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Introducing programmability into a new area of IT infrastructure

Above all else, APS Networks is about a diverse and incredibly talented team of people. Our combined backgrounds stretch across hardware design, development and distribution; through managing and maintaining some of the world’s largest open source software projects; to research and development within telecommunications, broadcast, security and finance. And this powerful meeting of minds is built around one, single, simple vision: putting openness, choice and end-user control at the heart of the network.

We are at the start of the journey, but across a range of sectors where connectivity holds strategic importance, black box networking is on its way out!

This is about more than just network disaggregation within switches, and software defined networking (SDN). Look below the switches, and datacenter racks in many industries are filled with closed proprietary boxes performing specialized networking functions. This world is already starting to collide with the forces of open, programmable hardware, open source software and collaboration.

Setting aside the six, sometimes seven, figure price tags and unnecessary power consumption, the current generation of black-box racks leave users locked-in to tardy vendor roadmaps and locked-out of much of the open innovation that is now driving progress in the networking space.

So that’s what we are about. APS Networks is about using our blend of development skills in hardware, firmware/embedded, OS and application software, to help blow the world of closed networking wide open. Then, we are taking the pieces and putting them back together more securely, more efficiently and, most importantly, doing this as an open, collaborative community together with our customers.

We realize this is a somewhat vague and visionary ‘hello world’, so we will be following up on this post over the next few days, with a series of more in-depth analyses looking at key areas of our networking vision, including: hardware, open source and programmability. We will also be giving readers an intro to some of the exciting technology APS has already acquired.

Stick with us on the blog, follow us on social media and there will be a slew of announcements over the next few months. Check out our products page and feel free to reach out to us through our channels.

03/03/2021   |   APS Networks