We are thrilled to announce a strategic partnership between Hardware Nation and Aviz Networks that enhances the adoption and deployment of SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Cloud). Hardware Nation’s True SONiC end-to-end suite of services, combined with Aviz Networks’ comprehensive product offerings, deep networking expertise, and robust support, creates an unmatched offering in the market.
Hardware Nation’s True SONiC suite of services includes ecosystem guidance, procurement of best-fit hardware, migration services, and expert network and infrastructure design. Our disaggregated networking approach increases flexibility and reduces infrastructure costs for our customers. The production-ready SONiC distributions offered in our True SONiC solution support standard networking protocols, such as EVPN, VXLAN, and BGP, as well as RoCE to accelerate the performance of GPU clusters.
While SONiC offers the freedom of choice by decoupling the network software from the hardware, it can introduce complexity. This partnership addresses that challenge by simplifying SONiC implementation with a cohesive multi-vendor solution. Our approach stays true to the promise of open-source flexibility while mitigating the uncertainties that can hinder SONiC deployments.
This partnership also addresses other key challenges for SONiC adoption, including the need for multi-vendor level 1 to 3 support. Aviz’s world-class 24/7 global support and rapid 30-minute SLAs ensure responsiveness and operational reliability. Their disaggregated SONiC support includes pre-deployment testing and robust assistance across leading white box and traditional switch vendors and our mutual partners, including Edge-Core and NVIDIA.
Additionally, Aviz’s AI-enabled Network Copilot, which is NOS/switch/cloud agnostic and powered by open-source LLMs, significantly enhances network management for SONiC fabrics. Its Generative AI capabilities streamline NetOps, AIOps, compliance, troubleshooting, and optimization. Aviz also offers solutions like the Open Packet Broker for traffic monitoring and complete network visibility in data centers, telco, and edge deployments.
With the recent introduction of 800G white box SONiC switches, like the Edge-Core AIS800-64O OSFP800 and AIS800-64D QSFP-DD800, enterprises now have everything needed to successfully deploy powerful accelerated networks with SONiC and effectively manage the demands of modern AI workloads.
Together, Hardware Nation and Aviz Networks are transforming the networking landscape. Our combined offerings deliver advanced SONiC solutions and unparalleled support capabilities, addressing the need for a streamlined experience. From hardware selection and design to implementation and ongoing support, this partnership minimizes risks, reduces TCO, and helps achieve rapid ROI.
About Hardware Nation:
Hardware Nation is a professional services company that delivers modern accelerated infrastructure by transforming disaggregated components into specialized solutions through intelligent engineering. Our seasoned experts have worked on projects for some of the world’s leading organizations, leveraging a hybrid cloud-first and AI-enabled approach. We help our customers navigate the ecosystem, drawing on decades of experience. Our deployments are powered by leading white box and OEM network, compute, and storage vendors. Our expertise encompasses a wide range of industries and use cases, including enterprise, cloud, data center, AI, 5G/ISP infrastructure, and edge IT.
About Aviz Networks:
Aviz offers a suite of Networking 3.0 products, services, and support to help network operators of all sizes build open, cloud, and AI-powered networks. Designed for open-source networking, Aviz’s data-centric stack gives customers the freedom to choose their solutions without vendor lock-in, enabling a flexible enterprise-grade experience across a multi-vendor ecosystem. Their aim is to empower network operators to scale like hyperscalers and to enable open source for choice, control, and cost savings.
About SONiC:
SONiC is an open-source Linux-based NOS designed for high-performance, flexible networking. Its built on the Switch Abstraction Interface (SAI) and offers modularity, supports a wide range of hardware platforms, and provides a foundation for modern, cloud-scale data center networking. SONiC offers greater flexibility, scalability, and cost savings for network operators across a variety of use cases.
Alex Cronin
Co-Founder and Solutions Architect
Alex Cronin is a seasoned Solutions Architect with over 15 years of experience in networking and disaggregated infrastructure. His career is defined by aligning enterprise technology with business needs across diverse market segments, from emerging startups to Fortune 500 companies. He has worked on digital infrastructure projects covering network design and software solutions for data center operators, service providers, and enterprises. He is continuously collaborating with Hardware Nation Labs R&D to explore and pioneer the latest advancements in open networking and is assessing the applicability of AI/ML technology across enterprise, data center, and service provider infrastructures.
