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To: robert burr who wrote (20928)	3/1/1999 8:29:00 AM
From: J Fieb	Respond to of 29386

techweb.com Moving WDM Into the Enterprise Wave division multiplexing, long the domain of carrier backbones and large data centers using IBM's Enterprise System Connectivity (ESCON) technology, is getting more useful for enterprise users, too. This week ADVA Optical Networking will introduce the Fiber Service Platform, a line of optical networking equipment that will let carriers offer Gigabit Ethernet, ATM and FDDI LAN services between corporate sites. The units also support ESCON and Fibre Channel. ADVA makes WDM equipment(OCM-16)that Inrange sells as the OM/9000.......An ADVA worldwide distribution partner for WDM and fiber optic products, INRANGE Technologies markets the OCMs under the trademark OM/9000™. "This new technology means that INRANGE Technologies' customers can now improve price/performance of their optical fiber links up to 16-fold," Silberbauer added, "and at the same time have a graceful upgrade path from the current product." inrange.com ADVA's site...... The Fiber Service Platform is designed for City Carriers who want to provide their enterprise customers with data services. advaoptical.com Look at their applications link. Every single one is an Inrange project. Their line of WDM multiplexors and Erbium amplifiers combined with Inrange's new FC interest. I think you get a SAN that will shatter the 10k distance limits....... advaoptical.com some of their distances are a more than 10K. It may just be expensive? Any thoughts out there?