The falling cost of optical transceivers has made fibre an attractive choice in the LAN environment.
today I can see across the industry that there is a better understanding of fibre technologies and installation practices. Installers with strong business acumen have taken little time to understand the potential of fibre and have developed their skills accordingly. Obviously, there is also the supporting fact that fibre has become more predominant within data centres installations. For instance if you looked ten years back, you would probably see fibre restrictedly in the backbone and only taking up a mere 5-10% of a total installation. Today, I see an average of 25-30% of an installation based on fibre. In some instances, especially in the financial market and in some government areas, fibre accounts for up to 90-95% of a total installation. More importantly the installer’s job
has been facilitated by a huge uptake of fibre pre-terminated solutions. These factory terminated solutions, which are widely available in both copper and fibre, provide end-users with peace of mind and the reliability they are looking for to support their mission critical applications. The advantage of a factory pre-terminated solution is that every single step of the termination is carried out according to industry standards, in a clean factory environment and under stringent quality control procedures. Also, it has to be mentioned that pre- terminated solutions eliminate the risks associated with poor field termination practices and provide modular, flexible and scalable future proof solutions.
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It is paramount to have a clear picture of the customer’s needs, their applications and their future plan for expansion. Based on this information, vendors can provide strategic value propositions to suggest an architecture that is flexible, reliable and future proof. For instance, if we consider fibre to the desk, should an organisation adopt it or think of an alternative solution? The answer is that it really depends on the elements that we have discussed, and the available budget. A good example is the Ministry of Defence, where fibre to the desk implementation is driven by the need to preserve security, provide high bandwidth, small size and light weight. A vendor that can provide a consultative service to customers becomes a trusted advisor and irreplaceable business partner. Vendors that have continued to invest
in research and development can truly support new emerging technologies. For example, a 10G network deployed today will also function as a migration patch towards 40Gand 100G technologies in the future. Now, if that system is not able to cope with a truly 10G data rate, and I have witnessed many, I do not see how it can possibly provide a solid foundation for future technologies. My advice to any customer looking into 10G today with a possible migration towards higher data rate is that they should really work with vendors that can provide proven compelling data to
Copper has been the preferred media since the beginning of the Ethernet.
demonstrate the results of their research and development investments and how it will address the customer’s needs. Essentially, customers are often
asking if they can recycle their existing infrastructure, as in general there is a tendency not to take a green field approach. The point behind this is that they prefer to have a better utilisation of their current investments, to minimise wastage, increase data rate and reduce the capital expenditure associated with new media and components. They should be looking for vendors with the ability to provide a true consultative service, in order to increase their data rate and minimise wastage of the existing infrastructure.
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