On-demand webcast - Diversity at the edge: metro network transformation in the era of intelligent coherent pluggables

With bandwidth booming in residential, business and mobile networks, efficient optical transport has never been more important. The edge of the optical transport network needs to manage a diverse range of traffic types, service requirements and network architectures to ensure flexibility, scalability and overall network economics.

In this webinar we’ll dive into the migration to intelligent coherent pluggables in metro networks and the positive impact these have on network transformation including:

• Pushing data centre transport closer to the edge with high-speed coherent optics in single fibre domains
• Bringing new high-capacity services into passive optical network (PON) access networks
• Taking 4 x 100G breakout from within the data centre to wide area dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) networks
• Scaling middle-mile broadband backhaul to meet capacity demands without breaking the bank

Who should attend this webinar?

This webinar is ideal viewing for professionals and companies involved in networking, telecommunications, and data centre operations. Telecommunications companies, internet service providers (ISPs), and mobile network operators that face the challenge of scaling their networks to handle diverse traffic types and increasing capacity demands will find this webinar to be useful viewing.

For data centres and cloud providers, the focus on high-speed coherent optics and their role in moving data transport closer to the edge is critical for staying competitive in today's market. Optical network equipment vendors and infrastructure providers will also benefit, especially those looking to integrate the latest in intelligent coherent pluggable technology.

Speakers

Jon Baldry, Director Metro Marketing at Infinera

As Infinera’s Metro Marketing Director, Jon has responsibility for solution marketing for the company’s metro access and aggregation portfolio in applications such as 5G in mobile networks and (distributed access architecture) DAA in cable networks.  Jon has spent over 30 years working in the telecoms industry and joined Infinera through the acquisition of Transmode in 2015, having joined Transmode in 2004. Prior to Transmode/Infinera he worked for Lucent Technologies and Sycamore Networks in a variety of engineering, sales and marketing roles. Jon is a Chartered Engineer and holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Electrical Engineering and Electronics from the University of Manchester (UMIST).

Fady Masoud, Senior Director for Solutions Marketing, Infinera

Fady Masoud is a Senior Director for Solutions Marketing at Infinera, focusing on next-generation Intelligent Coherent Pluggable optics (ICE-X) and cloud /data centre interconnect solutions. His area of expertise is the architecture and requirements of next-generation optical networking infrastructure. During his 28 years in the telecommunications industry, Fady has held various positions in the optical networking domain at Nortel, Ciena, and now Infinera. He started as a hardware test engineer on the first OC-192 (10 Gb/s) systems and then was a systems and network engineer on metropolitan optical products, all combined with hands-on experience. Fady holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Laval University (Quebec City, Canada) and a master’s degree in systems technology (software simulation of optical networks) from the Superior School of Technology (Montreal, Canada). He has written numerous industry and technical publications (incl IEEE), including a book, on next-generation optical networking, cloud networking, and data centre interconnect, as well as on many other key topics.