Case Study This case study depicts how a company operating data centers worldwide successfully overcame challenges in scaling up to 100G. 100G IMPLICATIONS FOR DATA CENTERS The client was experiencing challenges in testing 100G over its intra- data center links and data center interconnects (DCI). With far more complex infrastructures, our client was faced with costly network outages and component failures. The client runs a high-stakes, always-on business; a way to signifi cantly reduce risk was therefore required. In view of future network scalability, the client was moving from SFP/ SFP+ to CFP4, QSFP+/QSFP28 pluggable optics and needed support for this wide range of transceivers without increasing capital expenses (CAPEX) on additional equipment. Furthermore, the client also

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