For the next few months, Light Reading will be running a Next-Gen ROADM Briefing Center, a little space at http://www.lightreading.com/roadm where we'll round up all the news and information that we cover relating to that most forward-looking of optical networking endeavors.

To help get that site off to a good start, Craig Matsumoto has updated our Buzz Bin entries on two key terms:

Click on each linked term for a quick explanation of the technology. In the ROADM entry, you'll get a nice tour of what's been going on in ROADMs for the past few months to get you up to speed.

Of course, that's just a sampling of what's been happening. You might also scan through the fair amount of analyst commentary on optical networking trends of late. Some highlights include:

Also, you may enjoy this walk down memory lane as we recap below some of our archived resources on the wide world of ROADMs:

Keep checking back, as we'll have much more about ROADMs to report in the days to come.

— Phil Harvey, Editor-in-Chief, Light Reading