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Aug 18, 2025

SONiC Workshop Japan 2025 Recap

Author: Kanji Nakano, SONiC Workshop Japan Organizer, SONiC Users Group Japan On May 16, 2025, SONiC Workshop Japan 2025 was successfully held in Tokyo, Japan. The workshop brought together over 80 onsite attendees and 90–108 online viewers, making it one of the most vibrant SONiC community events in Japan to…

Aug 17, 2025

SONiC AI Summit 2025 Recap

On August 9, 2025, SONiC AI Summit 2025 was successfully held in Beijing, China. The conference brought together top global public cloud service providers like Alibaba Cloud, Microsoft, Tencent, and ByteDance, along with chip and ODM manufacturers such as NVIDIA, Broadcom, Cisco, and Accton. The participants engaged in in-depth discussions…

Jul 30, 2025

Taming the Multi-Cloud Beast: How OpenStack, SONiC, and MCP Unlock AI Agility

Author: Tom Yin, Managing Partner at TJTC LLC In today's digital landscape, a multi-cloud and edge strategy is essential for data-intensive AI applications. However, organizations often face the immense challenge of managing network complexity and the steep costs of proprietary cloud routers, which can easily exceed thousands of dollars per…

Jul 3, 2025

Debunking 5 Common Myths About SONiC NOS

Author: Ilona Gabinsky, VP of Marketing at Aviz Networks The rise of SONiC—Software for Open Networking in the Cloud—has introduced a major shift in the networking industry, offering enterprises an open-source, disaggregated alternative to traditional proprietary network operating systems (NOS). But as with any transformative technology, SONiC’s rapid adoption has…

Jun 16, 2025

SONiC 202505: Powering AI Fabrics and Enterprise Networks with Precision and Insight

Author: Yanzhao Zhang The SONiC 202505 release marks a major milestone in the evolution of open source networking, bringing powerful new capabilities tailored for AI backend fabrics, enterprise deployments, and next-generation observability. This release introduces support for SRv6 (Segment Routing over IPv6) to enable source-routed AI backend networks—optimized for high-performance…

Apr 23, 2025

Multi-Vendor SONiC: Creating New Opportunities For The Enterprise

Author: Ravi Kumar, Solutions Architect at Aviz Networks As enterprises seek more control, flexibility, and performance in their network infrastructure, the concept of multi-vendor open source is gaining significant traction. SONiC stands at the center of this shift, offering a vendor-neutral, community-driven model that’s helping organizations break free from proprietary…

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