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GENERAL: TTK: CityLink to create world's first SDN Internet Exchange

12 November 2013

CityLink and NoviFlow sign agreement to create the first SDN Based Internet
Exchange in the World

CityLink and NoviFlow today announced their agreement for the supply of
Software Defined Networking (SDN) equipment, which will be deployed in New
Zealand's Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) around the country.

Group Chief Technology Officer Jamie Baddeley said that "...the agreement is
the conclusion of an exhaustive set of tests of key SDN switching vendors
that has taken place at CityLink over the last 12 months.  We have very
exacting requirements when it comes to SDN and the IXPs.  NoviFlow clearly
demonstrated their capability and commitment to very high performance
Software Defined Networking and because of that we're innovating the future
architecture of Internet Exchange Points with them."

According to Dominique Jodoin, President and CEO of NoviFlow Inc: "CityLink
is the perfect partner and New Zealand is the ideal market for NoviFlow to do
pioneering work in SDN: big enough to make things happen, and small enough to
make things happen fast!"  He adds: "NoviFlow is very pleased that our
OpenFlow 1.3 compliant switches will be a key element in CityLink's
implementation of SDN into their network.  NoviFlow delivers the capacity
needed by CityLink's flow intensive innovative intelligent edge
applications."

This evolution of the IXP architecture with SDN technology (SDX) is centered
on delivering a more secure, stable and visualized Internet Exchange Point,
with an embedded traffic forwarding policy, offering 100% predictable
behaviour and better compliance with Internet Engineering Taskforce (IETF)
best current practice recommendation 38 amongst other things.  Mr. Baddeley
says that this approach is the first of its type in the world, with all IXP
architectures worldwide facing similar challenges.

About CityLink
CityLink is a wholly owned subsidiary of the NZX publicly listed TeamTalk
group of companies and operator of New Zealand's Internet Exchange Points
(www.nzix.net).  CityLink was also the pioneer of widely available urban
fibre networks, having provided ultra-fast broadband services since 1995.  It
was also one of the very first in the world to operate a highly distributed
Internet exchange point early in the 21st century. Please visit
www.citylink.co.nz

About NoviFlow?
NoviFlow Inc. provides high-performance OpenFlow-based switching solutions to
network operators and cloud operators seeking greater control and flexibility
over their networks.  The company was the first to offer a high-performance
OpenFlow 1.3 compliant switch on the market, delivering up to 200 Gbps of
OpenFlow throughput, 1000 flow-mods per second and supporting up to 1Million
flow-table entries.  NoviFlow has offices in Sunnyvale, CA, Cambridge, MA,
Seattle, WA and Montreal, Canada.  For more information, please visit
www.NoviFlow.com.  Follow NoviFlow on Twitter @NoviFlowInc

Contacts:
Jamie Baddeley,
Group Chief Technology Officer, TeamTalk Limited
M: +64 (21) 448-309
[email protected]

Marc LeClerc
VP Strategy and Marketing, NoviFlow Inc.
+1 (514) 402-5948
[email protected]

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