ADTRAN, Inc. ADTN recently announced that Belgium’s railway infrastructure company, Infrabel has opted to deploy its FSP 3000 S-Flex to improve storage area network (“SAN”) capacity. In this venture, ADTN collaborated with Arcadiz, a key partner providing engineering and installation services. Moreover, Arcadiz will also provide 24/7 onsite maintenance to deliver uninterrupted rail network services.
Today’s businesses have to deal with more data than ever before. Managing the increasingly complex workloads and accommodating this surge in data traffic is a major challenge. Belgium’s rail system is no exception to this. Its vast operations generate a large pool of data everyday and the handling of which requires a robust, scalable, high-capacity storage network infrastructure.
Infrabel relies on multiple data centers located across the country to conduct its operations. Legacy infrastructure is not sufficient to match the real-time data transmission requirements over long distances, owing to latency issues. These shortcomings can have far-fetching effects on daily operations and compromise safety.
ADTRAN’s FSP 3000 S-Flex effectively overcomes these challenges. This is the only solution capable of delivering 64 Gigabit Fiber Channel (GFC) over Wavelength Division Multiplexing solution. The product’s efficient support for 16 GFC and 32 GFC over long distances exhibits the its versatility for diverse network environments.
This effectively links Infrabel’s dispersed data centers and combines multiple network interfaces, ensuring reliable connectivity with enhanced throughput. Moreover, the solution’s advanced security features including quantum-safe encryption technology boost the security posture of SAN data-center interconnects. These advanced features will enhance data management and ensure reliable communication across the rail network, leading to significant improvement in Infrabel’s operational efficiency.
Will This Venture Boost ADTN’s Share Performance?
To address the increasing data traffic and support growing data center workloads enterprises across industries are increasingly looking to adapt high-capacity, secure and future-proof networking solutions. With its extensive suite of data center connectivity products, ADTN is well-positioned to capitalize on this trend. The recent successful venture with Infrabel accentuates ADTN’s capability to address emerging data-center networking requirements. This can improve commercial prospects in the long run.
Moreover, ADTRAN’s comprehensive portfolio is a competitive differentiator with a wide array of flexible software and hardware-network solutions and services that enable operators to transit to a fully converged, scalable, highly automated, cloud-controlled voice, data, Internet and video network of the future. The company expects solid traction in domestic markets for ultra-broadband and fiber-to-the-home solutions, along with Software-Defined access and Ethernet passive optical network solutions.
ADTN’s Stock Price Performance
Shares of ADTRAN have gained 60.2% in the past year compared with the industry’s growth of 63.1%.
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ADTRAN currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
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