Let's about the optics that go into your router.  We're going to talk about ZR and ZR+ and open XR and stuff like that. 
So this is what you need to know about optics coming through the router: longer reach, leaner infrastructure, and lockout or the non lock in nonproprietary open system that allows to choose different vendors for your infrastructure.  
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Why is it important?
As a newcomer into the networking space, the DriveNets disaggregated approach faced doubts. Explore how service providers have experienced the benefits of network disaggregation.
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With regulators more and more talking about zero carbon emissions, going green and sustainability are high priorities. Service providers are feeling the push and need to put things into place in their operations. Why is sustainability so important for network operators?
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Networks today need to scale, requiring more and more capacity. They also need to introduce new services in order to stay competitive and to satisfy the needs of the hungry subscribers. How do we deal with a data tornado?
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Standardization is especially important for disaggregated networks, since software and hardware come from different vendors, the interconnect between those needs to standardized. But how does it reflect in the network cloud world?
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Edge compute, edge networking, Telco Cloud. All those buzzwords mean one thing: the content, the essence of the network, the cloud instances are moving to the edge, to the edge of the network, to the edge of the cloud. That means they want to be closer to the subscribers.
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Disaggregation of hardware and software, software based cloud-native instances, etc, these all have a dramatic effect on your total cost of ownership. So, when you go to disaggregation,  the Network Cloud, you save a lot of money.
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Today, we're going to talk about high availability in the Network Cloud, because in spite of what you may think, the Network Cloud Infrastructure presents higher availability than the traditional chassis.
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So third parties, multi-vendor: what are we talking about? Because DriveNets Network Cloud infrastructure can run not only the DriveNets applications or network functions, but also third party applications.
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What is networking-optimized?
It is taking networking functions and running them on networking-optimized infrastructure.
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