By Todd Bundy Overview IT managers have multiple protocol options for supporting cloud computing. Settling on one may prove difficult in the near term, which means planning accordingly. The...
By Dimple I. Amin and Andrew F. Bach Overview With a decrease of 1 ms in latency equating to up to $100 million for its trading partners, NYSE Euronext decided to launch the first commercial...
By Eylon Sorek Overview The maturity of Carrier Ethernet and the adoption of MPLS in the metro lend economic and technical support for an MPLS evolution to the metro edge. New deployments are...
By Adel Asseh, PhD Overview Combining the power of fiber Bragg gratings with the simplicity of an ordinary patch cord results in a space-saving, cost-effective approach to dispersion compensation....
Early adoption of optical technology in carrier networks almost always hinges on the symbiotic relationship between need and cost. Initial deployments can be expected to occur when the need becomes...
