Summit Broadband’s bet on 400G optical wavelength service is paying off. The Florida-based provider has named Falcon's Beyond Global, a themed entertainment company that designs, creates, and operates profile guest experiences at theme parks, museums, and zoos.
What drove Falcon’s Beyond to consider 400G was accommodating new company growth and expanding its company headquarters into a larger facility to support its rapid growth.
Specifically, Falcon’s Beyond required a low-latency network to power its data center, which houses hundreds of high-performance servers and storage systems for its content creation pipelines and home office.
While initially exploring a dark fiber solution for data center connectivity, Falcon's Beyond ultimately opted for Summit Broadband’s comprehensive "turnkey transport solution.”
Summit Broadband provided Falcon's Beyond with two 400 Gbps circuits connecting their home office to their data center for an aggregate throughput of 800 Gbps. This high-bandwidth solution ensures business continuity by providing redundancy and high availability.
Ciena's WL5e provides the underlying technology for the 400 Gbps service. Summit Broadband and Ciena have a long-standing relationship, with Ciena powering Summit’s optical network. The network is managed via Ciena’s Navigator Network Control Suite, which provides end-to-end visibility and assurance from a single point of control.
By partnering with Summit Broadband, Falcon's Beyond can focus on its core business while allowing it to scale its bandwidth needs as it continues to grow seamlessly.
"Summit Broadband’s expertise and ability to deliver a complete solution, including 400Gbps circuits, were instrumental in our decision-making process,” said Saham Ali, EVP and president of technology at Falcon's Beyond.
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