Core-Backbone Deploys Infinera Cloud Xpress 2 for Terabit-scale Data Center Interconnect Across Europe
June 28 2017 - 8:00AM
Infinera, a provider of Intelligent Transport Networks, and
Core-Backbone, a leading German provider of internet hosting and
interconnection services, announced the deployment of the Infinera
Cloud Xpress 2 for high-capacity data center interconnect (DCI)
between six cities in Europe. With Cloud Xpress 2, Core-Backbone
demonstrates its leadership in deploying advanced technologies to
grow its multi-city data center networks.
Core-Backbone is a Germany-based data center operator and
service provider delivering Internet Protocol (IP) transit, Layer 2
connectivity and remote peering interconnection with secure,
high-availability network connectivity to internet exchanges across
Europe. Core-Backbone previously deployed the Infinera Cloud Xpress
to provide 100 gigabits per second (Gb/s) services between
Frankfurt and Nuremberg. Now with the Cloud Xpress 2, featuring the
Infinera Infinite Capacity Engine, Core-Backbone will add multiple
terabits per second (Tb/s) of interconnection capacity between
these cities and several others, including Amsterdam, Vienna and
Munich, allowing the company to meet its customers’ rapidly growing
bandwidth demands.
The Cloud Xpress 2 delivers simplicity, scalability, security
and efficiency to Core-Backbone and other DCI customers. With the
Cloud Xpress 2, Core-Backbone benefits from the highest
plug-and-play capacity and reach of any compact DCI platform,
simplifying system design, deployment and operations. With 1.2 Tb/s
of line-side capacity in a single rack unit and very high
power-efficiency, the Cloud Xpress 2 is designed to fit easily into
space- and power-constrained data center environments. With
Infinera’s Instant Bandwidth, the industry’s first software defined
capacity (SDC) solution, Core-Backbone can software-activate
line-side bandwidth in 100 Gb/s increments when needed in minutes,
aligning with their bandwidth demands. The Cloud Xpress 2 supports
built-in hardware-based data encryption employing advanced industry
standards and enabling 100 percent encryption of data transmitted
between data centers.
“Since our original deployment of Cloud Xpress, Core-Backbone’s
expansion has continued to accelerate and we are seeing
unprecedented demand for connectivity between our points of
presence in the large internet exchange sites,” said Daniel
Maresch, Core-Backbone CEO. “Cloud Xpress 2 allows us to satisfy
that demand with almost five times the density of the original
Cloud Xpress, lower power consumption and the same simple
operational model. The plug-and-play simplicity of Cloud Xpress 2
is critically important to efficient operations in a lean
organization like Core-Backbone.”
“We are delighted to have Core-Backbone continue to grow their
network with the Infinera Cloud Xpress Family,” said Nick Walden,
Senior Vice President, EMEA at Infinera. “The example of
Core-Backbone shows that Cloud Xpress 2 fits a wide range of DCI
applications and that high-bandwidth DCI service providers of all
sizes can benefit from its extreme simplicity, multi-terabit
scalability, security and efficiency.”
The Infinera Cloud Xpress Family is designed to deliver
cloud-optimized metro wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM)
solutions to cloud service providers, internet content providers
(ICPs), enterprise network operators and other large-scale data
center operators. The Cloud Xpress 2 began shipping this year and
is deployed in major ICP networks. The Cloud Xpress Family offers
customers the choice of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), 40 GbE and 100
GbE client interfaces to meet their specific requirements. All
models in the Cloud Xpress Family are designed for plug-and-play
installation and support for data center automation using open SDN
APIs, zero-touch provisioning (ZTP) and streaming telemetry.
About InfineraInfinera (NASDAQ:INFN) provides
Intelligent Transport Networks, enabling carriers, cloud operators,
governments and enterprises to scale network bandwidth, accelerate
service innovation and automate optical network operations.
Infinera’s end-to-end packet-optical portfolio is designed for
long-haul, subsea, data center interconnect and metro applications.
Infinera’s unique large scale photonic integrated circuits enable
innovative optical networking solutions for the most demanding
networks. To learn more about Infinera visit www.infinera.com,
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including, but not limited to the features and functionality of
Infinera’s Cloud Xpress Family of products as well as the economic
and operational benefits it may provide. These statements are not
guarantees of results and should not be considered as an indication
of future activity or future performance. Actual results may vary
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other risks and uncertainties that affect Infinera’s business, is
contained in the risk factors section and other sections of
Infinera’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
April 1, 2017 as filed with the SEC on May 10, 2017, as well
subsequent reports filed with or furnished to the SEC. These
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