Eric Broockman, CTO and EVP of Engineering, Extreme Networks:
"As a long-standing technology partner of Broadcom, Extreme Networks is committed to delivering the industry's most comprehensive, feature-rich, turnkey networking solutions serving the multi-faceted needs of modern IT enterprises. We recognize the massive transformative potential of the StrataXGS Trident 3 Series in unifying the feature consistency, network visibility, and software-driven control of the end-to-end enterprise network -- from campus access/distribution to converged core to DCI. Trident 3-based platforms will form an important part of Extreme's world class switching portfolio, enabling unprecedented 100GbE economics in the enterprise and end-to-end in-field upgrades of critical new switch functionality."

Michael Xie, Founder, President, and Chief Technology Officer, Fortinet Inc.:
"Enterprise networks are continually evolving to meet the increasing demands of today’s digital economy. Effectively protecting all of this traffic requires high-performance and highly reliable security solutions like Fortinet's industry-leading enterprise and cloud firewalls which leverage Broadcom's StrataXGS silicon. The Trident 3 Series enables us to integrate 25GE and 100GE interconnects into our enterprise firewall solutions to provide our customers with superior power efficiency, flexible traffic management, and meet traffic demands now and into the future.”

Liu Yili, Vice President and Head of Datacenter Research Department, H3C Technologies:
"H3C Technologies, building on its leading-edge portfolio of enterprise and data center networking solutions, is uniquely positioned to leverage the breakthrough programmable switch architecture of Broadcom's Trident 3. Our rich experience with StrataXGS and StrataDNX merchant silicon allows H3C to support the most reliable, flexible, and production-ready solutions for end-user applications, and to be the first to drive advanced network virtualization, monitoring, and traffic engineering capabilities into large scale deployment. H3C and its customers will greatly benefit from Broadcom's innovative approach in Trident 3."

Yu Li, General Manager, Data Center Network Product Line, Huawei Technologies:
"Our multi-generational collaboration with Broadcom, using StrataXGS and StrataDNX switches, has helped Huawei establish its position as a global networking equipment leader for enterprises and service providers. And our continued success relies on silicon technology that enables Huawei's product differentiation, quality, reliability, and engineering excellence. The Trident 3 platform provides such valuable technology by delivering expanded, backwards-compatible switching behavior that can be reprogrammed to rapidly implement new SDN and network visibility requirements, with the full production readiness and solution robustness expected by our customers."

Bethany Mayer, President and CEO, Ixia Solutions Group, Keysight Technologies:
"In this IT era of software-defined-everything, network visibility must be operationalized and adapted to new requirements at a lightning-fast pace. Ixia's network packet brokering solutions depend on Broadcom StrataXGS switching for ultra-high-bandwidth connectivity and no-compromise packet processing performance. The Trident 3 series architecture arms us with a versatile silicon platform for customizing our 10/25/40/50/100GbE monitoring solutions, with unprecedented deployment velocity."

Liu Zhongdong, President and CEO, Ruijie Networks:
"Broadcom and Ruijie Networks are helping to drive the current network transformation happening in China - from power-constrained, inflexible, limited-performance solutions to nimble, high-performance, merchant-silicon based equipment. Setting a new industry standard for data plane programmability, the StrataXGS Trident 3 family will trigger a new wave of switching solutions for the China market that will bring 25GbE and 100GbE into the mainstream, extending the life of networking infrastructure with ISSU-delivered functional upgrades and unparalleled power efficiency. We have worked closely with Broadcom to develop a rich portfolio of switches based on Trident, Tomahawk, and Jericho products, and we are excited to embark together on this ambitious journey armed with the ingenuity and versatility of the Trident 3 generation."

David Chen, Vice General Manager, Ethernet Switching, ZTE Corporation:
"The introduction of fully programmable packet processing in the Trident 3 switching architecture is noteworthy as it extends the lifespan and feature capacity of the industry's most recognized merchant switch silicon solution. ZTE's growing portfolio of high-performance Ethernet solutions will benefit from the extensive L2, L3, MPLS, and overlay processing flexibility in Trident 3 and drive the adoption of software-defined, economical, low-power 100GbE connectivity in the data center market."

Network Operators and End Users:

Truman Boyes, Head of Networks, CTO Office, Bloomberg LP
"At Bloomberg, we feel that programmable packet-processing pipelines allow for rapid time-to-market solutions and support next-generation encapsulation technologies. We believe that in-band network telemetry and the active monitoring of latency, loss, and behavior are the keys to operating a high performance network. Broadcom's focus on open telemetry technologies, such as In-band OAM, will allow operators to build and deploy more intelligent mission-critical networks."

Dr. Li Han, Director of Network Research Institute, China Mobile Communications Corporation:
"China Mobile believes in the value of merchant switch silicon and emerging software-defined technologies that enable the service provider cloud to be more operationally agile. We applaud Broadcom for investing in a programmable switch architecture for Trident 3 that delivers leading-edge network telemetry capabilities and the ability to implement new protocol processing paradigms. We believe it will be an important product for advancing the next generation of cloud and mobile services in China."

Dr. Shen Chengbin, Director of Infrastructure Networks, Shanghai Research Institute, China Telecom:
"Networking silicon that can marry software-driven programmability with robust, guaranteed functionality and efficient hardware implementation are particularly attractive to telecom operators, so that we can deploy a more flexible carrier network without compromising on economics, reliability, or time-to-market. Broadcom Trident 3 switches fulfill this promise and their programmable architecture provides insurance that fast-evolving network requirements can be met without continuously investing in long equipment upgrade cycles. From central office NFV to mobile core to data center, telecom infrastructure can benefit from the innovation and attention to quality and efficiency that Broadcom has achieved in Trident 3.”

Wang Guangquan, Director of Network Research Institute, China Unicom:
"The migration of Asia operators to higher-speed 25GbE, 50GbE, and 100GbE networks relies on technologies that can reduce power consumption, capital expense and operational burden. By enabling new capabilities such as Service Function Chaining and in-band telemetry in an aggressive cost and power envelope, the Broadcom Trident 3 switch family can deliver tremendous efficiencies to China Unicom's network infrastructure."

Wen Temitim, Chief Network Scientist, Stackpath:
"Stackpath's vision for delivering intelligent, secure web-scale services is predicated on network infrastructure developing a faster loop between real time visibility data and programmatic control of its various resources. The Trident 3 switching series provides a powerful toolset for detailed, per-packet monitoring of network performance and traffic anomalies, future-proofed to address the evolving needs of a fully secured cloud. We can count on Broadcom and its impressive ecosystem of equipment/software providers to deliver fundamentally enabling technologies for the next generation of secure cloud services.”

Wade Shao, Deputy Director, Network Architecture Center, Tencent:
"Tencent's network needs to provide high-quality services to businesses and be programmable to accommodate massive scale requirements and new applications. Broadcom's new Trident 3 platform allows for rolling out required network features quickly and responding to network anomalies and failures with a global view and real-time deep insights."

Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs):

CC Lee, President, Accton Technology Corporation:
"Accton has had the privilege of continuously cooperating with Broadcom to introduce innovative networking technologies to the industry. Not long ago, the StrataXGS Trident-II ushered in the era of open, scale-out networks based on merchant switch silicon, and we helped enable this transition - through existing OEM partners as well as Edgecore Networks - at massive scale in data centers and network service providers worldwide. Now, with the Trident 3 generation, we see the opportunity for mass-market adoption of 25/100GbE based leaf-spine interconnect leveraging a fully programmable switch data plane. We are excited to work with Broadcom to deliver more agile, performant, and efficient switching solutions to the industry based on Trident 3."

Jeff Chen, CEO, Delta Networks Inc.:
"The introduction of the StrataXGS Trident 3 programmable switch architecture is an important milestone for DNI and for the overall industry. As Broadcom's premier networking ODM provider, our focus is to deliver on the numerous benefits of this family -- including in-system upgradeability, excellent cost/performance and superior power efficiency, unified, flexible switch features scaling from Gigabit Ethernet all the way to high-density 100GbE. It is our honor to participate in this revolutionary product development and expect great mutual success through our cooperation."