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  • Networking's open at last. Now what?

    Networking hardware and spontaneous applause don't often go together, but Facebook's Omar Baldonado set off a round of cheering this week when he told engineers there's finally an open-source hardware design that they can use to build switches.

    Written by Stephen Lawson17 March 15 05:09
  • Facebook nets billions in savings from Open Compute Project

    Facebook, by adhering to the Open Compute Project it founded in October 2011, has saved more than $2 billion over the past three years, a company official said Tuesday at the Open Compute Summit Conference in Silicon Valley.

    Written by Paul Krill12 March 15 00:34
  • Open-source hardware is gaining critical mass

    The Open Compute Project, which wants to open up hardware the same way Linux opened up software, is starting to tackle its forklift problem.

    Written by Stephen Lawson11 March 15 06:20
  • SDN start-up reaches for its "Wedge"

    Pluribus Networks, the SDN start-up with the server/switch combination and network hypervisor/operating system, is looking to make a gradual exit from the hardware end of that market. Pluribus this week said distributor Arrow Electronics will now supply the Pluribus-branded, 1RU E-68 Server-Switch that combines Broadcom Trident II chips with Intel Xeon server-class, multi-core processors.

    Written by Jim Duffy26 June 14 04:07
  • Facebook announces its open data-center switch

    Facebook has taken networking into its own hands, building a switch to link servers inside its data centers, and wants to make the platform available to others.

    Written by Stephen Lawson19 June 14 04:00
  • How Facebook aims to reinvent hardware

    Facebook used to be a company just like many others: It would buy servers, racks and other hardware from vendors like HP and Dell and rent out co-location space from vendors like DuPont Fabros and others.

    Written by Brandon Butler06 May 13 11:14
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