Alcatel and Hewlett-Packard announce strategic agreement to support SONET Management Products.RICHARDSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 15, 1995--Alcatel Network Systems and The Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) today announced a comprehensive agreement to cooperate on network management technologies critical to Synchronous Optical Networks (networking) Synchronous Optical NETwork - (SONET) A broadband networking standard based on point-to-point optical fibre networks. SONET will provide a high-bandwidth "pipe" to support ATM-based services. (SONET). This alliance is based on an agreement to cross-license a key Transaction Language 1 (TL1) network software interface and the accompanying software modules for support of multi-vendor networks. This alliance will allow Alcatel and HP to provide customized solutions for a wide variety of network components on both the HP OpenView HP OpenView was a Hewlett Packard product range consisting of an extensive portfolio of network and systems management products. In 2007 the entire HP OpenView portfolio was rebranded under the strengthened HP Software name. distributed management platform and on Alcatel's 1320 NM (network manager) platform. Alcatel will provide its TL1 agent software and agent development tools to HP, who will enhance the software by adding personality modules used for the rapid support of Alcatel's and other vendors' TL1 SONET components. "The 1320 NM and our agreement with Hewlett Packard represent perfectly our commitment to promoting open network architecture and resolving the issue of SONET inter-operability," said Bob Reed Robert Reed (born February 23, 1943 in Longview, Texas) was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football for Tennessee State University. , Vice President Product Line Management, Alcatel Network Systems. "This agreement will allow us to break time-to-market barriers in producing and selling network management products to carriers worldwide." "HP's alliance with Alcatel will allow us to leverage our existing expertise in open systems and telecommunications platforms," said Andre Meyer, General Manager of HP's Telecom Systems Business Unit (TSBU). "This further strengthens HP's position as the leading provider of TMN-compliant solutions." The complete package, running on the HP OpenView and Alcatel 1320 NM platforms, will provide true Common Management Information Services (networking) Common Management Information Services - (CMIS) Part of the OSI body of network standards. Network management information services are used by peer processes to exchange information and commands for the purpose of network management. Element (CMISE CMISE Common Management Information Service Element (OSI & X.710/ISO 9595) CMISE Corps Military Intelligence Support Element ) to TL1 protocol conversion. As network elements are offered with native CMISE interfaces, this solution will provide a smooth migration for both existing and future network management applications. Alcatel will present the 1320 NM and its network management solutions at its booth in the Hynes Convention Center The John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center located in Boston's Back Bay has 193,000 square feet (0 m) of exhibit space and can accommodate up to four concurrent events. during the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference in Boston, June 19 - 21. Alcatel and HP will hold a separate briefing for the press and other interested parties in the Presidential Suite of the Boston Marriott Copley Square Copley Square, named for the American portraitist John Singleton Copley (1738 – 1815), is located in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. A bronze statue of Copley, by sculptor Lewis Cohen, is located on the northern side of the square. hotel (38th floor) beginning at 4:00 p.m. Monday, June 19. Alcatel Network Systems designs, manufactures and services a full line of voice, data, video and multimedia transmission products -- such as ATM switching systems Switching systems (communications) The assemblies of switching and control devices provided so that any station in a communications system may be connected as desired with any other station. , digital cross connects, fiber optic transmission systems, optical amplifiers A device that boosts light signals in an optical fiber network. Unlike regenerators, which have to convert light to electricity in order to amplify it and then convert it back again to light, the optical amplifier amplifies the light signal itself. , microwave radios, video codecs, and network management systems. These products are used in high performance networks throughout the telecommunications, broadcast and utility industries. The parent company, Alcatel, is one of the world's leading communications equipment manufacturers, with plants in 32 countries and markets in over 125 countries. Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global manufacturer of computing, communications and measurement products and services recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 98,600 employees and had revenue of $25 billion in its 1994 fiscal year. CONTACT: Alcatel Michael Newsom, 214/996-7896 Internet: michael_newsom@aud.alcatel.com or Communication, Inc. for HP Kristina Thorngate Cunningham, 408/447-6363 Internet: kristina@ccipr.com |
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