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Leadership in tech is no small feat. Countless hours of tireless innovation, whiteboarding and testing are just the beginning. And, with the need for speed running rampant, the network is constantly challenged to support the innovation taking place. Today, Pica8, well-known as the one-stop source for white box networking, unveiled the first network operating system support for 25, 50 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) networking – PicOS 2.7.1.

"Higher bandwidth demand dictates a move to 25/50/100 GbE networking, and service agility dictates a need for SDN," said Dan Tuchler, vice president of product management at Pica8. "In PicOS 2.7.1, we are ahead of the curve by bringing SDN to cost-effective 100GbE switches for the first time."

The solution is now being shipped on 100GbE white box switches from Inventec (News - Alert) and Edgecore networks, which Pica8 put on display at an industry event over the winter.

"Pica8 is continually pushing the limits of its network operating system, and that goal of continual improvements matches our own hardware development goals," said Bill Burger, vice president of business development at Edgecore Networks (News - Alert). "We have seen strong interest in our 100GbE open network switches, and the availability of PicOS 2.7.1 on those switches will deliver more value to our data center, telecom and enterprise customers."

PicOS 2.7.1 marks AdvanceFlow’s introduction into the market. This set of features provides customers an improved ability to scale by allowing for more granular workflow management in addition to optimization.

"Inventec brings cost-effective 100GbE networking to the market with its line of data center switches, and PicOS only enhances our offering," said Daphne Chen, director of network infrastructure design center at Inventec. "We are excited to be offering PicOS with our switch portfolio."

Continuous development is the price of leadership, and as Pica8 displays time and time again this level of innovation pays in spades. Some say it’s lonely at the top, I’d say Pica8 is simply enjoying the view.