Nicira

Nicira is a company focused on software-defined networking (SDN) and network virtualization. Nicira created their own proprietary versions of the OpenFlow, Open vSwitch, and OpenStack networking projects.^[1]

Nicira was co-founded in 2007 by Martin Casado, who served as the CTO, Nick McKeown and Scott Shenker. On July 23, 2012, VMware announced they intended to acquire Nicira for $1.26 billion,^[2] a deal which closed the following month. Nicira technology was merged into VMware's vSwitch and marketed with the name NSX.^[3]

^ Matthew Palmer (2012-07-13). "vSwitch the New Battleground for Network Virtualization". Sdncentral.com. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
^ Cite error: The named reference techcrunch was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "The History of NSX and the Future of Network Virtualization". VMware blog. May 4, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2021.

[1] Matthew Palmer (2012-07-13). "vSwitch the New Battleground for Network Virtualization". Sdncentral.com. Retrieved 2014-03-25.

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[3] "The History of NSX and the Future of Network Virtualization". VMware blog. May 4, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2021.

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