Infinera Solutions

Financial services firms, including hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, banks, brokers, and others depend on optical networks for the rapid, reliable flow of information and trades. Many financial services firms see their IT assets as key sources of competitive advantage. Their choice of optical links, in particular, can make the difference between being able to profit from a competitive market versus being stuck on the sidelines.

The Infinera Solution

The optical networking requirements of most financial services applications can be fairly specialized. Many financial applications are dramatically more latency sensitive than would be typical for conventional data, voice, and video applications. Infinera has invested R&D in capabilities specifically designed to meet the needs of financial services networks. The benefits of an Infinera solution include the following:

• Infinera offers industry-leading low latency performance for Ethernet and SONET/SDH services. We offer zero-latency dispersion compensation which eliminates the need for long coils of dispersion compensating fiber. Our custom ASIC electronics have been optimized for low-latency because of our unique digital architecture.
• Our professional services offerings include low-latency design, deployment, and optimization. We can tune your optical links to squeeze out microseconds to ensure you have the fastest path from A to B.
• Reliability is of course paramount for financial applications. Only Infinera has photonic integrated circuits, which eliminate dozens of potential failure points compared to conventional optical systems. Infinera's PICs have over 200 million hours of field operation without a single failure. For ring and mesh networks, Infinera's intelligent networking capability is designed to provide further availability with 50 millisecond dedicated protection and GMPLS-enabled restoration.
• Finally, as trading strategies evolve, financial services firms need the ability to create and reprovision new services with very little advance notice. Infinera's GMPLS and integrated bandwidth management means instant provisioning, even across complex networks.