{"id":30067,"date":"2017-11-09T09:23:09","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T01:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=30067"},"modified":"2017-11-09T14:11:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T06:11:43","slug":"netflix-accelerates-global-video-streaming-with-infinera-cloud-xpress-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2017\/11\/09\/netflix-accelerates-global-video-streaming-with-infinera-cloud-xpress-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix accelerates global video streaming with Infinera Cloud Xpress 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Infinera, a provider of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dmtrk.net\/17C1-59ZU8-69IZ83-2VJ6GV-1\/c.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Intelligent Transport Networks<\/a>, announced that Netflix deployed the Infinera\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dmtrk.net\/17C1-59ZU8-69IZ83-2VJ6GW-1\/c.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cloud Xpress 2<\/a>\u00a0to expand their delivery capacity for streaming videos. More than 100 million Netflix members in over 190 countries enjoy 125 million hours of streaming TV shows and movies per day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Netflix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26821 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Netflix.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Netflix.jpg 622w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Netflix-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Netflix chose the Cloud Xpress 2 for the combination of capacity and simplicity in a compact optical networking platform. The Cloud Xpress 2 supports point-and-click provisioning and plug-and-play combination of capacity and reach available, delivering 1.2 terabits per second of capacity up to 130 kilometers without any external equipment. Infinera Instant Bandwidth enables Netflix to activate and pay for additional capacity in minutes, reducing initial cost of deployment while remaining responsive to dynamic capacity demands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Infinera Cloud Xpress 2 makes it easy to deploy new high-capacity links between our Open Connect content delivery points of presence and quickly scale capacity to match demand,\u201d said Dave Temkin, vice president of global networks, Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Infinera Cloud Xpress was the first compact modular data center interconnect (DCI) platform on the market in 2014 and is an amazing technical and commercial success,\u201d said Andrew Schmitt, lead analyst, optical at Cignal AI. \u201cInfinera led the fast-growing compact modular DCI market from its inception &#8211; and still does with 38 percent share for the first half of 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Infinera Cloud Xpress Family delivers DCI solutions to cloud service providers, internet content providers, internet exchange service providers, enterprise network operators and other data center operators. The Cloud Xpress 2 features the Infinera Infinite Capacity Engine (ICE4), also available in the Infinera XTS-3300 for subsea applications and the XT-3300 for terrestrial long-haul applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Infinera, a provider of\u00a0Intelligent Transport Networks, announced that Netflix deployed the Infinera\u00a0Cloud Xpress 2\u00a0to expand their delivery capacity for streaming videos. 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