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The blog argues that AI depends on networking, outlining scale-up, scale-out, open architectures, and vendor-agnostic planning to control AI cost per token.

Aviz Packet Broker runs on SONiC-based white box switches to aggregate, filter, optimize and distribute TAP/SPAN traffic with VXLAN/GRE visibility.

Podcast discussion on building AI-era networking: moving from one fabric to multiple networks for AI factories, with openness and standardization to manage complexity and cost.

Aviz Networks will sponsor CCISDA 2026 and demo SONiC-based open networking and ONES AI observability for multi-vendor county networks.

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.

Aviz outlines private on-prem AI compliance automation, unified packet-to-session observability, and SONiC-based vendor-neutral networking for banks.

Aviz Service Node v2.4 converts packets into app- and user-aware metadata for observability and security, delivered via Kafka JSON.

Quest Software announced that Quest Identity Defense and Quest Identity Recovery for Entra ID are available as FedRAMP High–authorized SaaS in Microsoft Azure Government. The company positions the offering for federal agencies and regulated organizations seeking identity threat detection and recovery for hybrid Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID environments.

The Eclipse Foundation and ORC Working Group launched the ORC Learning Hub, free training on EU CRA readiness for open source roles.

Cycode was named a Leader in Gartner’s 2026 Magic Quadrant for Software Supply Chain Security, citing proprietary scanners and context intelligence.

NVIDIA introduced NVIDIA Halos for Robotics, a full-stack safety system for robotics and physical AI, with Agility as the first reported user.