Big Switch Networks

Big Switch Networks describes itself as a cloud-first networking company that brings public cloud-style networking to organisations. It sells data centre switching, monitoring, visibility and security software for on-premises, public cloud and multi-cloud environments. The company was founded in 2010 by people from the Stanford research team behind software-defined networking.

What Big Switch Networks offers

• Data centre switching — software that runs switches in the style of a public cloud.
• Monitoring and visibility — tools for seeing what moves across the network.
• Network security — security features built into the networking layer.
• Multi-cloud support — consistent networking across private, public and hybrid clouds.
• Open networking hardware — software designed to run on standard industry hardware.

Who it works with

Organisations of all sizes running enterprise clouds, public cloud and multi-cloud estates.

Key facts

• Based in: Santa Clara, California
• Founded: 2010
• Presence: more than 25 countries
• Hardware partners: Dell EMC, HPE and Edgecore