Skip to main content

Dell'Oro Group reports 14 percent growth in optical transport market for Q2 2025

Source Decision Insights Coverage Published August 22, 2025 Companies 3
Human View Machine View

3 companies named across 10 categories, one of 15 articles referencing Dell'Oro Group. Previous coverage: Dell’Oro Group Reports Growth in RAN Market Outside China (Aug 2025).

Companies mentioned

Best suited for

Decision stage
Which to buy
Adoption curve
Early Majority

Our classification, not the publisher's statement. Best suited for, not only for.

Dell'Oro Group reported a 14 percent year-over-year increase in the Optical Transport equipment market for the second quarter of 2025. This growth is primarily due to heightened demand for disaggregated Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) and Data Center Interconnect (DCI) solutions.

Market Overview

Jimmy Yu, Vice President of Dell'Oro Group, highlighted this recovery after six quarters of stagnant sales in optical transport, stating, “It was great to see this market recover and post a strong double-digit growth rate.” The increase is largely attributed to cloud and communication service providers favoring a more flexible, vendor-neutral optical infrastructure.

The report shows significant revenue growth in Optical Transport systems, particularly among ZR/ZR+ optical plugs, with disaggregated WDM experiencing nearly 35 percent year-over-year growth. Cloud providers' spending on WDM systems surged by 60 percent.

Cybersecurity Certification Updates

In cybersecurity, ISC2 has updated its advanced certification programs—ISSAP, ISSEP, and ISSMP. The revisions include enhanced exam outlines and the introduction of AI-powered adaptive training to align with industry changes.

Casey Marks, COO of ISC2, mentioned that these updates reflect the organization's commitment to keeping their certification programs relevant. The new AI-driven training aims to tailor content to attendees' progress and reduce costs by up to 66% for members.

Automation Strategies

Gartner's recent report outlines the shift in automation focus from eliminating simple tasks to achieving broader business outcomes. It emphasizes the need for integrated workflows to boost operational efficiency across organizations.

The 2025 Gartner Market Guide indicates that relying exclusively on task-based automation has limitations. The report suggests that orchestration alongside automation enhances business value, improving reliability and risk management.

Organizations contend with fragmentation issues due to the deployment of various automation tools without a unified platform, leading to inconsistent outcomes. Aligning automated strategies with corporate goals can enhance compliance and change processes, allowing IT teams to concentrate on strategic initiatives.

This summary underscores developments in the optical transport market and updates in cybersecurity certifications, reflecting a shift towards integrated approaches driven by market demands. The evolution of automation highlights the necessity for organizations to adapt their workflows in alignment with their operational goals.

Blog post, originally published by Generated by StringerAI - An Intelligence Brief from Decision Insights at decisioninsights.ai.

Mentions

Structured data (JSON-LD)

The schema.org markup this page publishes for search engines and AI agents, exactly as they read it.

[
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#website",
    "@type": "WebSite",
    "name": "Decision Insights",
    "potentialAction": {
      "@type": "SearchAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://decisioninsights.ai/search/?q={search_term_string}&submit=1"
      }
    },
    "publisher": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization"
    },
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai"
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization",
    "@type": "Organization",
    "contactPoint": {
      "@type": "ContactPoint",
      "contactType": "customer support",
      "email": "[email protected]"
    },
    "description": "Decision Insights is a Registry of technology companies, open source projects, and industry terms, built for people and for AI agents that need sourced, structured information.",
    "logo": {
      "@type": "ImageObject",
      "url": "https://wiretap-cdn-assets.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/decision-insights/[email protected]"
    },
    "name": "Decision Insights",
    "parentOrganization": {
      "@type": "Organization",
      "name": "Wiretap Labs",
      "sameAs": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/company/wiretap-labs",
        "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wiretap-labs"
      ],
      "url": "https://wiretaplabs.com"
    },
    "publishingPrinciples": "https://decisioninsights.ai/standards/",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://www.linkedin.com/company/decisioninsights"
    ],
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai"
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
    "itemListElement": [
      {
        "@type": "ListItem",
        "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai",
        "name": "Decision Insights",
        "position": 1
      },
      {
        "@type": "ListItem",
        "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai/records/",
        "name": "Records",
        "position": 2
      },
      {
        "@type": "ListItem",
        "item": "https://decisioninsights.ai/delloro-group-reports-14-percent-growth-in-optical-transport-market-for-q2-2025-3/",
        "name": "Dell'Oro Group reports 14 percent growth in optical transport market for Q2 2025",
        "position": 3
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/delloro-group-reports-14-percent-growth-in-optical-transport-market-for-q2-2025-3/#blogposting",
    "@type": "BlogPosting",
    "about": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/dell-oro-group/#organization",
      "@type": "Organization",
      "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/dell-oro-group/",
      "name": "Dell'Oro Group"
    },
    "articleSection": [
      "Cybersecurity",
      "AI infrastructure",
      "Data Center",
      "Network Operator"
    ],
    "audience": [
      {
        "@type": "Audience",
        "additionalType": "Adoption curve",
        "audienceType": "Early Majority"
      }
    ],
    "author": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/author/decision-insights-coverage/#person",
      "@type": "Person",
      "name": "Decision Insights Coverage",
      "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/author/decision-insights-coverage/"
    },
    "dateModified": "2026-08-23T14:53:42-06:00",
    "datePublished": "2025-08-22T14:26:38-06:00",
    "description": "Dell'Oro Group reveals 14% growth in optical transport market driven by WDM demand; ISC2 updates cybersecurity certifications.",
    "headline": "Dell'Oro Group reports 14 percent growth in optical transport market for Q2 2025",
    "isBasedOn": {
      "@type": "CreativeWork",
      "author": {
        "@type": "Person",
        "name": "Generated by StringerAI - An Intelligence Brief from Decision Insights"
      },
      "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/intelligence/brief/daily-intelligence-brief-optical-transport-growth-and-cybersecurity-certification-updates-august-22-2025/2025/08/"
    },
    "keywords": [
      "Automation",
      "Certification",
      "Cloud",
      "Market",
      "Optical Networking",
      "Wavelength Division Multiplexing"
    ],
    "mainEntityOfPage": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/delloro-group-reports-14-percent-growth-in-optical-transport-market-for-q2-2025-3/",
      "@type": "WebPage",
      "sdDatePublished": "2026-08-23",
      "sdPublisher": {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization"
      }
    },
    "mentions": [
      {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/dell-oro-group/#organization",
        "@type": "Organization",
        "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/dell-oro-group/",
        "name": "Dell'Oro Group"
      },
      {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/interconnect-services-bv/#organization",
        "@type": "Organization",
        "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/interconnect-services-bv/",
        "name": "Interconnect Services BV"
      },
      {
        "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/isc2-bangkok-chapter/#organization",
        "@type": "Organization",
        "mainEntityOfPage": "https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/isc2-bangkok-chapter/",
        "name": "ISC2"
      }
    ],
    "publisher": {
      "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/#organization"
    }
  },
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@id": "https://decisioninsights.ai/author/decision-insights-coverage/#person",
    "@type": "Person",
    "description": "Blog posts, podcasts, and video analysis from across the industry, condensed into short, sourced summaries. Produced under our Standards & Methodology.",
    "name": "Decision Insights Coverage",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/decisioninsights/"
    ],
    "url": "https://decisioninsights.ai/author/decision-insights-coverage/"
  }
]

Is this your company? Get structured data for your own pages