OpenDaylight's first open source, software-defined network release is out

In an attempt to tackle one of IT’s toughest challenges, which is simplifying network management, OpenDaylight (an open source, software-defined networking platform) is finally out with its ‘first' release. The first release of the program, Hydrogen, “…is a great step forward and the community is already looking to build

on its work to address a variety of additional capabilities and features in subsequent releases," claim sources in OpenDaylight.

The OpenDaylight project is an open source platform meant for network programmability that will enable SDN, and create a solid foundation for Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) for networks. Hydrogen is now available for download and subsequent evaluation, commercialisation and deployment of SDN and NFV. It includes prebuilt-versions for RPM-based Linux distros and ready-torun Hydrogen OpenDaylight virtual machines for Fedora and Ubuntu.

Hydrogen is available in three different editions: Base Edition, Virtualisation Edition and Service Provider Edition.