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Clouds, open source, and new network models: Part 3
The most common question I get from those I brief about OpenStack's new network service is "How does Quantum relate to software defined networking?"
Especially confusing to many is the difference between these kinds of cloud networking services and the increasingly discussed OpenFlow open-networking protocol.
In part 1 of this series, I described what is becoming an increasingly ubiquitous model for cloud computing networks, namely the use of simple abstractions delivered by network systems of varying sophistication. In part 2, I then described OpenStack's Quantum network service stack and how it reflected that model.
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