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Facebook hardware VP says we’re very close to open source switches

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 12, 2013

Six months ago, the Facebook-led Open Compute Project shared its plans to work with networking vendors on creating an open source top-of-rack switch, and now that mission is almost complete. According to a blog post by Frank Frankovsky, chairman and president of the Open Compute Project and VP of hardware design and supply chain operations at Facebook, the organization is set to vote on and likely approve four specifications soon.
Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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