Monday, November 18, 2013

Zayo and Infinera Deliver 1 Terabit Super-Channel for Super Computing 2013's SCinet

Infinera and Zayo are delivering a one terabit per second (1Tb/s) super-channel transmission capacity in support of the SCinet network at this week's Super Computing 2013 (SC13) in Denver.

This is the first time 1Tbos of super-channel transmission capacity will be deployed on SCinet’s network, delivered with the Infinera DTN-X platform.

Zayo will bedemonstrating the rapid provisioning of 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) services from the show floor in Denver to Chicago. Zayo offers 100GbE services to high-bandwidth customers including research and education institutions, Internet content providers, and government agencies. Infinera is a supplier of multi-terabit transport capacity for Zayo’s 100GbE services.

"The delivery of terabit service on SCinet demonstrates how fast Zayo can deploy capacity for our customers," said David Dunn, vice president of wavelength product at Zayo. "Through our collaboration with Infinera on this deployment, we are demonstrating our ability to expand our 100GbE services to accommodate the bandwidth-driven needs of our customers.”

http://www.sc13.supercomputing.org
http://www.zayo.com
http://www.infinera.com