Novoserve chooses Smartoptics for high-capacity and cost-efficient DWDM

21 Sep 2023 10:00 CEST

Oslo, Norway - September 21, 2023 - Smartoptics, a leading provider of optical
networking solutions, today announced that Novoserve, an innovative Dutch
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider, has chosen Smartoptics as its
preferred optical transport supplier. Smartoptics open line systems, optics and
transponders are used to provide a high-capacity and cost-efficient DWDM
solution for the Dutch IaaS provider's backbone network.

Novoserve specializes in bare metal hosting solutions with over 10TB capacity,
7,000 dedicated servers deployed and 10 points of presence. The IaaS provider
has three data centers in the Netherlands and one in the US state of New Jersey.
To meet growing bandwidth needs, Novoserve needed to upgrade the capacity of its
backbone network. After evaluating Smartoptics open line systems and a competing
solution, a decision was made to move forward with Smartoptics based on
advantages including ease of use, 400G-readiness and cost efficiency.

"Smartoptics offers a resilient and truly plug-and-play solution that's so easy
I hardly even needed the management interface. The solution is also 400G-ready,
which provides a cost-efficient and simple migration path once we upgrade
switches and routers. We have a great personal relationship with Smartoptics -
everything is fast, flexible and simple - the way it should be. From now on we
are turning to Smartoptics first for all our optical transport needs," says Rens
Ariens, CTO, Novoserve.

Following the Smartoptics deployments in 2023, Novoserve has ten DCP-M open line
systems with 84 100G DWDM links. These links interconnect the data centers in
the Netherlands and deliver 8.4TB of capacity. The DCP-1203 transponder is also
used for a breakout application from 400G to four times 100G.

"Our DCP-404 muxponder has been a popular choice for 100G aggregation since its
release last year. This year, we launched the the DCP-1203 transponder, which
provides triple the capacity of the DCP-404 with three 400G ports. Novoserve's
network has significant traffic, making this high-density solution well aligned
with their needs. We are pleased to have earned Novoserve's trust and to
showcase the vast potential of the DCP-1203 in one of its first deployments,"
says Magnus Grenfeldt, CEO, Smartoptics.

For more information please contact:
Magnus Grenfeldt
CEO
Smartoptics
+46 73-366 88 77
E-mail: magnus.grenfeldt@smartoptics.com

About Smartoptics
Smartoptics provides innovative optical networking solutions and devices for the
new era of open networking. Our customer base includes thousands of enterprises,
governments, cloud providers, Internet exchanges as well as cable and telecom
operators. We have an open networking approach in everything we do which allows
our customers to break unwanted vendor lock-in, remain flexible and minimize
costs. Our solutions are used in metro and regional network applications that
increasingly rely on data center services and specifications. Smartoptics is a
Scandinavian company founded in 2006. We partner with leading technology and
network solution providers such as Brocade, Cisco and Dell and have a global
reach through more than 100 business partners.
For additional information about Smartoptics, please visit
https://www.smartoptics.com/

About Novoserve
Novoserve is a Dutch Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider with over 10TB
capacity, 7,000 dedicated servers deployed and 10 points of presence. We provide
high-performance and highly secure bare metal servers to AdTech, gaming, content
delivery, reseller and fintech customers. The network is powered by three data
centers in the Netherlands and one in the US state of New Jersey. We pride
ourselves on maintaining a low carbon footprint and being at the forefront of
technology and connectivity.
For additional information about Novoserve, please visit https://novoserve.com/

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