Networking is the discipline and technology stack that enables data communication between computers, applications, and environments in enterprises, providing addressing, routing, security controls, and connectivity across local, wide-area, cloud, and internet infrastructures for reliable access to services and information.
The post says network standardization can cut AI-serving costs by improving GPU utilization, job completion time, and cluster predictability, citing tokens-per-watt-per-dollar.
Enterprises should modernize networking with software-defined, open approaches like SONiC to cut costs and support AI-ready performance, scalability, and observability.
Alan Weckel of 650 Group projects AI networking could exceed $200B by decade’s end, driven by Ethernet fabrics, telemetry, automation, and open networking.
The blog recommends open, AI-ready networking for e-commerce, using SONiC, packet brokers, and AI-powered observability to handle spikes and improve visibility.