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[Release] OpenDaylight Titanium

by Filip Sterling | Aug 12, 2025 | Blog

OpenDaylight’s Titanium release is officially out, as of 11th of August, 2025. Under the hood, OpenDaylight continues to ship as Karaf/OSGi containers and now requires Java 21 at runtime, with Maven 3.9.5+ recommended for development. A huge thank you to the great...

[Meet Us] PANTHEON.tech @ Open Source Summit 2025 in Amsterdam

by Filip Sterling | Aug 6, 2025 | Blog

We’re thrilled to announce that PANTHEON.tech will be attending the upcoming Open Source Summit Europe 2025 at the dedicated SONiC booth, bringing together the open-source community and technology leaders from around the globe. Join us to witness firsthand how...

[What Is] LAG & MLAG

by Filip Sterling | Aug 5, 2025 | Blog

Transferring large volumes of data between your servers requires more than just a basic network connection. While a simple physical link might work in small setups, enterprise environments demand greater bandwidth, resilience, and flexibility. With our extensive...

[What Are] PortChannels

by Filip Sterling | May 12, 2025 | Blog

Network engineers love throwing around terms like LAG, EtherChannel, MC-LAG – and somewhere in the mix, you’ll hear PortChannel. But what exactly is a PortChannel, and where does it fit into modern data center design? Let’s break it down in a way that makes...

[What Is] VLAN & VXLAN

by Filip Sterling | Apr 2, 2025 | Blog

Let’s start with an analogy – a busy airport. Thousands of passengers, dozens of terminals, countless gates. Now imagine trying to direct all that traffic – keeping passengers moving smoothly, without ending up at the wrong destination. That’s what modern...

[What Is] Whitebox Networking?

by Filip Sterling | Mar 24, 2025 | Blog

A deep dive into open-source & SONiC Solutions One of the many challenges in modern networking is the big decision, between vendor-locked and open-source solutions. While entry prices for vendor-locked solutions seem viable, they can become unbearable in the long...

[What Is] BGP EVPN?

by Filip Sterling | Mar 12, 2025 | Blog

As is always the case, businesses and service providers rely on and require networks that need to be fast, scalable, and resilient. However, as networks grow, they all kinds of challenges—from managing multi-location connectivity to ensuring efficient data flow and...

SONiC & FD.io: Exploration and Technical Deep Dive (Webinar)

by Filip Sterling | Feb 3, 2025 | Blog

Modern challenges need strong, open solutions. If you’re managing networks in data centers, cloud infrastructure, or telecom environments, this must-watch webinar on SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Cloud) and FD.io (Fast Data Input/Output) is for you....

[What Is] Cloud-Native Network Functions

by Filip Sterling | Dec 3, 2024 | Blog

This post is a reference to our sunset project CDNF.io, which was a portfolio of cloud-native network functions. Since this post was fairly popular, we will keep the informative parts of this article online. We are shifting towards consultations and custom CNF...

The hidden costs of network downtime: Why automation is non-negotiable

by Filip Sterling | Nov 13, 2024 | Hidden

A global outage of internet-related services seemed unimaginable – but possible, up until now. ITIC’s survey data shows that nearly 44% of mid-sized and large enterprises experience at least one significant unplanned outage annually. IDC’s analysis...