Co-Hosted by Layer123 and The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF), the inaugural Terabit Optical & Data Networking established a new meeting place for the global optical networking industry in 2011.

A forum focused on innovation, that attracted leading support from CTOs, senior industry professionals, analysts and experts, where delegates engaged and worked in a relaxed and professional atmosphere, so that contacts were made, business was done and the market advanced with knowledge and insight.

This is the only forum dedicated to the industry's number 1 challenge - applying new 100G systems to meet carriers' capacity requirements - to support growing demand, particularly from Cloud and content applications. 

After a decade of WDM systems, the industry is re-inventing itself afresh with a dazzling panoply of Coherent, DSP and CDC technologies to deliver agile and elastic photonic networking. In combination with high capacity OTN and new PTN solutions, legacy assumptions are being turned on their head and new strategies formulated by leading carriers, large and small alike.

But Terabit Networking is more than Optical - and new event partner the Ethernet Alliance will help sharpen the focus on requirements for high capacity data networking, including views from pure-play content providers, data networking specialists and industry analysts. Here too, 100G is on track for mainstream production deployment.

With Cloud, Data and Optical driving a virtuous circle of innovation and evolution, it makes sense to bring together all these main groups, making Cannes a unique contribution to the Terabit network industry.

Having brought together the World's largest showcase of 100G - Terabit demonstrations in spring 2011, you may wonder how Terabits 2012 can top that. The 100G industry is in top gear now and moving rapidly, with significant announcements made by our event partners at ECOC and being planned for OFC/NFOEC.

There will be no shortage of innovation!

April 2012 in Cannes is the perfect timing to debate the impact of these announcements and how carriers' production networks will evolve for the future and make the 100G transformation to Terabit Networking.

By joining over 350 of your colleagues in Cannes in spring 2012, you can gather the information and contacts you need to::

• Boost your innovation - be the first to hear about the new architectures, technologies and solutions that you can use to differentiate your business proposition - there's no time to waste - 100G is here now and the planning horizon extends to 400G, heading towards 1T
• Access new and incremental revenue streams - accelerate the launch of 40G & 100G services
• Maximise ROI on your investments - target the sweet spots for 40G & 100G infrastructure
• Make better purchasing choices - get the inside line from over 350 of your peers on the pros and cons of different vendor 100G solutions
• Protect your investments - gain a unique depth of insight into the future of your industry - take a first step on the path Towards Terabits
• Sqeeze more out of your network - maximise operational efficiency and increase network intelligence, flexibility and agility through new architecture options and automation technology
• Exploit the Cloud services revolution - prepare your network to support the next generation of Managed Services and Heterogeneous Cloud propositions

Meet your peers, existing and potential customers, existing and potential suppliers, leading thinkers, technical experts, standards coordinators, specialist analysts and regulatory experts and spend 4 days in engaging group discussions, case study examples, ice-breaking speed networking, one to one meetings, lunch debates, relaxed refreshment breaks, drinks reception and knowledge exchange.

It’s good to specialise and it’s very important to get a strategic view of your industry. Join Layer123 and OIF with the Ethernet Alliance in Cannes and network with many of your industry's most knowledgeable and influential experts representing the complete 100G design and deployment ecosystem.

Find out how they are planning network evolution/transformation projects to meet the challenges of new data networking paradigmes - Cloud and Content - through intelligent optical and Ethernet network design and deployment.

Why Cannes in the spring:

• Get ahead in the development cycle - be the first to access new developments and factor them into your 2012 plans
• Participate in genuine cross-industry debate - Meet many of the leading figures in 100G+ optical and data networking in one place
• Benefit from the forward-looking nature of the agenda - designed by analysts to ensure you get the insights that will help you plan ahead
  
• Join the industry's innovators and find out how you can capitalise on their experiences, expertise and enthusiasm to maintain and strengthen your market leadership - discover the potential of Tomorrow's technology Today!

Reserve you place today and hold the lowest price - there is no obligation involved and we will not call you needlessly. Freeze Your Price!

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16th February 2012 - OIF to Demonstrate Ethernet over OTN Interoperability
Twelve OIF member companies are conducting a global interoperability test of Ethernet services over OTN transport, including data and control plane technology
Source: OIF
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7th February 2012 - Optical transport sales near $19 billion by 2016
DWDM sales will increase at a 10% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) over the forecast period to hit $12 billion, according to Dell'Oro Group
Source: Lightwave
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7th February 2012 - An upcoming issue of the Proceeedings of the IEEE will be dedicated solely to the topic of optical networking
This, says the lead editor, Professor Ioannis Tomkos at the Athens Information Technology Center, is a first in the journal's 100-year history
Source: Gazettabyte
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1st February 2012 - OIF Meeting Kicks Off 2012 with Next Generation Interconnect Workshop
The goal from the workshop is to develop a Framework Document in 2012 that looks 5-8 years forward and identifies application spaces that may require industry consensus
Source: Optical Internetworking Forum
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12th January 2012 - Swimming in 100GbE’s alphabet soup
Recently, there has been a lot of confusion around the area of next-generation 100-Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) development and who is doing what
Source: LIGHTWAVE
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6th January 2012 - The CFP4 optical module to enable Terabit blades
The next-generation CFP modules - the CFP2 and CFP4 - promise to double and double again the number of 100 Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) optical module interfaces on a blade.
Source: gazettabyte
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15th December 2011 - High-Energy Physicists Set Record for Network Data Transfer
With a sustained data rate of 186 gigabits per second, high-energy physicists demonstrate the efficient use of long-range networks to support cutting-edge science
Source: Caltech
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9th December 2011 - OIF Completes Implementation Agreement for OTN Switching
The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) members approved an implementation agreement (IA) for OTN-over-Packet-Fabric Protocol
Source: Optical Internetworking Forum
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2nd December 2011 - First Implementation of 100 and 40Gbps Ultra-High-Speed Plug-and-Play Optical Communications
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT, CEO: Satoshi Miura, Tokyo) and NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com, CEO: Akira Arima, Tokyo), have conducted 100 and 40Gbps transmission tests in real field environments using existing installed optical fiber, and have demonstrated for the first time, plug-and-play functionality that greatly reduces the setup time previously required for configuring optical signals
Source: NTT
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15th November 2011 - Huawei expands lead, Cisco shines in weak quarter for optical network equipment market
The bright spot of the quarter is WDM optical network equipment, global revenue for which is up 18% year-over-year (3Q10 to 3Q11)
Source: Infonetics Research
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