Carrier Ethernet for the Cloud

Explore CEN Feature (Oct 4 2011) Cloud

...rthwhile to recap some of the highlights from the Cloud features written by our regular contributor Joan Engebretson over the past month. We kicked off the Cloud Series with an interview by interviewing Margaret Ch... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Informa   Metro Ethernet Forum   Virgin Media Business

CoreSite/ CENX deal highlights similarities between Internet and Carrier Ethernet interconnection markets

Explore CEN Feature (Jan 25 2011)

Comment "Hey Joan, Craig here from Equinix. I'd just point out that we already have a couple cloud providers in our ..." - cwaldrop

An agreement announced last week between Carrier Ethernet exchange operator CENX and data center operator CoreSite got me to thinking about the similarities—and also the differences—between the Carrier Ethernet exchange market and the Internet transport and peering business. (Read Full Article)

1 Comment Mentions:   Joan Engebretson

Profile: Business Only Broadband bets on wireless Ethernet

Explore CEN Feature (Nov 16 2010)

As demand for bandwidth continues to increase, innovative service providers are finding unique and profitable methods to delivering megabits and gigabits of Carrier Ethernet to their enterprise customers. One company, Business Only Broadband, a service provider that operates in the Chicago and New York metropolitan areas, has built a fast-growing business around wireless Ethernet service. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Joan Engebretson

Qwest uniquely positioned to capitalize on wireless backhaul

Explore CEN Feature (Nov 9 2010)

Considering how wireless has been driving a large part of the growth at AT&T and Verizon, Qwest, the nation’s third largest telco, might appear to be at a disadvantage without a wireless network of its own. But what Qwest has done instead is to aggressively pursue a market whose growth is directly tied to the growth in wireless—namely, mobile backhaul. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Qwest   Joan Engebretson

Seeking Ethernet exchange success

Explore CEN Feature (Nov 2 2010)

What will be the key to success in the emerging Carrier Ethernet exchange market? One analyst who has been pondering this question is Erin Dunne, director of research for Vertical Systems Group. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Vertical Systems Group   Joan Engebretson

Carrier Ethernet aggregation rings rely on 10 Gig E connectivity

Explore CEN Feature (Oct 26 2010)

Although only a small fraction of enterprise users are purchasing 10 gigabit Ethernet connectivity, one area where 10 Gig E is widely used is in service provider networks to support Carrier Ethernet rings that serve as aggregation networks to support business customers and residential traffic from DSL and fiber networks. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   OAM   Overture Networks   ITU-T

Infonetics: Demand for 10 Gig E in carrier networks on the rise

Explore CEN Feature (Oct 19 2010)

With all the focus on 40G and 100G services lately, it’s important to keep things in perspective. In today’s market, the most popular Ethernet interface within carrier networks isn’t either of these, or even 10Gig E, according to Infonetics Research. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Infonetics   Joan Engebretson

Interconnecting Ethernet exchanges: Different operators pursue different strategies

Explore CEN Feature (Oct 12 2010)

As the Ethernet exchange market begins to gain momentum, it will be interesting to track the different approaches that exchange operators are taking to the market. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Joan Engebretson

Carrier Ethernet exchanges have sellers, but need more buyers

Explore CEN Feature (Oct 5 2010)

Comment "An interesting, and very well timed article. In my opinion the success or otherwise of exchanges will ultimately depend on ..." - GigabitG

Anyone who has ever organized a farmers’ market, planned a new shopping mall or launched a trade show may have experienced two different forms of anxiety. It’s not much different in the Carrier Ethernet exchange market, where I think it’s fair to say that exchange operators have at least partially overcome the first stage of anxiety, but are now beginning to cross their fingers about the second stage. (Read Full Article)

1 Comment Mentions:   Joan Engebretson

Global businesses mix it up

Explore CEN Feature (Sep 28 2010)

Although global businesses have a wide range of options when it comes to data connectivity, increasingly they are choosing Ethernet as the most economical and versatile solution. But once the decision to use Ethernet is made, businesses and their service provider partners also must make numerous other decisions, such as whether to use Ethernet over MPLS (EoMPLS) or Ethernet over SDH (EoSDH)—or whether to use 10 GigE or an ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   TeleGeography   Joan Engebretson

The customized service conundrum

Explore CEN Feature (Sep 21 2010)

One of the advantages of carrier Ethernet technology is that it enables service providers to differentiate their offerings by tweaking class of service and other parameters. But that capability also generates some challenges, as new research from Telegeography illustrates. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   TeleGeography   Joan Engebretson

Neutral Tandem’s Tinet acquisition could boost Ethernet exchange market

Explore CEN Feature (Sep 14 2010)

Two carriers that have succeeded through unique business strategies announced plans last week to combine their resources to pursue a third unique business opportunity. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Joan Engebretson

Vertical Systems Group: Orange, Colt, Verizon have greatest Ethernet share outside home market

Explore CEN Feature (Sep 7 2010)

Carrier Ethernet may be hot in the U.S.--but it’s even hotter in some other world regions, notes Rick Malone, principal with research firm Vertical Systems Group. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   NTT   Vertical Systems Group   Tata

New 40G and 100G standards offer wide range of physical media options

Explore CEN Feature (Aug 31 2010)

Service providers are eagerly making plans for their next Carrier Ethernet speed upgrades and a few have even made some limited deployments of pre-standard 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s equipment. Other carriers have been waiting for standards to be finalized, and with the recent ratification of the IEEE 802.3ba standard, they need not wait much longer.   (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   IEEE   Joan Engebretson

Carrier Ethernet forecast: A mixture of sun and clouds

Explore CEN Feature (Aug 26 2010) Cloud

...groom traffic so it can be loaded onto huge routers with high-speed optical interfaces, he noted. Joan Engebretson wrote earlier this week in Carrier Ethernet News about Vertical Systems’ recent report that enterpr... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   ENNI   Joan Engebretson   Annie Lindstrom