Finisar and Ixia Demonstrate 100G Ethernet Interoperability
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on January 12, 2010
Last week, Finisar and Ixia announced a successful demonstration between Ixia’s K2 100 Gb/s and 40 Gb/s IP test interfaces with Finisar’s 100G Ethernet (100GE) CFP optical transceiver modules. Read the full press release. As a witness to the event, I can tell you first-hand how exciting this is not only to the technology innovators within the optical industry but to the carriers and service providers who will ultimately bring this technology into the hands of the end-users. We were fortunate that one of our colleagues took a photo to capture this special moment that we shared in our lab with Glenn Wellbrock, Director of Optical Transport, Network Architecture, and Design at Verizon.
The 100G era has begun.
From left to right: Chris Cole (Finisar, Director of Engineering), Christian Urricariet (Finisar, Director High-Speed Optics Marketing), Glenn Wellbrock (Verizon, Director Optical Transport, Network Architecture, and Design), and Rafik Ward (Finisar, VP Marketing).
