Enterprise LAN infrastructure is stagnant while demands on LAN services, infrastructure, equipment and operations are constantly increasing (e.g. IoT, BYOD, cloud, big data, SDN/NFV, security and wireless). The common solution for adapting a LAN (e.g. add more ports, cards, switches, software) negatively impacts the state it intends to fix (e.g. operational efficiency deteriorates, LAN uptime declines and security is compromised). This dilemma introduces additional complexities that render the LAN nearly unmanageable by humans. Furthermore, the added complexity, high human touch, poor future migration path and projected costs to fix are unreasonable.

Tellabs™ Optical LAN (OLAN) helps enterprise LAN customers build modern, high-performance networks that deliver four key advantages over legacy copper-based technologies: Simple, Scalable, Stable and Secure. Tellabs Optical LAN is simple because it has less mid-span equipment and the ONTs are unmanaged, highly reliable devices. Additional simplicity is achieved with intelligence and management that is centralized and automated, making daily moves, adds and changes easier and faster. Better scalability is achieved through greater connectivity density in a smaller footprint along with a graceful migration path to future technologies. Best-in-class stability is attained by having fewer moving parts to break, less potential for human error and carrier-class componentry. Finally, Optical LANs have better security, as fiber cabling is inherently more secure, the system has fewer points of vulnerability, centralized management ensures consistent security policies and procedures and requires fewer human touches.