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. …
There are times when Cisco Systems, which has a strong presence in datacenter switching, routing, and serving as well as a representative showing in storage and software, is a bellwether for IT market spending and transitions going on in the IT space. …
It’s a great thing when an upstart supplier of hardware or software lands one of the hyperscalers or large public cloud builders on Earth as a customer. …
We are in the midst of numerous foundational technological shifts in communications infrastructure that represents a generational opportunity for consumers, businesses, and providers alike. …
No matter if you are talking about compute or networking, there are two opposing forces that are constantly at interplay on a field of green money. …
With the dividing line between switching and routing blurring among the hyperscalers and cloud builders, it is no wonder to us that switching is growing as Ethernet switch ASICs get more and more routing functions and true Ethernet routing has remained more or less flat in the past five years. …
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