The Next Platform
  • Home
  • Compute
  • Store
  • Connect
  • Control
  • Code
  • AI
  • HPC
  • Enterprise
  • Hyperscale
  • Cloud
  • Edge
Latest
  • [ July 10, 2025 ] Sizing Up AWS “Blackwell” GPU Systems Against Prior GPUs And Trainiums Cloud
  • [ July 10, 2025 ] Will Companies Build Or Buy Their GenAI Models? AI
  • [ July 10, 2025 ] How BigQuery Combines Data And AI For Business Transformation AI
  • [ July 9, 2025 ] With Money And Rhea1 Tapeout, SiPearl Gets Real About HPC CPUs HPC
  • [ July 8, 2025 ] Only The Biggest Neoclouds Will Survive Cloud
  • [ July 7, 2025 ] Silicon One: Many Cisco Chips With One Architecture Chasing Many AI Workloads Connect
  • [ July 3, 2025 ] How Multi-Agent Systems Revolutionize Data Workflows AI
  • [ July 2, 2025 ] How Will Juniper Change HPE’s Datacenter Networking Strategy? Connect
HomeHedgehog

Hedgehog

Connect

After Long Last, A Commercial-Grade SONiC Network Operating System

October 12, 2022 Timothy Prickett Morgan 2

It is perplexing to us that the world’s largest distributor of client and server operating systems and also the creator of the Linux-based, open source SONiC network operating system – that would be Microsoft with its Windows and Windows Server franchises – did not see the benefit or the need to commercialize SONiC and lead the open networking revolution. …

About

The Next Platform is part of the Situation Publishing family, which includes the enterprise and business technology publication, The Register.

TNP  offers in-depth coverage of high-end computing at large enterprises, supercomputing centers, hyperscale data centers, and public clouds. Read more…

Newsletter

Featuring highlights, analysis, and stories from the week directly from us to your inbox with nothing in between.
Subscribe now

  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Email the editor
  • About
  • Contributors
  • Contact
  • Sales
  • Newsletter
  • Books
  • Events
  • Privacy
  • Ts&Cs
  • Cookies
  • Do not sell my personal information

All Content Copyright The Next Platform