Sales of Disaggregated WDM Systems for Data Center Interconnect Skyrocket

Dell’Oro Group has just announced that the sales of disaggregated WDM systems for Data Center Interconnect (DCI) solutions are officially booming! How much? Sales are up a whopping 225% year-over-year according to their “2Q17 Transport Quarterly Report.”

Jimmy Yu, Vice President at Dell’Oro Group stated, “Disaggregation isn’t a new concept, but the strong adoption is. Based on second quarter results, where disaggregated WDM systems represented nearly one-third of the optical DCI equipment purchases made, we have to say that disaggregated WDM systems are truly hitting the sweet spot for DCI.”

Key Take Away Points:

  • New systems are being employed in DCI across both metro and long-haul spans
  • The largest consumers have been Internet content providers
  • Ciena, Infinera and Cisco secured most of the disaggregated WDM systems market, with a combined 85%
  • Total WDM market, comprising WDM metro and DWDM long haul, experienced a 2% year-over-year growth in 2Q 2017

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