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ADVA Optical Networking DCI Presentation to Explore Current Trends and Analyze Latest Solutions

Metro Data Center Interconnect Talk Will Outline How Openness and Disaggregation Are Key to Tackling Demand Boom

  • Speaker: Olaf Schönheit, senior director, business development, ADVA Optical Networking
  • Topics: New Growth Opportunities in the Metro DCI Landscape
  • When: Wednesday, February 8, 9:30 a.m.
  • Where: Future Generation Optical Transport Networks Summit, ITC Maratha, Mumbai, India

Over the next few years, data center interconnect (DCI) traffic is expected to increase threefold to 10.4 zettabytes per year, 85% of which is likely to come from the cloud. New trends are likely to emerge including encryption as a check-box item for hosted services, the need for open architecture and the trend towards disaggregated solutions. 

In this speech, Olaf Schönheit will address the metro DCI solutions available such as coherent, direct detect and direct detect pluggable, as well as their respective capabilities like cost-efficiency, versatility and high-power amplification.