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Nokia expands data center SONiC support

Network World

Nokia is offering customers an alternative way to set up data center networks by expanding its data center fabric package to support the open-source Software for Open Networking in the Cloud ( SONiC ). The SONiC community has grown significantly since and now features some 4,000 contributors and 28 paying members.

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Cisco bolsters optical network software

Network World

Routed Optical Networking offers an architecture that unifies the wave division multiplexing (WDM), optical transport network (OTN), and packet transport layers into a single layer that’s easier to control – just as Ethernet VPN and segment routing simplify the service and traffic engineering network layers, according to Cisco.

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AWS offers a glimpse of its AI networking infrastructure

Network World

AWS built its own Ethernet-based architecture that relies on its custom-built Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) network interface, which uses technology known as scalable reliable datagram (SRD), a network transport protocol designed by AWS. The new network results in at least 15% reduction in time to train a model,” Kalyanaraman wrote.

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Meta taps Arista for Ethernet-based AI clusters

Network World

Meta Platforms, formerly known as Facebook, supports many large data centers and handles massive amounts of data traffic over high-bandwidth network connections worldwide. The Arista 7800R3 is a data center switch that supports up to 48 100GbE ports. “The

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Optical networking challenges gain attention as AI networking demands rise

Network World

Apollo is believed to be the first large-scale deployment of optical circuit switching (OCS) for data center networking. Apollo has served as the backbone of all Google data center networks, having been in production for nearly a decade, supporting all data center use cases.

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What is S/4HANA? SAP’s latest ERP system explained

CIO Business Intelligence

In 2008, SAP developed the SAP HANA architecture in collaboration with the Hasso Plattner Institute and Stanford University with the goal of analyzing large amounts of data in real-time. The entire architecture of S/4HANA is tightly integrated and coordinated from a software perspective. This allows for maximum flexibility.

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Digital Realty Acquires Amsterdam Site » Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge

Data center developer Digital Realty Trust has purchased a 5.3 megawatt data center, the company said today. The 15,900 square meter development at De President, Hoofddorp, Haarlemmermeer will feature six data halls, each capable of supporting 1.92 Each data hall will be designed using Digital Realty’s POD 3.0