HP creates open source NOS

HP has joined hands with an array of firms, including Arista, Broadcom and Intel, to produce OpenSwitch, an open source NOS (network operating system). Developers can now pool resources, test new theories and innovate to build up higherquality networks for companies. Moreover, these networks can be tailored to accommodate specific business needs.

The digital character of the world has produced a need for more compliant NOSs. Networks handle hefty amounts of data every day, which has led to a need for on-demand scalability.

Conventional networks are built with proprietary software, which doesn’t permit customers or their software partners to transform their networks to their own parameters.

But now developers can focus on improving their businessspecific workload needs and functions instead of spending time and energy struggling with the complex licensing structures.

The primary benefit of OpenSwitch is that it allows developers to create new applications and specific features for individual networks, and it also helps them by enabling these resources to finish the project faster and with fewer post-release tribulations.

Open source projects attract a huge number of developers’ contributions from around the globe, and hence such projects are bound to be less tricky and get completed faster.