This is a nice real-life deployment of Optical Ethernet!
Note that this technology could be very interesting as far as making IOS (CSCO) routers redundant to a certain extent at the Enterprise level.
Now the million dollar question is how big is the Optical Ethernet market???
Seems NT is in the cutting edge of ALL new communication innovation (optics, wireless, ethernet, CRM, E-Commerce, Security, ....on & on)
"This is the industry's first complete, end-to-end solution for seamless
connections from the core network to the desktop exclusively using Ethernet
protocol," said Rob Spray, managing director, Nortel Networks New Zealand.
"Optical Ethernet will position UnitedNetworks to achieve a significant
competitive advantage by leveraging first-mover advantage in Optical Ethernet
technology to deliver the speed, quality, reliability and economics of a new,
high-performance Internet infrastructure - essential for active participation
in the global eBusiness boom." |
