Single, global programmable API to the network - not a collection of boxes

The abstraction layer formed by the ConteXtream Grid is not simply a management interface into existing network elements. It is the programmable network itself. The ConteXtream Grid structure is shielded from the states of the underlying network switches and routers, and it doesn’t have to sync with them. Through a simple API, it enables finer-grained traffic engineering while mitigating the increasing burden of packet tagging and various other virtualization workarounds.

This enables a number of benefits: Application performance is optimized across a highly virtualized network infrastructure, and network innovations can be achieved rapidly, via relatively simple configuration changes.  Developers can focus on applications and don’t have to worry about configuring the network to support them. Service providers and enterprises get better network control and utilization.  And users get transparent access to limitless content and applications.