Achieving Versatility and ScaleWhen choosing the best technology and the right products to meet their data center connect (DCC) networking requirements, enterprises must fully understand the challenges to be addressed and the applications that must be supported. In particular, a DCC solution must accommodate rapidly increasing volumes of data between data centers, improve the quality of inter-data center disaster recovery and enable OPEX reductions by consolidating networking resources. Optical Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM) is the technology of choice to address the high-bandwidth, low-latency, multi-protocol transport requirements of mission-critical data across enterprise metro and long-haul DCC networks. Satisfying these requirements with versatility and scale, the Alcatel–Lucent 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS) allows enterprises to realize lower IT costs, while improving network reliability and performance for DCC.