This article originally appeared on fibresystems.org. The market for 40 Gbit/s optical transport equipment is growing strongly and looks set to enjoy a five-year period of deployment opportunity before the 100 Gbit/s market gets into full swing, according to industry analysts. The latest figures from research firm Dell’Oro indicate that worldwide revenues for 40 Gbit/s [...]
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2008 issue of FibreSystems Europe magazine. The standardization of higher data rates is vital if Ethernet is to continue as a ubiquitous end-to-end protocol. Pauline Rigby finds out how standards are progressing. Ethernet has traditionally evolved in multiples of 10, from the first successful commercial version of Ethernet [...]
The 40G market embarks upon a 'golden age'