"From an optical networking point of view, were going to develop interfaces for whatever's coming off of those storage switches," says Messenger.
Analysts view Ciscos moves as an incremental, but not earth-shattering, upgrade.
Nobodys buying too much of anything, but SAN is the most interesting thing out there, says Sam Greenholtz, a principal with Telecom Pragmatics Inc. The big news will come when Cisco introduces its next-generation Sonet/SDH system.
Speaking of a next-generation Sonet system, Cisco officials were mum on any follow-up product to the ONS 15454, but Greenholtz noted that the product line, introduced in 1998, may be starting to show its age, and that Cisco is believed to be developing a next-generation system. He points to recent efforts by competitors such as Nortel and Fujitsu Ltd. (OTC: FJTSY) as putting the pressure on Cisco to come out with a new product.
R. Scott Raynovich, US Editor, and Phil Harvey, Senior Editor, Light Reading
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