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The highest-growth optical-networking market is carrier-delivered wavelength services for enterprise applications. To satisfy that demand, a new class of small, power-efficient, easy-to-install optical platforms designed specifically for carrier access and enterprise deployment has emerged.
Overview
This tutorial examines the technological developments and market dynamics that have led to the current state of optical networking, as well as trends for its future. With data-center managers around the globe seeking to outsource wavelength services, many carriers are realizing full return on their investments in optical-networking platforms in less than one year. The tutorial will outline why this relationship is a win-win scenario for both enterprises and carriers, common technical requirements for wavelength-services platforms, deployment phases, enterprise case studies, and other technologies. The tutorial is paced so that it can familiarize newcomers to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) and the market landscape, as well as confirm and expand upon the experiences and understandings of data-center managers and carrier network planners.
