Data Center Interconnect (DCI): Transforming Businesses Across Sectors The ability to seamlessly connect and share data between dispersed data centers has becomea critical driver of business success. This is where Data Center Interconnect (DCI) steps in, offeringa transformative solution that empowers organizations across various industries to harness the fullpotential of their IT infrastructure. What is…
What does Data Center Interconnect (DCI) do? Data centers are the nerve centers of modern businesses. Imagine hard drives and servers housed in one building. They are the critical computer systems, networks, and data that keep organizations running. Connecting and sharing data between distant data centers is vital for business success. Data Center Interconnect (DCI)…
Pluggable Amplifiers for DCI Line-Systems On a related topic and using the same rationale, we are working with industry partners on standardizing a simple and DCI pluggable point-to-point line-system, with the EDFAs integrated into QSFP. This would be optimized for around 100 km and 8-16 channels of 400G-ZR wavelengths, for which most existing solutions are…
DWDM Pluggable vs Traditional Transponder/ Muxponder IP over DWDM has been around for more than a decade. As a concept, it revolves around placing coherent pluggable optics directly into routers. The value propositions of collapsing an entire layer includes the elimination of back-to-back grey optics, lower power consumption and unification of monitoring, control planes and…