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White Box Switching Enabled by Latest Silicon & Software

April 2015

The latest switch silicon and software is enabling white box switches that, together with standard servers systems, are replacing dedicated network systems. These switch systems provide multi-terabit switching on a platform that can be customized by the network or data center operator with software-defined networking (SDN), OS and other software downloaded to the box. The white box switches are supplied by contract manufacturers, server vendors or established networking and telecom manufacturers and network integrators. This development is the latest phase in the shift from vertically integrated telecom systems and equipment manufacturers to a horizontal and virtualized market where service providers deploy cost-effective high-performance hardware and provision virtual functions and services using SDN and network functions virtualization (NFV).

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Simon Stanley

Simon is the Founder and Principal Consultant at Earlswood Marketing and has over 25 years experience, holding marketing and technical positions at various companies including National Semiconductor and Fujitsu covering Europe, North America and Japan. Simon has wide experience of networking technologies and semiconductor solutions including 100G/ 400G, NFV/SDN, LTE, ATCA, G.Fast/DSL, multicore processors, FPGAs and switch fabrics for both consumer and business applications.