GigaOm Radar for Network Operating Systems – Gigaom
Summary Cloud-native architectures, new merchant silicon, and “open networking” offer networking agility, flexibility, resiliency, and scalability for those brave enough to take advantage of new, innovative, disaggregated tech stacks promising a massive leap in performance at the lowest possible cost. At the center are Linux-based network operating systems (NOSs) running on bare-metal servers and switches using merchant silicon. With the primary focus on routing—instead of data center switching—the NOS landscape is rapidly evolving. The traditional incumbent vendors are reinventing th...
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