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03/06/2012
Partners Tackle Edge-To-Metro-Core Mgm’t Answers
Carrier Ethernet edge and aggregation provider Overture is teaming with Cyan, which sells packet-optical transport solutions to give operators “the best possible tools to plan, build, operate and verify Carrier Ethernet networks,” they say. The two decided to formalize a working relationship following completion of several customer engagements in which they both were involved to […]
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03/06/2012
Small Monitor ‘De-Embeds’ 3G/HD/SD-SDI Audio Signals
"As SDI infrastructure and facilities increasingly become the standard, it’s no longer necessary that every audio monitoring station be equipped to handle analog, AES, and optical signals along with SDI signals," said Don Bird, chief marketing officer at Wohler Technologies. "When audio and pictures in an edit suite, production suite, or mobile unit are handled […]
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03/06/2012
Fiber-Optic Chip Increases Speed, Cuts Energy Costs
The Photonic Service Engine (PSE), a new chip for fiber-optic networks that Alcatel-Lucent says offers double the capacity and four times the speed, will make its debut this week in Booth 738 at the OFC/NFOEC Conference in Los Angeles. Based on Bell Labs’ engineering, the Alcatel-Lucent PSE supports 400 gigabit per second (400G) data […]
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03/06/2012
Want To Hook 24 Home Devices Into The Wi-Fi?
Want 4G broadband in the home? Verizon Wireless has it, now offering LTE-powered HomeFusion Broadband to households in areas with limited broadband options. The 4G LTE network delivered to an antenna transmits the signal to a broadband router inside the home; the cylinder-shaped antenna is installed by a Verizon tech, and it includes multiple internal […]
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03/06/2012
Security Perception vs. Reality
A “State of Security” report from industry giant McAfee shows how IT decision-makers view the challenges of securing information assets in a highly regulated and increasingly complex global business environment. As the corporate data environment expands, McAfee says effective information security is possible only by creating a strategic security plan that incorporates a comprehensive threat […]
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03/05/2012
Cost-Effective Dispersion Compensator Debuts This Week
The DCM-CBX is a high-end passive dispersion compensator for the C-band, targeting direct detection-based 40G and 100G optical transport networks. It’s the latest addition to the band-dispersion-compensation product line made by Sweden’s Proximion Fiber Systems AB, a maker of Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG)-based dispersion-compensation modules (DCMs). “By offering reductions of up to 70 percent for […]