OIF: Optics Leads the Way for Next Gen Data Centers

Nathan Tracy, OIF President, underscores the rising importance of machine learning and artificial intelligence in data centers, driving the need for increased bandwidth and density. - The future data centers will require a significant shift in bandwidth and bandwidth density to meet the demands of machine learning and artificial intelligence. This will inevitably drive power consumption and thermal management in these data centers.- OIF is working...

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Windstream carries 800G over 1,386km with Nokia

Windstream Wholesale and Nokia completed a trial of 800 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) service transmission over a single 800 Gbps wavelength on an over 1,386-kilometer link across Windstream’s live network.The trial used Nokia FP5 IP service routing platforms with 800GE interfaces and Nokia optical transport platforms with 6th generation super coherent Photonic Service Engine (PSE-6s) technology. The demonstration validates the readiness of Windstream Wholesale’s...

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Keysight 400GE Network Test Platform Validates Fortinet’s Hyperscale DDoS

The Keysight APS-M8400 network cybersecurity test platform was chosen by Fortinet to validate the hyperscale DDoS defense capabilities and carrier-grade performance of its FortiGate 4800F next-generation firewall. The APS-M8400 platform generated 3 Tbps of legitimate and malicious traffic in a single test, validating the hyperscale firewall protection offered by the FortiGate 4800F, which successfully defended against an 800 Gbps layer 2-3 DDoS...

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Dell'Oro: The Party Is Still On for the Campus Switch Market

Worldwide sales of Campus Switches in 3Q 2023 surged by 24 percent year-over-year (Y/Y), marking the fifth consecutive quarter of over 20 percent growth in this market and reaching record levels, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. This achievement is remarkable given the market's historical mid-to-high single-digit growth rate prior to the pandemic. Several vendors including Arista, Cisco, CommScope, Extreme, HPE Aruba, and Juniper experienced...

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FCC rejects Starlink for $900M in subsidies for rural broadband

The FCC voted to reject Starlink’s application to receive $900 million in public support through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund program.The FCC determined that “Starlink failed to demonstrate that it could deliver the promised service,” and therefore funding “would not be the best use of limited Universal Service Fund dollars to bring broadband to unserved areas across the United States .”The RDOF program authorized more than $6 billion in funding...

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Nokia to acquire Fenix Group for defense solutions

Nokia agreed to acquire Fenix Group, a privately held company that specializes in tactical 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) communications solutions for the defense communities. Financial terms were not disclosed.Fenix Group, which is based in Chantilly, Virginia, specializes in tactical communications products, including its Banshee product family. The systems are designed to provide high-speed, low latency data connections to many devices...

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