演讲人：
Niall Robinson is Mintera's Vice President of Product Marketing

演讲题目:40G主题演讲

演讲摘要ABSTRACT
It is certainly safe to say 40G has arrived! Small scale commercial deployments of 40G systems started back in 2005 and the annual increase since then, in terms of wavelengths deployed, has been dramatic. These initial market building steps were fueled, in large part, by a handful of Tier 1 network operators around the world, notably in the USA and Japan. The 40G market is about to take a new, dramatic step in late 2009 and into 2010. The introduction of 300-pin DWDM MSA modules for 40G is opening new opportunities for network operators around the world to seamlessly upgrade existing, deployed platforms with integrated 40G cards purchased from their existing suppliers. Previously 40G solutions were only on offer from a few system suppliers and therefore a network operator would be faced with the decision to deploy systems from a new supplier or delay the introduction of 40G to their network. The removal of this key bottleneck in the network operator’s supply chain will enable the 40G market to grow at a rate that currently is predicted to make it the fastest growing segment in optical communications for the next two years. Of course this type of market growth attracts new entrants, new technologies and new investments for next generation technologies.
With traffic demand showing strong growth in the years ahead the industry is working towards 100G solutions and some customers are requesting roadmaps showing 400G solutions! Several technical approaches to cost effective, mass producible 100G solutions are competing in the marketplace, ranging from coherent transmission solutions to inverse-multiplexed systems.
The invited presentation will explore the 40G market, the 100G market and the complex relationship that both markets have with each other. A look ahead to the next couple of years in the high speed transmission space will be discussed.

演讲人简介：
Niall Robinson is Mintera's Vice President of Product Marketing, with responsibilities encompassing market development, product management and marketing communications. For the last nineteen years Niall has been heavily involved in guiding leading edge technologies and solutions into the marketplace.
Most recently at Optovia Corporation, Niall was the Vice President responsible for strategic product management and market development for Optovia's range of optical amplifier solutions.
 

Prior to Optovia, Niall was Director, Product Planning for Nortel's ultra-long haul product portfolio, joining Nortel through the acquisition of Qtera.
Niall also spent five years at MCI (now Verizon) with responsibility for identifying next generation optical technologies covering all aspects of the backbone network. In this role Niall worked with many equipment and technology companies to mature solutions into products ready for deployment.
He began his career as a research engineer at STC in Harlow, UK (also acquired by Nortel) with research focused on terrestrial and submarine amplifier technologies and designs.
Niall holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and a Master's degree in Microwaves and Optoelectronics from University College London.
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