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A market view on: Open optical networking solution for 100G connectivity
The demand for bandwidth in transport networks is ever increasing. At the same time, network architecture is changing into a more data center oriented approach. 100G is the new standard when it comes datarate and network owners are looking for cost-effi...
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A Market view on: fiber optical solutions – What will the future bring?
100G is the new standard for data center interconnect and Metro applications but what should we expect of 400G and when? In this video Smartoptics and some key partners express their expectations on future products.
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A market view on: Smartoptics Open Line System
Governments och Enterprises increasingly chose DWDM-based Open Line Systems for Data Center Interconnect. They look for fully automated 100G systems that provide the possibilty to embed optical transceivers directly into the switches and routers.
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On the look-out for sustainable, cost-efficient 100G connectivity for your metro network?
Service providers, operators and wholesale carriers connecting business subscribers to their metro networks face increased demand for more bandwidth. An accelerating interest in cloud services, enhanced security through data-replication and, not least,...
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Time to ramp up to 400G for your DCI solution – which way should you go?
So, you have decided that it is time to step-up to 100G connectivity in your network. You are not alone. Video streaming, cloud computing and data-replication between sites are just a few of the applications driving the need for more bandwidth in data c...
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Is the beauty of 400G worth the wait for your DCI solution?
The rapid demand growth for more bandwidth in DCI solutions to support content delivery, cloud computing and mirroring of data, is encouraging enterprises and service providers to step up their connectivity solutions to 100G. But while most organisation...
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Service provider Anexia’s journey to a brand new European network
Cloud service provider Anexia was founded in Austrian Klagenfurt just over a decade ago. Today the company serves local and international clients from offices in Vienna, Munich, Cologne and New York City.
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Top 10 considerations for building an embedded xWDM network
Thinking about rolling up your sleeves and designing a CWDM or DWDM network? You probably understand the basics of wavelength division multiplexing and its great potential to provide capacity expansion and flexibility at a cost you can afford. Now you n...
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When embedded WDM networking isn’t possible
As we have seen, embedded xWDM (CWDM or DWDM) networking offers a simple, easy to manage and cost-efficient solution for transporting large amounts of data over short to mid-range distances. Today (2020), standard transceivers are available for up to 40...
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Managing amplification and dispersion in the network
Amplification boosts the signal in the optical fiber so that it can overcome the attenuation, i.e. it increases the distance over which the data between two sites can be transmitted. One of the major criteria for an embedded network to work is that the...
WDM
Assessing your optical link budget for a successful embedded WDM network
Many people looking to build an embedded WDM network will use the distance specification of the transceiver and the distance of the fiber as the key criteria for designing the network. This is a risky way to go. Under ideal circumstances, a DWDM ZR tran...
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Embedded WDM solutions – As easy as 1-2-3
The simplest way to create a Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) network is using an embedded WDM solution. In an embedded solution, a CWDM or DWDM transceiver is connected directly into a SAN or IP switch. Each signal that comes from the different t...
