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Marvell Announces Industry's First Commercial Switch Platforms with Dent to Accelerate Smart Retail and Enterprise Edge Infrastructure
Availability of Marvell Prestera Switches Running Dent Network Operating System Bring Benefits of Open Source Networking to the Borderless Enterprise SANTA
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[{"type":"text","content":"Availability of Marvell Prestera Switches Running Dent Network Operating System Bring Benefits of Open Source Networking to the Borderless Enterprise\n\n\nSANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) today announced that its Prestera® Ethernet switch platforms incorporating Dent are being deployed by leading enterprise customers worldwide, enabling a new era of autonomous networking. Dent, a project of The Linux Foundation, provides an open, modern network operating system supported by a rich ecosystem of software providers and hardware ODMs to bring lower total cost of ownership and efficient operation to the distributed enterprise edge. With these customer deployments, Marvell is helping to accelerate the build-out of Ethernet switching infrastructure in emerging applications in the borderless enterprise, such as autonomous retail, by offering faster and secure connectivity. The new technologies offered by Marvell in collaboration with the Dent ecosystem and Linux Foundation allow retailers to transform physical stores to smart retail connected environments that benefit consumers through easy, efficient, and effortless in-store experiences.\nWith Dent's first release of its Linux-based network operating system, codenamed \"Arthur,\" on Marvell's Prestera switch platforms, enterprises can easily transition to disaggregated networks while benefiting from flexibility in deployment and customization by virtue of open source. Dent uses the Linux 5.6 Kernel and leverages SwitchDev to simplify integrations, eliminate complex abstractions, and support existing Linux toolchains. \n\"Our continued collaboration with the Dent community enables us to expand our industry-standard application interfaces on our Prestera switch portfolio, allowing our customers to leverage the full network operating software ecosystem, and the flexibility of open source,\" said Guy Azrad, general manager and senior vice president, Switch Business Unit, Marvell. \"In addition, the optimized technology of our switch devices brings network visibility, intelligence, performance and security features required for the borderless enterprise. This combination is helping to accelerate the transition to open disaggregated networks and the continued growth of deployments at or near the network access edge.\" \n\"We are thrilled that Marvell ...