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Magazine – July 2008

Vendors unite to develop next-generation Ethernet

The standardization of higher data rates is vital if Ethernet is to continue as a ubiquitous end-to-end protocol. Pauline Rigby finds out how standards are progressing.

Packet transport: it’s time to clear up the confusion

Connection-oriented packet transport technologies, such as MPLS-TP and PBT/PBB-TE, have sparked considerable and often heated debate. Daniel Joseph Barry explains what all the fuss is about.

Parallel optical links ease data-centre bottlenecks

The market for parallel optics is expected to double in the next five years, driven by increased demand for high-speed router interfaces and the burgeoning input/output requirements of data-centre servers and computing clusters. Roy Rubenstein investigates how the optical module makers are responding.