Mar/Apr 19 - ChannelVision Magazine

Zettabytes Data Expedition, Inc. (DEI), a provider of intelligent data transport software, and StorageDNA, a data services company, announced the in- tegration of DEI’s ExpeDat into DNA- fabric for accelerated data transfers in media and entertainment workflows. DNAfabric is a subscription-based, data services platform that provides media and entertainment users the ability to better manage data across disk, tape, WAN and cloud. ExpeDat is based on DEI’s proprietary Multi- purpose Transaction Protocol (MTP/ IP), which intelligently and auto- matically adapts to network variability without human guidance. As a result, ExpeDat maximizes available band- width, while minimizing time and effort required for data transport, said the company. Extremely lightweight soft- ware, it’s reportedly easy to deploy, use and integrate into existing and new workflows. “We made the decision to partner with DEI after an exhaustive tech- nical due diligence process,” said Tridib Chakravarty, president and CEO of StorageDNA. “ExpeDat maxi- mized every long-distance link we threw at it. From testing site to site, on-premises to cloud, and inter-cloud and intra-cloud workflows, ExpeDat was able to fully saturate all these network paths.” Examples of how DNAfabric uti- lizes ExpeDat for remote transfers are large-scale storage mirroring across sites; synchronizing data from on-premises to cloud storage; and creating a hybrid data pipeline for cloud editing, transcoding and AI. The software is designed and engi- neered, said the company, to afford DEI’s partners an easy way to add accelerated data transfer without an arduous development cycle span- ning many months. Only a few years after 100-Gigabit Ethernet (GE) access technology was first introduced, the internet exchange operator DE-CIX is now scaling the next level of its technological progress. In response to the growing customer demand for more data capacity, DE- CIX is now able to offer 400-GE ac- cess technology. The expansion is being realized on the basis of the DE-CIX Apollon plat- form, which uses Nokia routers as one core component. The 400-GE Nokia line cards are now available in DE-CIX Frankfurt, the internet exchange with the highest peak traffic in the world. In the mid-term, this technology is to be made available at further DE-CIX locations, meaning the needs of large customers can be covered with fewer cross-connects. In 2018, orders of 100-GE ports at DE-CIX grew by almost 45 per- cent over 2017. “Within the next few years, we expect the 400-GE access technology to become the new gold standard for customers with commensurate broadband needs,” said Eric Dorr, head of in- frastructure at DE-CIX. U.S. Ethernet Port Base up 12% in 2018 U.S. retail Ethernet customer instal- lations grew to more than 1.1 million ports by year-end 2018, up 12 percent from the end of 2017, according to figures from Vertical Systems Group, in line with the firms forecast. Ethernet pricing, meanwhile, declined in 2018 across all port speeds for the six ser- vice types tracked by Vertical Systems (EPL, EVPL, DIA, access to VPN, switched metro and VPLS). “Despite its relative maturity, the Ethernet market continues to expand at a healthy pace,” said Rick Malone, principal of Vertical Systems Group. “However, revenue growth is not keep- ing pace with port growth due to falling prices and changing service mixes. One notable catalyst is the deployment of SD-WAN, which is resulting in cus- tomers shifting from switched Ethernet services to dedicated internet access.” U.S. Ethernet Leaderboard CenturyLink AT&T Verizon Spectrum Enterprise Comcast Windstream Source: Vertical Systems Group Two cable MSOs (Spectrum Enter- prise and Comcast) had the highest port growth in the second half of 2018, said Vertical Systems. CenturyLink retains the top position amomg Verti- cal Systems’ U.S. Leaderboard, which includes those providers with at least a 4 percent market share. Proprietary Protocol Accelerates File Transfers DE-CIX Offers 400-Gigabit Ethernet Access Technology 38 Channel Vision | March - April, 2019