Every week, we see new headlines declaring that Optics is back. The emergence of a broad spectrum of applications in telecommunications, defense and selected other markets promises a very exciting future for optical switching.

So, you want to build a non-blocking, reliable, low- cost switch with hundreds of high speed ports. Well, you’ve come to the right place. Let’s look at what technologies work and don’t work and where your problems will arise.

With the emerging New Optical Internet, we are hearing more and more about "Wavelength Switching" and "Wavelength Selective Switches". The terminology is exploding faster than the network bandwidth. Frequently, the terms have multiple meanings.

Swisscom’s investment in its test infrastructure has resulted in immediate, direct cost savings plus equally significant improvements in testing productivity

Are you engaged in a project to help transform the Internet? If so, we'd love to hear about it. We might even include your story in a future edition of this newsletter. Write us at connections@glimmerglass.com. We'd love to hear from you.

Sincerely,