* SBC’s metro service now supports DWDM rings SBC last week expanded its managed wavelength service with an offering that enables businesses to connect multiple locations within a metropolitan area.The carrier’s Multi-Service Optical Networking (MON) service now supports dense wavelength division multiplexed (DWDM) rings, which enable business to connect mainframes, data centers and storage networks.Up to now, MON, which was turned up in 2001, supported just point-to-point DWDM services between two business locations. Contracts for that service start at about $30,000 per month for 60 months.MON supports ESCON, FICON, Fibre Channel, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, SONET and video services at 160G bit/sec per fiber pair. In addition to supporting connectivity between multiple locations, MON’s new ring architecture provides increased reliability and redundancy, making it applicable for disaster recovery, data mirroring and business continuity applications, SBC says.MON is available throughout SBC’s 13-state local service territory. Both MON services are based on Nortel’s OPTera Metro 5200 Release 5.0 platform. Pricing for the MON ring service starts at about $30,000 per month for a 5-year term, according to SBC. Related content news analysis Western Digital keeps HDDs relevant with major capacity boost Western Digital and rival Seagate are finding new ways to pack data onto disk platters, keeping them relevant in the age of solid-state drives (SSD). By Andy Patrizio Dec 06, 2023 4 mins Enterprise Storage Data Center news analysis Global network outage report and internet health check Cisco subsidiary ThousandEyes, which tracks internet and cloud traffic, provides Network World with weekly updates on the performance of ISPs, cloud service providers, and UCaaS providers. By Ann Bednarz and Tim Greene Dec 06, 2023 286 mins Networking news analysis Cisco uncorks AI-based security assistant to streamline enterprise protection With Cisco AI Assistant for Security, enterprises can use natural language to discover policies and get rule recommendations, identify misconfigured policies, and simplify complex workflows. By Michael Cooney Dec 06, 2023 3 mins Firewalls Generative AI Network Security news Nvidia’s new chips for China to be compliant with US curbs: Jensen Huang Nvidia’s AI-focused H20 GPUs bypass US restrictions on China’s silicon access, including limits on-chip performance and density. By Anirban Ghoshal Dec 06, 2023 3 mins CPUs and Processors Technology Industry Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe