Compelling live demo, featured expert panel sessions illustrate
benefits of standardization and highlights efforts to achieve true
multi-generational interoperability
BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
The Ethernet
Alliance, a global consortium dedicated to the continued success and
advancement of Ethernet technologies, today announced details of its
presence at the 2013 Optical
Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and National Fiber Optic
Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC). The largest global conference and
exposition for optical communications and networking professionals,
OFC/NFOEC 2013 is March 19 - 21, 2013 at the Anaheim Convention Center,
Anaheim, California. The Ethernet Alliance's live demo of optical 100
Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) interoperability in booth 2909 and featured panel
sessions highlight the benefits of standardization and ongoing support
for 10, 40, and 100GbE across both copper and optical media.
During OFC/NFOEC 2013, the Ethernet Alliance's booth will be home to a
live demo of multiple data centers operating across a fully
interoperable Ethernet network, including servers, switches, routers,
and cabling, and incorporating speeds ranging from 10 to 100GbE.
Interfacing to the data centers will be an array of components and
devices that are among the vanguard of next-generation Ethernet
products, as well as additional cutting-edge equipment that will drive
traffic to all data centers. The demo will clearly illustrate Ethernet's
superior breadth and depth, interoperability, and value.
"Ethernet has matured beyond its roots into a sophisticated core
connectivity technology found throughout every layer of the network,
thanks to ongoing standardization and interoperability efforts. With
standardization, we can facilitate true interoperability both
horizontally and vertically across the whole ecosystem," said Ethernet
Alliance board member Matt Traverso, engineering manager, Cisco Systems.
"Maintaining a strong relationship with the fiber optics community is
critical, therefore, the Ethernet Alliance has again chosen OFC/NFOEC to
demonstrate the proven value that Ethernet standardization and
interoperability offers."
In addition to its demo on the OFC/NFOEC expo floor, Ethernet Alliance
experts will be featured speakers during the following two panels:
- Trends in Interconnects & Integration: Chasing Electrical to
Optical Conversion - 1:00pm PST, March 20, 2013, Expo Theater II,
Anaheim Convention Center. Led by moderator Greg McSorley, technical
business development manager, Amphenol, this panel encompasses a wide
range of interconnection and integration trends and developments, such
as the adoption of parallel fiber, direct attach cables, and
optical backplanes. Panelists include Ethernet Alliance members Brad
Booth, distinguished engineer, networking CTO office, Dell; Chris
Cole, director of engineering, Finisar; and Matt Traverso,
engineering manager, Cisco Systems.
- Need for Speed: Going Beyond 100GbE - 1:50pm PST, March 20,
2013, Expo Theater II, Anaheim Convention Center. Moderator and
Ethernet Alliance President, Scott Kipp, principal engineer, Brocade,
and panelists Dr. Gordon Brebner, distinguished engineer, Xilinx; Alan
Weckel, analyst, Dell'Oro; and Dr. Jeffery J. Maki, distinguished
engineer, Juniper Networks will engage in discussion of the ongoing
400GbE Call For Interest (CFI), findings of the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Bandwidth
Assessment Report, adoption rates for 40- and 100GbE, bandwidth
growth, and future Ethernet speeds.
A special live video update delivered by Ethernet Alliance Chairman,
John D'Ambrosia, chief Ethernet evangelist, CTO office, Dell, will
immediately follow the Need for Speed: Going Beyond 100GbE panel.
The video presentation will provide details on the start of 400GbE,
including next steps and what the future holds for this latest Ethernet
advancement.
Member companies participating in the Ethernet Alliance's OFC/NFOEC
interoperability demonstration include Amphenol Corporation (NYSE:APH);
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:BRCD); Cisco Systems
(NASDAQ:CSCO); Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ:FNSR); Hitachi, Ltd (TSE:
6501); Ixia (NASDAQ:XXIA); LSI Corp.(NASDAQ:LSI);Juniper
Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR); Nexans S.A. (EN Paris:NEX); Oclaro, Inc.
(NASDAQ:OCLR); Panduit Corp.; Spirent Communications (LSE:SPT); and
Volex (LSE:VLX).
"With the emergence of key drivers such as cloud computing, data center
convergence, network virtualization, and innovations like the Internet
of Things, Internet traffic continues to rise dramatically. Ethernet is
an intuitive and ubiquitous technology that the industry relies upon to
make today's interconnected global networks function properly," said
Scott Kipp, Ethernet Alliance President, and principal engineer,
Brocade. "From today's emerging deployment of 100GbE to tomorrow's
400GbE and beyond, interoperability will be more important than ever.
The Ethernet Alliance remains deeply committed to ensuring the continued
success and advancement of Ethernet technologies."
For more information about the Ethernet Alliance, please visit www.ethernetalliance.org;
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About the Ethernet Alliance
The Ethernet Alliance is a global consortium that includes system and
component vendors, industry experts and university and government
professionals who are committed to the continued success and expansion
of Ethernet technology. The Ethernet Alliance takes Ethernet standards
to market by supporting activities that span from incubation of new
Ethernet technologies to interoperability demonstrations and education.
For more information about the Ethernet Alliance, please visit www.ethernetalliance.org;
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Additional Quotes:
"Amphenol is once again proud to be part of the Ethernet Alliance live
demo at this year's OFC/NFOEC 2013 exhibition demo. As always this is a
great opportunity for Amphenol to showcase our world class High Speed
interconnect systems. Along with our passive and active copper cable
assemblies, we will be showing casing our enhanced SFP+, QSFP+ and CFP2
cages and connectors. We will also be demonstrating our latest optical
interconnect solutions, including extending Ethernet from the
traditional indoor environment to the sealed outdoor wireless and
backhaul applications." - Greg McSorley, Technical Business Development
Manager, Amphenol Corp.
"As organizations continue to move their content and applications to the
cloud, seamless connectivity and high bandwidth are increasingly
critical. Brocade is pleased to be part of the Ethernet Alliance live
interoperability demonstration at OFC/NFOEC 2013 to show how 100 GbE and
resilient data center technologies such as Multi-Chassis Trunking help
ensure application performance and a high-quality user experience in
cloud environments. As a proud member of the Ethernet Alliance, we look
to advance the industry and develop future Ethernet technologies to help
meet the needs of our customers." - Ken Cheng, Vice President, Routing,
Application Delivery and Software Networking Group, Brocade
"Finisar is pleased to showcase our 100GBASE-LR4 and 100GBASE-SR10 CFP2
optical modules in this live demonstration of optical 100GE
interoperability with the Ethernet Alliance. These next-generation 100G
Ethernet products are now a reality and are expected to be a vital part
of the higher-density systems supporting the rising bandwidth demand in
carrier networks and data centers." - Christian Urricariet, Director of
Marketing for High-Speed Products, Finisar Corporation
"Hitachi Cable is excited to participate in the Ethernet Alliance's
interoperability demonstration with our innovative high-performance
interconnects - especially designed to meet the supercomputing
industry's requirements for transport speed, density, power consumption
and reliability. We're grateful for the opportunity to highlight our
10GbE, 40GbE and 100GbE optical and copper interconnect solutions, and
to showcase some of our newest technologies at OFC 2013." - Mike Ressl,
Director, Technical Marketing and Business Development, Hitachi Cable
America
"Networking workload demands are growing at an exponential pace. As part
of the Ethernet Alliance OFC demonstration, LSI will be showcasing its
28G transceiver technology. This transceiver enables Ethernet 802.3bj
4x25G and 32GFC deployment over high-loss copper backplane and cables
medium with its powerful yet efficient equalization technology. LSI's
28G transceiver will enable next-generation datacenters to keep up with
workload demands at an affordable cost." - Harold Gomard, Director of
Technology and IP Planning, LSI
"Juniper Networks and our customers benefit from the ongoing advancement
of multivendor interoperability and standards based technology to help
encourage innovation. In collaboration with the Ethernet Alliance,
Juniper Networks will demonstrate multi-vendor 100GbE compliance and
interoperability using the MX Series 3D Universal Edge Router.
Additionally, Juniper will validate the support for CFP and CFP2
transceivers for 100GbE networks." - Jeffery J. Maki, Distinguished
Engineer, Optical, Juniper Networks
"Panduit is always excited to participate in events like OFC 2013 with
the Ethernet Alliance. We feel that it is a great opportunity to
demonstrate that our products, solutions and technology innovations work
with other Ethernet Alliance member's technologies and we look forward
to engaging with exhibition attendees via speaking opportunities and
in-person conversations during the event." - Jeffery Paliga, Director of
Data Center Solutions, Panduit
"Volex is pleased to support the Ethernet Alliance and the Live Demo at
this year's OFC exhibition while celebrating Ethernet's 40th
birthday. Data-Center longer reach links between switches in the Demo
include our passive optical trunk, uplink and hydra cables. We are very
happy to announce and demo our new 40G QSFP+ Active Optical Cable
product which uses our new expanded beam technology." - Jon Lawrence, VP
Emerging Technologies & New Products, Volex. Volex optical and copper
cables and interconnect solutions are supporting the expanding
multi-market Ethernet-based network build-outs.
Source: Ethernet Alliance