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Nov 24, 2025
2025 SONiC Hackathon Most Wanted by Devs Award Spotlight: SONiC COWBOYS
Among 31 teams from 12 organizations competing in this year’s SONiC Hackathon, one project earned exceptional enthusiasm from the developer community. The Most Wanted by Devs Award was awarded to the SONiC COWBOYS team from Alibaba Cloud’s Network R&D Department: Jiayi Hu (team lead), Yubin Li, Fengsheng Yang, and Shijie…
Nov 21, 2025
2025 SONiC Hackathon Most Impactful Award Spotlight: Optimizing Output Buffer Memory for Show Commands
The 2025 SONiC Hackathon brought together 31 teams from 12 organizations, guided by 9 judges who evaluated contributions across innovation, scalability, and real-world impact. Among this year’s standout entries, one project delivered a solution that resonated deeply with operators who manage SONiC at scale. The Most Impactful Award went to…
Nov 17, 2025
2025 SONiC Hackathon Rising Star Award Spotlight: AutoSONiC
The 2025 SONiC Hackathon brought together 31 participating groups from 12 organizations, evaluated by a panel of 9 expert judges, showcasing some of the most innovative thinking across the SONiC community. Among this year’s standout contributors was Kalyan Pullela, a PhD student at Oklahoma State University and the sole member…
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…
