Many legacy optical networking solutions reached End of Life (EOL) or End of Support (EOS). These aging platforms—widely deployed in the 2010s—remained in use for metro data centers, cloud, and enterprise connectivity. However, with the growth of AI/ML applications and data centers, modernizing optical networks became essential to meet increasing capacity and service demands.
Attendees learned:
- Which platforms and services are no longer supported.
- Market trends driving network modernization.
- Why operators are adopting compact, open optical architectures.