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  • Volume 25, Issue 5

    • Volume 25, Issue 5

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    Packet Transport

    �EtherOptics� optimizes intelligent IP/Ethernet transport

    May 1, 2008
    by Raymond XieFew people disagree that the convergence of Ethernet and optics (EtherOptics) is one of the cornerstones of next-generation broadband networks. This convergence ...
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    Transmission

    Premier Products

    May 1, 2008
    Rugged breakout kitsDurofan low-smoke�zero-halogen (LSZH) rated breakout kits are made from materials that will not produce toxic or combustible gases if exposed to high heat...
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    Network Design

    Red Sox champion DWDM technology in data center move

    May 1, 2008
    BY Meghan Fuller HannaThe Boston Red Sox captured their second World Series sweep in the last 4 years thanks to their on-field resources: Major League Baseball�s only 20-game...
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    Packet Transport

    Where should network intelligence reside?

    May 1, 2008
    What has derailed the expected expansion of the IP over WDM model from the core to the metro network? Why do circuit-based transport networks like SONET/SDH persist and even continue...
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    Optical Tech

    Carrier Ethernet service levels rest on demarc units

    May 1, 2008
    by Arthur HarveyThe Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) has now standardized a number of services for wide-area Ethernet connectivity collectively known as Carrier Ethernet services. The...

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    PON/Systems

    10G EPON chip development races demand

    May 1, 2008
    by Stephen HardyThe IEEE doesn't expect to ratify the standard for 10-Gbit/sec Ethernet PON (10GEPON) until late in the fall of 2009. However, as has become customary in the optical...
    Earnings Statements

    When to walk away

    May 1, 2008
    by Stephen M. HardyTellabs raised eyebrows in April when it announced that it had decided to surrender its status as a supplier to Verizon�s GPON program. While making clear...
    PON/Systems

    update

    May 1, 2008
    IBM (www.ibm.com) says its scientists have built the world�s smallest nanophotonic switch with a footprint about 100� smaller than the cross-section of a human hair. The switch...
    Mergers & Acquisitions

    M&A helps companies reshape, consolidate

    May 1, 2008
    by Stephen HardyAnalysts and other observers (including magazine editors) often remark that consolidation would be a boon to the optical communications industry. But the companies...
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    Optical Tech

    Does fiber enable 'greener' data centers?

    May 1, 2008
    by Meghan Fuller Hannaugust, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA; www.epa.gov) released a report to Congress on server and data center energy efficiency, touching off...