CloudFest Recap & Zipline Case Study - March Tech Roundup from EPS Global Share on Written by: EPS Global 3/30/2026 March 2026 Tech News Roundup The latest from EPS Global — events, products, open networking, and more. What's New News CloudFest 2026 — Rollercoasters, Networking & AI Infrastructure We took Open Networking to Europa-Park for CloudFest 2026 — Germany's largest theme park and arguably the most unique venue in the trade show calendar. Alongside our partners Celestica and Hedgehog, we showcased Open Networking, sparking conversations about GPU fabric orchestration, 800G switching, and breaking free from vendor lock-in. Watch the Recap Video Bridging the Gap: MIPI to 10GbE for NVIDIA Platforms At Embedded World 2026, Paul Roche got a closer look at Microchip Technology's Ethernet Sensor Bridge kit — a compact PolarFire FPGA solution bridging four gigabit MIPI cameras into 10GbE. Watch Video Spotlight EPS Global Shines in Celestica's Inaugural Partner Spotlight We're proud to be featured as the first in Celestica's partner spotlight series. Over 25 years we've built deep expertise in open networking, bringing powerful solutions to customers worldwide. Continue Reading Event Recap Open Networking in Action — Highlights from Munich Thank you to everyone who joined us in Munich for Open Networking in Action. Customer stories, technical discussions with IP Infusion and Coherent engineers, and conversations over dinner made for exactly the kind of peer-to-peer exchange we had in mind. Events like this remind us why the OcNOS community is so strong. View Show Roundup Media Gallery Case Study How Zipline Networks Like a Hyperscaler with Hedgehog & Celestica When drone delivery company Zipline needed to scale their AI training infrastructure without scaling costs, they turned to Open Networking. The result: a fully automated, private cloud environment giving Zipline complete control over compute, data governance, and AI model cycle times. Watch Case Study Video Hands On with the DS5000 — 800G Switch 64 ports. 800G. Powered by the Broadcom Tomahawk 5. Watch Bartek Raszczyk showcase the Celestica DS5000, purpose-built for high-capacity leaf-and-spine networks and dedicated AI fabrics. Watch Video Video Embedded World 2026 — All You Need to Know Our FAEs were on the ground alongside partners Qualinx, ST, Microchip, NXP, and Renesas — providing technical guidance and hands-on support for engineers on embedded designs. Watch Recap Events & ESG Community Investing in the Next Generation For the past two years, members of our Dublin team have been mentoring students from St. Joseph's Secondary School, Rush, as part of Business in the Community Ireland's mentorship programme. The ambition and talent shown by these students has been truly inspiring. View Post Upcoming ITNOG10 — Bologna Tue 21 Apr 2026 · 09:30–17:00 · Ex Gam, Bologna Italy's network engineering community comes together for training sessions, vendor workshops, and technical presentations. Register Now Upcoming OCP EMEA Summit — Barcelona 29–30 Apr 2026 · Barcelona, Spain We'll be catching up with the open hardware community at the OCP Summit EMEA. Want to meet up? Drop us a line. Meet Us There Recap Mobile World Congress Our team headed to Barcelona to explore the latest in optical transport and next-generation networking for 5G and beyond. Watch Recap Recap DKNOG — Copenhagen Our EMEA team presented alongside IP Infusion and Edgecore, demonstrating open networking alternatives that break free from vendor lock-in. Learn More Recap OFC — Optical Networking & Communications Conference We were at OFC 2026 in Los Angeles, where the global optical ecosystem came together. It was one of the best opportunities of the year for hands-on conversations about the technologies powering AI-era networks and data centres. Get in Touch Products Featured Product DS5000 — 2U 64-Port 800GbE Data Center Switch Industry-leading 800G switch in a 2U form factor with Broadcom StrataXGS Tomahawk 5 Ethernet switch chip Hot-swappable redundant PSUs and fans for maximum resiliency BMC System Management for remote monitoring and management ONIE for open source and commercial NOS including SONiC Intel Xeon D 2.9GHz four-core processor (up to 8-core) Support for ZR/ZR+ Coherent Optical Modules Learn More CloudFest Recap & Zipline Case Study - March Tech Roundup from EPS Global 3/30/2026 3:10:29 PM https://www.epsglobal.com/getattachment/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/CloudFest-Recap-Zipline-Case-Study-March-Tech-Roundup-from-EPS-Global.jpg EPS Global https://www.epsglobal.com/Media-Library/EPSGlobal/news/eps-logo.jpg EPS Global Newsletter January 2026 December 2025 November 2025 October 2025 September 2025 August 2025 July 2025 June 2025 June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 February 2025 Categories IT Components Semiconductors
News CloudFest 2026 — Rollercoasters, Networking & AI Infrastructure We took Open Networking to Europa-Park for CloudFest 2026 — Germany's largest theme park and arguably the most unique venue in the trade show calendar. Alongside our partners Celestica and Hedgehog, we showcased Open Networking, sparking conversations about GPU fabric orchestration, 800G switching, and breaking free from vendor lock-in. Watch the Recap
Video Bridging the Gap: MIPI to 10GbE for NVIDIA Platforms At Embedded World 2026, Paul Roche got a closer look at Microchip Technology's Ethernet Sensor Bridge kit — a compact PolarFire FPGA solution bridging four gigabit MIPI cameras into 10GbE. Watch Video
Spotlight EPS Global Shines in Celestica's Inaugural Partner Spotlight We're proud to be featured as the first in Celestica's partner spotlight series. Over 25 years we've built deep expertise in open networking, bringing powerful solutions to customers worldwide. Continue Reading
Event Recap Open Networking in Action — Highlights from Munich Thank you to everyone who joined us in Munich for Open Networking in Action. Customer stories, technical discussions with IP Infusion and Coherent engineers, and conversations over dinner made for exactly the kind of peer-to-peer exchange we had in mind. Events like this remind us why the OcNOS community is so strong. View Show Roundup
Case Study How Zipline Networks Like a Hyperscaler with Hedgehog & Celestica When drone delivery company Zipline needed to scale their AI training infrastructure without scaling costs, they turned to Open Networking. The result: a fully automated, private cloud environment giving Zipline complete control over compute, data governance, and AI model cycle times. Watch Case Study
Video Hands On with the DS5000 — 800G Switch 64 ports. 800G. Powered by the Broadcom Tomahawk 5. Watch Bartek Raszczyk showcase the Celestica DS5000, purpose-built for high-capacity leaf-and-spine networks and dedicated AI fabrics. Watch Video
Video Embedded World 2026 — All You Need to Know Our FAEs were on the ground alongside partners Qualinx, ST, Microchip, NXP, and Renesas — providing technical guidance and hands-on support for engineers on embedded designs. Watch Recap
Community Investing in the Next Generation For the past two years, members of our Dublin team have been mentoring students from St. Joseph's Secondary School, Rush, as part of Business in the Community Ireland's mentorship programme. The ambition and talent shown by these students has been truly inspiring. View Post
Upcoming ITNOG10 — Bologna Tue 21 Apr 2026 · 09:30–17:00 · Ex Gam, Bologna Italy's network engineering community comes together for training sessions, vendor workshops, and technical presentations. Register Now
Upcoming OCP EMEA Summit — Barcelona 29–30 Apr 2026 · Barcelona, Spain We'll be catching up with the open hardware community at the OCP Summit EMEA. Want to meet up? Drop us a line. Meet Us There
Recap Mobile World Congress Our team headed to Barcelona to explore the latest in optical transport and next-generation networking for 5G and beyond. Watch Recap
Recap DKNOG — Copenhagen Our EMEA team presented alongside IP Infusion and Edgecore, demonstrating open networking alternatives that break free from vendor lock-in. Learn More
Recap OFC — Optical Networking & Communications Conference We were at OFC 2026 in Los Angeles, where the global optical ecosystem came together. It was one of the best opportunities of the year for hands-on conversations about the technologies powering AI-era networks and data centres. Get in Touch
Featured Product DS5000 — 2U 64-Port 800GbE Data Center Switch Industry-leading 800G switch in a 2U form factor with Broadcom StrataXGS Tomahawk 5 Ethernet switch chip Hot-swappable redundant PSUs and fans for maximum resiliency BMC System Management for remote monitoring and management ONIE for open source and commercial NOS including SONiC Intel Xeon D 2.9GHz four-core processor (up to 8-core) Support for ZR/ZR+ Coherent Optical Modules Learn More