generation data center networking fabrics for the world’s most advanced data centers looking to achieve unmatched degrees of network automation at cloud-competitive price points.

    Big Switch Networks has two data center networking solutions: Big Cloud Fabric, a data center switching fabric for OpenStack clouds or VMware virtualization environments, and Big Monitoring Fabric, a network packet broker that enables pervasive security and security, monitoring data center traffic for inline or out-of-band deployments. Big Switch is taking three key technologies: vendor agnostic switch hardware, SDN control software, and core-and-pod data center designs –and leveraging them for use in next-generation data center switching and monitoring solutions designed for use in enterprises, cloud providers, and service providers.

    All Big Switch solutions run on high-performance open networking switches from Accton or Dell Technologies and leverage centralized SDN controller software for fabric-wide control and management. Big Switch Networks has two solutions:

    cPacket’s cVu Monitoring nodes provide the monitoring layer within your Intelligent Monitoring Fabric. They provide advanced analytics and complete packet inspection across your entire network, give you proactive visibility using custom key performance indicator (KPI) metrics. Powered by our patented Algorithmic Fabric chip, cVu is able to deliver complete packet inspection at full line-rate. By the moving intelligence of your network monitoring closer to the wire, you are able to eliminate bottlenecks, dropped packets and increased latency.

    Sample Customers
    A10 Networks, Edge-Core Networks, Blue Coat Systems, BlueData, Broadcom Corporation, Canonical, Check Point Software Technologies, Citrix, Dell, FireEye, Garland, Hortonworks, Mirantis, Nexenta, Riverbed
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise70%
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    Big Switch Networks is ranked 4th in Network Packet Broker (NPB) with 1 review while cPacket cVu Monitoring Nodes is ranked 10th in Network Packet Broker (NPB). Big Switch Networks is rated 9.0, while cPacket cVu Monitoring Nodes is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of Big Switch Networks writes "A flexible solution that can be integrated with third-party solutions whilst maintaining its automated nature". On the other hand, Big Switch Networks is most compared with Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline, Cisco SD-WAN, Ixia Network Packet Brokers and APCON, whereas cPacket cVu Monitoring Nodes is most compared with Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline.

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