Ciena’s converged packet optical platforms increase network resiliency and capacity for Continuum’s content delivery and financial service customers.
Continuum Data Centers has selected converged packet optical solutions from Ciena® to connect its data center in Chicago’s western suburbs to key regional exchange points including 350 Cermak in Chicago. With Ciena’s platform, CDC will provide high-bandwidth, low latency 100G connectivity to support applications like cloud computing, storage networking and big data for service providers, financial service companies, research institutions and content delivery networks. Additionally, CDC will be able to offer carrier-grade connectivity to Tier 2 and Tier 3 networks as it builds out its peering and Internet exchange community. The deployment is expected to be completed in July 2014.
“To meet the demands of the market and our customers, we knew we needed to enhance our network with a highly scalable, best-in-class packet optical solution. The deployment of Ciena’s 6500 platform is a crucial part of our strategy to provide reliable, cost-effective, high-bandwidth connectivity for data center Interconnect and carrier-grade services,” said Eli D. Scher, chairman and CEO of Continuum Data Centers.