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If you’re a bank, retailer, airline, pharmaceuticals company, government agency or some other organization with a mission-critical SAN using Brocade switches, then you’ll need to upgrade to the 7th generation of Brocade sooner or later. At Smartoptics,...

With the only 32G optics certified by Broadcom for Gen 7 and the only end-to-end layer 1 transport solution tested for Gen 7, Smartoptics is a safe bet for your Brocade network. You can count on maximum compatibility and no hassle with the least margin...

Smartoptics offers optical transmission solutions that make networks more powerful. The objective is to provide the best solution in terms of cost and simplicity for each and every application. One important component of this strategy is to enable embed...

Generation 7 of Brocade Fibre Channel switches offers many benefits for organizations with mission-critical workloads such as financial institutions, retailers and government agencies. However, before you either postpone upgrading or rush forward too q...

Your DCI may not have been the first thing on your mind when planning to upgrade to Brocade Gen 7. But it’s important not to forget the DWDM optics used with your Brocade switches for a number of reasons. For starters, Gen 7 won’t work with transceivers...

In today's competitive business landscape, companies often wonder what their most valuable asset is. What really makes a company thrive? Is it the customers who fuel their growth or the employees who drive innovation and deliver exceptional service? At...

In today's rapidly expanding IT landscape, many organizations are faced with the challenge of fiber exhaust. Installing additional fiber infrastructure is often impractical due to permitting roadblocks, construction delays, and financial constraints. To...

Rural broadband service providers (BSPs) face increasing data traffic as the connected society takes hold, which puts pressure on backbone network performance. This has driven the development of 400ZR for enabling 400G speeds with flexible hardware conf...

Cost efficiency is becoming increasingly important for everyone operating optical networks and interconnecting data centers, given energy and fiber costs. The money you spend is most likely not coming out of some gigantic tier 1 service provider or hype...

These days, everyone is talking about openness. Almost every optical networking provider’s website advertises “openness”. But what does open really mean, and what should you expect from a truly open solution? If you take a closer look, it’s apparent tha...

Optical networking solutions are frequently advertised as easy to use. But what does that really mean? Many enterprise data center operators and service providers don’t have a huge team working day and night on DWDM links. Ease of use reduces the time y...

In our offerings and sales, we stake our reputation on openness. We aim to deliver flexible solutions that our customers can use as they please and help them find the best solution. We also see ourselves as a challenger who must work hard and go the ext...