* Includes emerged technologies such as Infiniband, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and MPLS Optical Switching * Describe the forefront of commercial products, including LEAF and MetroCore fiber, dense wavelength multiplexing, and Small Form Factor transceiver packages * Covers all major industry standards, often written by the same people who design their own standards * Includes expanded list of references on the World Wide Web, plus hard to find references for international, homologation, and type approval requirements * Table Ease of key optical datacom parameters and glossary with hundreds of definitions and acronyms * Industry buzzwords explained, including SAN, NAS, and MAN networks * Datacom market analysis and future projections from leading industry forecasters