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EPS Global Tech News Roundup January 2026

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Written by: EPS Global 1/31/2026
JANUARY 2026

We hope you had a restful holiday season and that 2026 brings you and your business continued success and growth. Our team is ready to support you with everything you need to achieve your goals in 2026.

EPS has a busy quarter ahead filled with customer events, industry conferences, and trade shows, and we look forward to connecting with many of you in person. If you'll be attending any of these, we hope to see you there!

What's New?

Inside the Red Zone

Inside the Red Zone: What to Do When Supply Chain Delays Hit Your Q2 & Q3 2026 Projects

Currently, we are seeing lead times for optics, cables, and switches extend to 14–16 weeks. With Lunar New Year starting on February 17th, and manufacturing shutdowns lasting through the month, the timeline implications are severe.

Find out how you can mitigate the risks of the Red Zone.

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PixArt Partnership

EPS Global Expands PixArt Partnership to North America & India | Portfolio Overview

We are now a franchised supplier for PixArt Imaging in North America and India, building on our years of success in Europe.

Watch as our FAE Patrick provides a comprehensive walkthrough of the PixArt technology roadmap. Whether you need distance sensing for robot vacuums, high-speed tracking for gaming mice, or low-power intelligent detection for people counting, PixArt has a solution.

Watch Now

Upcoming Events

Open Networking in Action

DACH Event! Open Networking in Action - Stories from the Field

25th Feb 2026 - Munich, Germany

Along with our partners, IP Infusion and Coherent, we're hosting a premier summit for customers and anyone interested in the practical realities of Open Networking in Munich next month.

This is not a standard product showcase. Open Networking in Action is a peer-to-peer exchange, focusing entirely on real-world deployments. We are bringing the OcNOS community together to highlight successful strategies, architectural decisions, and the tangible benefits of disaggregation.

Join us for networking, customer stories, refreshments and dinner.

Here's your Invite

Mobile World Congress

Mobile World Congress

2-4th Mar 2026 - Barcelona, Spain

Our team is heading to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress. With the mobile ecosystem rapidly evolving, we're looking forward to connecting with partners and customers to explore the latest in optical transport and next-generation networking for 5G and beyond.

Meet us There

DKNOG

DKNOG - Danish Network Operators Group

5-6th Mar 2026 - Copenhagen, Denmark

Straight from Barcelona to Copenhagen, where we're presenting and exhibiting with IP Infusion and Edgecore. We'll be demonstrating open networking alternatives that break free from vendor lock-in—combining OcNOS software with high-performance switches. Come chat with us about how disaggregation is changing the game.

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Embedded World

Embedded World

10-12th Mar 2026 - Nuremberg, Germany

Our FAE's will be at Embedded World with partners Qualinx, ST, Microchip, NXP, and Renesas. If you're working on embedded designs or looking for component solutions, our team will be there to provide technical guidance and support.

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CLOUDFEST 2026

CLOUDFEST 2026 - Join us at Booth #Z49

23-25th Mar 2026 - Booth #Z49, Rust, Germany

We'll be exhibiting at CloudFest 2026 taking place at Europa-Park in Germany from 23–26 March 2026. Alongside our vendor partners Celestica and Hedgehog, we'll be demonstrating a high-performance, open-networking AI cluster as presented at the OCP Global Summit and we'd love to see you at our booth to experience it live. We have a limited number of free tickets (worth €500) available for our valued customers, so please contact us to secure your ticket and book a demo while they last.

Get your free ticket here

OCP EMEA Summit

OCP EMEA Summit

29-30th April 2026 - Barcelona, Spain

We'll be at OCP Summit EMEA catching up with the open hardware community. It's a great place to see what's happening in open compute and have real conversations about where the industry is heading. Want to meet up? Drop us a line to schedule time.

Meet us There

Products

AIS800-64D - 64x QSFP-DD800 switch ports with Tomahawk 5

AIS800-64D

The Edgecore AIS800-64D is a high-performance 51.2 Tbps data center switch designed for AI/ML workloads. Built on the Broadcom Tomahawk 5 chipset with advanced 5nm process technology, this 2 RU switch delivers twice the throughput of previous generations.

Features:

  • QSFP-DD800 switch ports, each supporting 1 x 800 GbE (100G PAM4), or via breakout cables 2 x 400G GbE, 4 x 200 GbE, or 8 x 100 GbE.
  • QSFP-DD800 switch ports also support 1 x 400 GbE (50G PAM4), 1 x 100 GbE (NRZ), and via breakout cables 2 x 200 GbE, 4 x 100 GbE, or 8 x 50 GbE.
  • Up to 30W power budget per QSFP-DD800 port.
  • Incorporates Broadcom Tomahawk 5 switch series silicon.
  • BMC module with serial-over-LAN support
  • SyncE and PTPv2 support with 1PPS, 10MHz, and ToD connectors on the front panel

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OcNOS for Service Providers (OcNOS-SP)

OcNOS-SP

IP Infusion's OcNOS-SP is a comprehensive carrier-grade Network Operating System designed to deliver total network disaggregation for service providers. This deployment-ready software solution simplifies complex networks through open standards while breaking vendor lock-in.

Features:

  • Fully validated and hardened carrier-grade solutions
  • Breaks vendor lock-in
  • Scalable software for Terabit switching bandwidth
  • Lower TCO: Up to 65-75% savings against Traditional Tier-1 vendors
  • A broad ecosystem of technology and integration partners

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EPS Global Tech News Roundup January 2026

We hope you had a restful holiday season and that 2026 brings you and your business continued success and growth. Our team is ready to support you with everything you need to achieve your goals in 2026.

EPS has a busy quarter ahead filled with customer events, industry conferences, and trade shows, and we look forward to connecting with many of you in person. If you'll be attending any of these, we hope to see you there!
We hope you had a restful holiday season and that 2026 brings you and your business continued success and growth. Our team is ready to support you with everything you need to achieve your goals in 2026.

EPS has a busy quarter ahead filled with customer events, industry conferences, and trade shows, and we look forward to connecting with many of you in person. If you'll be attending any of these, we hope to see you there!

EPS Global

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