White box switching provides the ability to deploy commodity switches with separate NOSes to drive layer 2 and 3 network intelligence. The NOS can come pre-installed on the switch or be purchased ...

Beyond this, there should be new capabilities delivered as a result of “opening up” the network switch. White-box switches must first and foremost have hardware-agnostic network operating systems.

What if you could manage your data center switches and routers the same way you manage your servers, and cut capital expense costs in the bargain? That’s the pitch for white-box networking, the ...

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 ...

The open-source SONiC software will bring the same benefits of reduced total cost of ownership in networking as happened in white-box servers, Innovium claims.

Are you out of ethernet ports? Need to connect more stuff to your router? Then, friend, you need to get yourself a managed network switch.

The switches also include features for quickly expanding and growing a network. Multiple high-bandwidth trunks between switches enhance availability and redundancy.

Amazon is preparing to shake-up the networking market with a hush-hush project developing low-cost switches, according to a report published Friday in The Information. The cloud leader is looking ...

To connect your fiber optic line to an Ethernet-only network switch, you need a fiber optic-to-Ethernet converter box.

Here's what you need to know about the differences between a managed and unmanaged switch when looking to create a Local Area Network.

Unlike Ethernet hubs, switches are intelligent, directing packets to the right ports, avoiding collisions, and allowing for much higher effective speeds than with hubs.