Today’s network planners require solutions that provide the right mix of functionality and high performance while reducing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). In addition, a solid, future-proof network design must be able to handle the rapid pace of technology change.
The unique set of high-performance, reliable, and cost-effective optical transceivers from Brocade® help enterprises and service providers meet the challenges of diverse network topologies. To ensure the highest level of quality, Brocade selected and tested the most reliable and best performing optical transceivers on the market, and Brocade warrants their availability, capacity, and performance in Brocade products.
March 7, 2007 -- Foundry announced the availability of a common set of packet over
SONET/SDH (POS) interfaces for its NetIron XMR series of Internet routers and the MLX series of metro routers. The POS capability offers ISPs, IXCs, MSOs, and metro and wireless operators the ability to leverage their SONET/SDH infrastructure to deliver broadband services.
Carrier Ethernet equipment is one of the fastest growing markets in the Communications Service Provider (CSP) infrastructure equipment market. Frost & Sullivan estimates the total carrier Ethernet switch/router market, defined as the sum of carrier Ethernet Demarc, Access, Aggregation, and Service Edge, revenue in 2008 was 5.3 billion USD.
Network managers who deploy a variety of Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet and 10GbE switching devices in their networks need guaranteed interoperability of these switches in order to maintain a functional network.