Midokura

Midokura is a software company that develops Network Virtualization (NV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN) technology for cloud and data center environments.

• Virtual networking software for cloud and virtualized infrastructures (network virtualization)
• SDN overlays for multi-tenant data centers (SDN)
• Integration with Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platforms and cloud orchestration frameworks (cloud networking)
• Layer 2–4 virtual network services, including logical switching, routing, and network isolation (virtual network services)
• Consulting, integration, and support services around its NV stack (professional services)

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Midokura focuses on virtual networking software that provides an abstraction layer over physical network hardware, allowing enterprises and service providers to build programmable, multi-tenant networks for cloud and virtualized workloads. Its technology is positioned for use in private clouds, public cloud infrastructures operated by service providers, and hybrid environments where virtual networks must be decoupled from the underlying physical topology.

The company’s core platform operates as a NV overlay (network virtualization), typically implemented via tunneling protocols between hypervisors or virtual switches. This architecture enables logical switches, routers, and tenant segments to be created, modified, and removed through software APIs or orchestration tools, without requiring changes to physical routers and switches. For enterprise architects and infrastructure teams, this approach allows IP addressing schemes, isolation policies, and network services to be defined at the virtual layer while retaining existing underlay networks.

Midokura’s offerings align with cloud networking and SDN categories, with components that integrate into IaaS stacks and open cloud frameworks (cloud networking). The software is typically deployed alongside hypervisors, virtual machines, and container platforms, exposing northbound APIs for orchestration systems and controllers. Southbound, it interacts with virtual switches and agents on compute hosts, encapsulating tenant traffic using standard tunneling techniques common in SDN overlays.

Enterprises and service providers use Midokura’s technology to implement multi-tenant isolation, virtual L2 and L3 topologies, and programmable network policies. The virtual network layer can provide per-tenant logical routers, distributed switching, and Network Address Translation (NAT), delivered in software and managed centrally. This supports scenarios such as self-service network provisioning in private clouds, elastic scaling of application tiers, and separation of customer or business-unit environments within a shared infrastructure.

From a directory and taxonomy perspective, Midokura fits under NV software, SDN overlays, cloud and data center networking, and related professional services. Its portfolio centers on enabling virtual networks that operate independently of physical network constraints, exposed through APIs and integration points with cloud orchestration and virtualization platforms.