40GE Networks: Are We There Yet?

Talking with customers is the best part of my job. I am constantly talking with our customers and prospects about their needs and future requirements. Such discussions often start with some ‘speeds and feeds’ questions. It’s always interesting to see how similar customers (sharing the same geo location or industry) have similar needs.

When it comes to a 10/40/100G Ethernet discussion it is clear that the customers in North America are consuming more bandwidth, require higher port density and have aggressive deployment plans for 40G and 100G. If you follow our company you must be aware of the recently announced 40G fiber Tap for high-performance networks that was developed to address customer needs.

“Many of our largest customers are already looking ahead to 40 Gigabit network deployments, and Net Optics is providing long-term investment protection in our current line of products.”

So, are we there yet? Not really, but it’s coming:

40G networks are still not very common but they are not as rare. The recovery of the economy provides good tailwind and customers are deploying solutions. I hope that I will be able to share some statistics of our deployments in the future.

-- Sharon