Enterprise Fiber Standards and
Applications: What's New?
By John Kamino, RCDD
In enterprise and data center networks, cloud computing and web services continue to
drive increased bandwidth demand, pushing data communications rates from 1 and 10
Gigabits per second (Gb/s) to 40 and 100 Gb/s and beyond. Multimode optical fiber easily
supports most distances required for these applications and continues to evolve to meet
greater demand for speed and capacity. This article outlines the latest developments in
multimode fiber types and technology available for this market space and the standards
that govern them.
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