[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Cyan(NYSE: CYNI) today unveiled Blue Orbit, an ecosystem of software and hardware solutions focused on proving real-world, multi-vendor software-defined network (SDN) applications. With interest in SDN and network functions virtualization (NFV) gaining momentum globally, network operators of all types are seeking the means to move beyond slideware and begin deploying production SDN infrastructure and applications. Blue Orbit, by testing and demonstrating interoperability among SDN solutions from an array of partners, lessens the risk network operators would otherwise face and accelerates the deployability of production SDN infrastructure.

According to Cyan president Michael Hatfield, “SDN and NFV holds great promise for network operators, whether they‘re carriers, data center operators, or even large enterprises. However, we’re at a critical juncture in the development of SDN -- unless suppliers step forward and undertake the interoperability testing necessary for smooth SDN rollouts, the promise of SDN may fail to materialize. Blue Orbit fulfills this requirement. Our ability as an ecosystem to prove real, multi-vendor SDN today has already resulted in multiple commitments by customers to deploy this technology.”