White box switches and open-source Network Operating Systems (NOS) are transforming the networking landscape by offering greater flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. This article explores ...

Verifying the design of network components is quite different from testing the networks themselves. Network engineers test from the top down. If they encounter a problem, they look only as far down ...

Google will also collaborate with Facebook to create a common 48V rack that can be used in cloud data centers. Read now Microsoft is submitting more technologies for consideration by the Open Compute ...

Clos networks were first created in the mid-1950s as a method to switch telephone calls. Clos networks evolved into crossbar topologies and eventually into chassis-based Ethernet switches using a ...

Update (April 5): The original version of this article portrayed Alibaba as using SONIC for its public cloud. Since it was published, Microsoft has come back and said that portrayal is not correct. (I ...