Tuesday
Apr092013
OFC/NFOEC 2013 industry reflections - Part 2
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 9:27AM
Gazettabyte asked industry figures for their views after attending the recent OFC/NFOEC show held in Anaheim. Part 2
Bill Gartner, vice president and general manager of high-end routing and optical business unit at Cisco Systems.
There were several key themes during this year’s OFC conference, but what I found most compelling were the disruptive trends and technologies that stand to significantly impact the optical communications market in the coming years.
"SDN could be the single biggest disruptor in the transport industry and has the potential to transform network programmability and orchestration"