While Cisco's latest upgrade, Release 9.0, offered enhancements for other products in its optical portfolio, the latest developments did not address omissions in the ONS 15600 feature set including 10GbE and integrated Ethernet switching. This report contains insight and analysis of the product or service strengths and weaknesses, list of buying criteria and how the product or service fares in each category, and a comprehensive table of product or service metrics and specifications. This report is useful for purchasers who need to evaluate products, or as a source of competitive intelligence for vendors.