When building your own IP network, highly scalable networking delivers flexibility and the freedom to choose router platforms based on merchant silicon or “in-house” developed silicon, depending on your business needs and network functionality.

This white paper explores the different advantages of merchant vs. in-house silicon for IP networking at webscale. From IP interconnect functions to POP edge and backbone routing, find out how to build and scale your network, and delve into topics, like:

• How webscale networking enables SDN and SD-WAN
• How optical networking helps deliver high performance scalability
• Tips for starting your journey towards effective webscale networking