NEC Corporation of America (NEC) and Meru Networks, a leader in intelligent Wi-Fi networking are working together to create software-defined network (SDN)-enabled unified wired and wireless enterprise access networking solutions.
NEC and Meru, both members of the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) are collaborating to drive unified access management and other applications via OpenFlow, enabling seamless interoperability between the NEC ProgrammableFlow® Networking Suite and Meru 802.11ac intelligent Wi-Fi solutions.
Open-standards-based SDN support simplifies network management and provisioning by allowing integration of third-party applications for network traffic monitoring, location-based services and enhanced security. It also enables application-specific service level agreements (SLAs).
“Meru and NEC share a vision for creating truly open networks through OpenFlow and SDN that allow customers to choose best-of-breed networking solutions. Working together, we can set a new standard for vendor interoperability, increasing agility and lowering costs for our customers as they move into the open networking era.”
- Dr. Bami Bastani, President and CEO of Meru
“NEC and Meru are taking a leadership position in the networking industry by working together to drive adoption of open standards. Customers today want flexibility in networking vendor selection, along with the ability to manage those assets in the way that best suits their specific needs. The combination of our technologies, bound together by OpenFlow and SDN, addresses their requirements completely.”
- Mitsuhiro Murooka, VP, strategic business and planning, NEC Corporation of America
