NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: OPTICAL NETWORKING 09/06/04 Dear [EMAIL PROTECTED],
In this issue: * Prices fall, new standards make 10G more practical - but ��challenges remain * Links related to Optical Networking * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Intel A NW Special Report: The State of Wireless LANs Wireless has becomes more integrated and accepted as a way of doing business. However, several questions are raised about its current state; what are the trends and best practices for deploying wireless LANs? What are the leading applications? What are the tradeoffs in current wireless standards? What are the best options for wireless infrastructures and security mechanisms? Click here to download your copy, no registration required http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=79121 _______________________________________________________________ VORTEX 2004: Setting the IT Agenda As the IT industry shifts from a client/server-based model to true Web-based computing, how will these changes impact your IT architecture? Through frank one-on-one interviews with top executives, lively Q&As, and spirited panel discussions, VORTEX 2004, held October 4-6 at the Bacara Resort & Spa in Santa Barbara, California will help you find the answers. For more information and to register, visit: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=79696 _______________________________________________________________ Today's focus: 10G still prepping for big dance By Phil Hochmuth While not yet a technology for the masses, more corporations are adopting 10G Ethernet as prices fall and vendors refine their 10G product portfolios. Whether 10G Ethernet is ready for widespread corporate deployments in switches, wiring closets and desktops is debatable. But what's inarguable are the changes in the technology over the past few years and efficiencies in manufacturing that have decreased prices by more than 85% since 10G gear was introduced in 2002. While the average 10G Ethernet port cost more than $55,000 in 2002, that price dropped to $15,000 per port a year ago and now averages about $7,500, according to Synergy Research Group. At the same time, port shipments of 10G Ethernet have increased; only 1,000 ports were shipped in all of 2002, while more than 15,000 were sold in the first half of this year. The lower prices for 10G Ethernet are the result of less-expensive optical components from suppliers. One area of advancement has been in 10G Ethernet physical layer connections - the lasers that shoot and receive transmissions of light over fiber. Newer modular port technologies, such as XENPAC and XFP modules, are examples of these lower-cost ports. "We've seen lower costs on the optical part of it with the development of new optics like XENPAC and other kinds of optics that are less expensive to manufacture," says Richard Nelson, director of computing at the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute (USC-ISI). The Los Angeles organization, the computer research arm of USC, runs many Foundry Networks 10G Ethernet switches in its backbone and to connect to other USC campuses. Tighter-designed components also has led to switch companies offering multi-port 10G Ethernet blades that are non-blocking and relatively inexpensive. Vendors are packing up to four full-duplex, non-blocking ports onto one card with up to 40G bit/sec of bandwidth between the modules. "The four-port blade is really popular," says Joshua Johnson, an analyst with Synergy Research Group. Cisco, Enterasys Networks, Extreme Networks, Force 10 Networks and Foundry offer such a blade for their respective switch chassis. "That technology has allowed vendors to lower the per-port price below $10,000," he says. For the full story, please go to: <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/09060410g.html?nlo> _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Phil Hochmuth Phil Hochmuth is a Network World Senior Editor and a former systems integrator. You can reach him at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Intel A NW Special Report: The State of Wireless LANs Wireless has becomes more integrated and accepted as a way of doing business. However, several questions are raised about its current state; what are the trends and best practices for deploying wireless LANs? What are the leading applications? What are the tradeoffs in current wireless standards? 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