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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]

References

  1. ^ Matthew Palmer (2012-07-13). "vSwitch the New Battleground for Network Virtualization". Sdncentral.com. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  2. ^ Williams, Alex (July 23, 2012). "VMware Buys Nicira For $1.26 Billion And Gives More Clues About Cloud Strategy". TechCrunch. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  3. ^ "The History of NSX and the Future of Network Virtualization". VMware blog. May 4, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2021.

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