How Google is using OpenFlow to lower its network costs – Old GigaOmGoogle is checking out a new form of networking protocol known as OpenFlow in the communications networks that run between its data centers. The search giant is testing the use of software-defined networks using OpenFlow in order to lower the cost of delivering information between its facilities, says Urs Hölzle, SVP of technical infrastructure and Google Fellow in an interview with me. Google’s i
