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 ( in 2017. The SONiC community has grown significantly since and now features some 4,000 contributors and 28 paying members.
Linux-based SONiC decouples network software from the underlying hardware and lets it run on hundreds of switches and ASICs from multiple vendors while supporting a full suite of network features such as Border Gateway Protocol ( and hyperscalers to deploy as cloud networking grows.
In Nokia’s case, by adding SONiC to its data center fabric offerings, its customers gain access to Nokia’s SONiC development and support organization. In addition, enterprises and cloud providers benefit from access to a broader range of data center hardware platforms engineered for reliability, power efficiency and longevity, wrote Michael Bushong, vice president of data center at Nokia, in a
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