Appian Communications Extends Ethernet-over-SONET/SDH Leadership with Virtual Ethernet Rings.Business/Technology Editors SUPERCOMM 2002 ACTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 2002 Company Also Announces Entry-Level OSAP OSAP, n.pr an abbreviation for the Organization for Safety and Asepsis Procedures, a nonprofit organization that consists of dental and health care professionals and others interested in promoting infection control and effective health and safety 1600 to Extend Reach of High-Revenue Ethernet Services Appian Communications(TM), the first to enable carrier-class Ethernet-over-SONET/SDH services, today announced enhancements to its award-winning Optical Services Activation Platform(TM) (OSAP(TM)) that enable carriers to deliver resilient, multipoint Ethernet services via a carrier's existing multi-service SONET/SDH network. Adding to the company's leadership in Ethernet services capabilities, the company's newly released Virtual Ethernet Rings(TM) solution enables carriers to offer true Private LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. and Virtual Private LAN services that extend the simplicity and multipoint connectivity of a customer's Ethernet LAN across a carrier's existing metro, regional or long-haul SONET/SDH network. Carriers benefit from the revenue and profit potential of next-generation packet services that are flexible, scalable and carrier quality. At the same time, the company announced its new OSAP 1600, an entry-level platform optimized to enable carriers to extend their multi-service Ethernet-over-SONET/SDH and native TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. services to lower density buildings and office-park locations. Available immediately, Appian's Virtual Ethernet Rings solution and OSAP 1600 are currently in carrier trials and will debut at the SuperComm exhibition in Atlanta June 4th - 6th (Booth # 11537). "All Ethernet services are not created equal, and Appian continues to show leadership in the breadth of their Ethernet-over-SONET/SDH services capabilities," said Michael Howard
At SuperComm, Appian will demonstrate Virtual Ethernet Rings across the ONI ONI abbr. Office of Naval Intelligence Noun 1. ONI - the military intelligence agency that provides for the intelligence and counterintelligence and investigative and security requirements of the United States Navy Systems ONLINE7000(TM) metro transport platform. "The ability to implement a simple, scalable solution like Virtual Ethernet Rings for high growth packet services over an advanced optical network is an important next step as carriers continue to focus on revenue and profitability," said Marianne Wu, VP of Portfolio Strategies at ONI Systems. Virtual Ethernet Rings Extend Ethernet LANs Across the WAN Virtual Ethernet Rings extend the simplicity of an Ethernet LAN across a single, logical ring that spans multiple physical SONET/SDH/DWDM ring or mesh topologies. It is the only available solution to overcome the more limited single-ring scope of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. Resilient Packet Ring See RPR. proposal, providing resilient packet services over geographically distributed multi-ring networks without requiring a separate MPLS (1) (MultiProtocol Lambda Switching) The earlier name for GMPLS. See GMPLS. (2) (MultiProtocol Label Switching) A standard from the IETF for including routing information in the packets of an IP network. or other Layer 2 switching overlay. A customer's sites connect to the resulting Virtual Private LAN or Private LAN service through standard Ethernet connections into what appears as their own private Ethernet domain. Native Ethernet mechanisms, including auto discovery, then enable a simple and scalable multipoint (any-to-any) service. Based on the OSAP's innovative Ethernet-over-SONET/SDH architecture, the service can be securely dedicated to an individual customer or it can be efficiently shared across multiple customers, with the ability to explicitly guarantee bandwidth that scales from 1 Mbps to 1 Gbps in 64 Kbps increments. Available via enhancements to Appian's Optical Data Protection(TM) (ODP ODP - Open Distributed Processing (TM)) technology, which is the company's resilient packet ring solution, Virtual Ethernet Rings allow carriers to extend multipoint Private LAN and Virtual Private LAN services offering 50 msec. recovery, packet efficiency and bandwidth guarantees across their multi-ring SONET/SDH/DWDM infrastructures. Carrier migration to next-generation packet services is greatly simplified with the ability to deploy Virtual Ethernet Rings over a standard SONET/SDH/DWDM network in parallel with existing voice TDM services. OSAP 1600 Broadens Service Delivery The new OSAP 1600 is a more compact, lower density metro optical access platform that supports Appian's full suite of carrier-class Ethernet and TDM services, including the newly announced Virtual Ethernet Rings, secure Ethernet Private Lines, and scalable Ethernet access to Internet, 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 ATM services. With support for common hardware and software across the OSAP product line, carriers benefit from the ability to cost-effectively extend high-value Ethernet services to a larger set of metropolitan area customers. "An integral part of extending our services capabilities is enabling providers to deploy these high-value services to a broad range of customer sites," added Anand Parikh, co-founder and vice president of business development and product management at Appian. "Providers see the ability to offer next-generation Ethernet and legacy TDM services in a single, compact package as providing a substantial service migration advantage. The new OSAP 1600 is ideally suited for providers who value the rich functionality of the OSAP 4800, and are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. lower density, a smaller footprint, and lower cost." Based on the hybrid packet/TDM architecture of Appian's OSAP 4800, the OSAP 1600 supports a mix of Fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. , full rate Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. , TDM and protected OC-3/STM-1 to OC-48/STM-16 transport interfaces in a modular platform that addresses a broad range of carrier applications. The OSAP 1600 is also managed and provisioned via the proven AppianVista(TM) Services and Element Manager, enabling rapid integration of next-generation packet services into a carrier's existing 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. environment. About Appian Communications Appian is removing the final metro area This article is about the music production team. For the article about population centers, see metropolitan area. Metro Area are a Brooklyn-based dance music production team composed of Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani. bottleneck to new optical service revenues. Designed to enable growth in carrier revenue and profitability, the Appian solution combines the low cost and simplicity of Ethernet with the resilience and scale of established SONET/SDH networks to enable carrier-class Ethernet services that include secure Ethernet Private Lines, Virtual Private LANs and scalable Internet access See how to access the Internet. . With its integrated TDM service support, the Optical Services Activation Platform(TM) (OSAP(TM)) is a best-of-breed solution that simplifies the migration from today's rigid, circuit-optimized voice and private line offerings to these next-generation service offers. Appian's award-winning OSAP products are currently shipping to emerging and established providers, including NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform Communications, around the world. For more information please visit www.appiancom.com. Appian Communications, etc. are trademarks of Appian Communications, Inc. All other company, product or service names mentioned herein may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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