Acterna's WorkFlow Solutions Unveils Capability to Support SONET, ATM, Frame and IP Networks at Billing & OSS World 2004.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Billing & OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. World 2004 Booth # 928 GERMANTOWN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2004 Carriers Expanding Use of Acterna's NetOptimize for Data Performance and Capacity Management Acterna today announced that two existing customers of its NetOptimize OSS Solution for voice quality assurance have expanded the use of NetOptimize to include performance and capacity management for their data and transport networks, including SONET, ATM, Frame Relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. , and IP technologies. With this new capability, these carriers will gain clearer and more accurate visibility into the operation of its entire legacy and next generation networks. Through the application of NetOptimize's industry-leading performance monitoring and capacity planning Determining the required future configuration of hardware and software for a network, datacenter or Web site. There are numerous capacity planning tools on the market used to monitor and analyze the performance of the current hardware and software. techniques, these and other carriers will be able to improve service levels, increase efficiency, and lower costs of any network. NetOptimize, as well as Acterna's other OSS solutions, will be on display at Billing & OSS World 2004 in Washington DC, booth # 928 at the OSS Pavilion. "With the advancements and evolution of the telecom network over the past few years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time ability to monitor the performance of the entire network and identify the impacts of changes in one layer on the end-customer service is becoming more critical," said Bruce Hembree, general manager of Acterna's WorkFlow Solutions division. "The ability of NetOptimize to correlate performance and utilization information, as well as its flexibility, equip e·quip tr.v. e·quipped, e·quip·ping, e·quips 1. a. To supply with necessities such as tools or provisions. b. service providers with a single platform to more effectively manage their network and provide customer satisfaction during this evolutionary period." Acterna has successfully delivered best-in-class OSS software solutions to the communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. for more than 25 years. During the last 15 years, the NetOptimize OSS Solution has served as a cornerstone for quality assurance and network planning for more than 25 service providers, enabling these customers to engineer their networks for peak efficiency and performance and to maximize the revenue generated per dollar of capital network infrastructure. NetOptimize: Advanced Service Assurance Reporting and Network Optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. A key component of Acterna's WorkFlow Solution OSS portfolio, NetOptimize(TM) OSS enables services providers to optimize network performance and maximize available capacity of traditional and next-generation voice, data, transport and VoIP networks. As a stand-alone solution or in combination with Acterna's communication test solutions, NetOptimize provides service providers with a customer-proven, reliable solution to manage the quality, performance, availability and reliability of their communications network The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. infrastructure. NetOptimize accomplishes this by continuously collecting raw performance, quality and service-level data and monitoring the network at regular intervals. Once collected, NetOptimize turns the raw data into useful business information for advance service assurance reporting and network optimization. About Acterna Acterna is the world's largest provider of communications test solutions for telecommunications and cable network operators. A trusted communications test partner for more than eight decades, Acterna offers an unmatched portfolio of award-winning instruments, systems, software and services that help its customers reduce network costs while improving performance and reliability. Headquartered in Germantown, Maryland, USA - with European and Asia-Pacific operations based in Eningen, Germany and Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. - Acterna serves nearly every major communications service provider A Communications Service Provider or CSP is a company that transports information electronically. The term encompasses public and private companies in the wireline, wireless, Internet, cable, satellite, and managed services businesses. and equipment manufacturer around the world through a skilled sales and support organization in 31 countries. |
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