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ADARA Networks

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ADARA networks
Company typeprivately held company
IndustrySoftware
Founded1998
HeadquartersSan Jose, CA
Key people
Eric Johnson (CEO)
Products
Websiteadaranetworks.com

Adara Networks (stylized as "ADARA Networks") is an American software company.

History

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The company creates software-defined networking (SDN) infrastructure orchestration software[1] and provides cloud computing.[2] It has several dozen partners in its channel program.[3] Adara's cloud software includes an SDI Visualizer for topological rendering, an SLA Manager for determining cost efficiency, and use Sirius Routers.[4] Afterwards the company developed its Horizon SDA Platform, which has an Ecliptic SDN controller, Axis vSwitch, SoftSwitch, and cloud computing engine.[5]

In 2008 Adara developed a networking electronic medical records project for the US Congress.[6][7] Adara has served on Industry Advisory Panels for the Congress as well.[8]

The company has held contracts with the Department of Defense, and spent its first ten years or so working in the public sphere before opening up to private companies,[9] including SMEs,[citation needed] in 2011.[10]

In 2012 Adara created a full stack network for its cloud,[11] and in 2013 its controller became open source.[12] Then in 2016, Adara partnered with Calient Technologies to develop an integrated SD-WAN.[13] The company's CEO is Eric Johnson.[14]

iN 2020 ADARA Networks were acknowledged as an Industry Leader in SDN.[15]

References

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  1. ^ Goransson, Paul; Black, Chuck; Culver, Timothy (October 25, 2016). Software Defined Networks: A Comprehensive Approach. Morgan Kaufmann. ISBN 9780128045794 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Ramel, David; 9 October 2015. "Cisco, Extreme, Big Switch Form SDN Partnerships -". Virtualization Review.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Moore, John (January 15, 2013). "Channel Partners Poised to Help Enterprises Build Software-Defined Networks". CIO.
  4. ^ Subramaniam, Karthikeyan (October 2, 2013). "Software-defined infrastructure: Cloud services do SDN one better". InfoWorld.
  5. ^ "Major SDN vendors Part II: Dell, Jeda, ADARA, PLUMgrid". March 19, 2014.
  6. ^ United States Congress (May 24, 2019). "Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  7. ^ The Washington Times. "Favoritism fears halt major military health upgrade". The Washington Times.
  8. ^ United States Congress House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel (May 24, 2019). Department of Defense Health Information Technology: AHLTA is "intolerable," where Do We Go from Here? : Joint Hearing Before the Military Personnel Subcommittee Meeting Jointly with Terrorism, Unconventional Threats, and Capabilities Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, First Session, Hearing Held March 24, 2009. U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 9780160868016 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Verizon, Partners Push OpenFlow, SDN". IT Infrastructure Advice, Discussion, Community – Network Computing. April 17, 2012.
  10. ^ "ADARA Networks Looks To Virtualize Entire Networks". IT Infrastructure Advice, Discussion, Community – Network Computing. December 19, 2011.
  11. ^ Kusnetzky, Dan. "ADARA Networks – is it bigger than a breadbox?". ZDNet. Archived from the original on August 26, 2017.
  12. ^ "Adara Claims SDN First". Light Reading.
  13. ^ "Cisco's Investment in VeloCloud Highlights Momentum of SD-WAN". eWEEK. January 14, 2016.
  14. ^ "Open? Yeah, Sure. Sorry Oracle, You're Still Full Of It". TechCrunch.
  15. ^ "ADARA Rolls Out New Virtual 5G App for Android | Disruptive Tech Asia". Disruptive Tech Asia | Big Data News, Asia Big Data Jobs, Employment, Events, Big Data Seminars. December 22, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
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