After a soft roll-out this summer, Internet2 plans to roll out support for Network Virtualization at this fall's Technology Exchange Being able to build virtual networks will enable: – Rapid prototyping of advanced applications – Rapid prototyping of new network services – Rapid advancement of network research Network virtualization experiments are already underway – Prototyping IP over SDN solution (no routers!) – Prototyping cloud-based services – Prototyping multi-domain virtual networks – Etc.
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