Higher, more cost-efficient speeds and getting better integration between IT and operational technology (OT) environments are two of the hottest areas of Ethernet development.
That was on display this week at the Optical Fiber Communication conference where the Ethernet Alliance issued its latest Ethernet Roadmap, and a variety of vendors showed off the interoperability of the ubiquitous networking technology, now nearly 50 years old.
“Ethernet is the most important thing in the world that no one ever sees,” said Peter Jones, chair of the Ethernet Alliance and distinguished engineer with the Enterprise, Data Center & IoT Networks group at Cisco.
