FutureSoft Provides Advanced Switching Software to Ciena for CN 4350 Ethernet Services Provisioning Switch.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- FutureSoft, a leading provider of switching and routing software for the network industry, announced that its Layer 2 protocol stacks are included in Ciena Corporation's recently announced CN 4350(TM) Ethernet Services Provisioning Switch. "Time-to-market is critical in today's competitive networking marketplace, so using FutureSoft's Layer 2 protocol stacks played an important role in reducing the development time for Ciena's CN 4350 platform," said Dr. Dhritiman Banerjee, Director of software engineering for network specialist Ciena. "FutureSoft's Layer 2 protocol stack is a high quality solution in terms of features and reliability, and we were able to port the stacks into the CN 4350 ourselves with the necessary support from FutureSoft." Ciena has included MSTP (MultiService Transport Platform) A high-end Cisco router that is geared for optical connections to metropolitan area networks (MANs). MSTPs include the functionality of MultiService Provisioning Platform (MSSP) routers. See MSSP and MSPP. (802.1s), RSTP See RTSP. (802.1w), IGMP Snooping IGMP Snooping is the process of improving IGMP. IGMP snooping, as implied by the name, is a feature that allows the switch to "listen in" on the IGMP conversation between hosts and routers. , VLAN See virtual LAN. VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network (802.1q), and LA stacks from FutureSoft into their products. In addition, FutureSoft provided relevant documentation and comprehensive support that enabled easy integration by Ciena's engineers. Delivering customer value. Rapid time-to-market. FutureSoft is an acknowledged leader in the switching domain with over 25 design wins for the switching 'Layer 2' protocols alone. FutureSoft has also been the pioneer in developing one the first commercially available MSTP and RSTP implementations. These implementations are available as stand-alone products and also in FutureSoft's flagship solution, the Intelligent Switch Solution, (ISS ISS See Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). ). Customers for Layer 2 protocols include several of the Top 20 Global networking OEMs for applications as diverse as high-end switches, cellular 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. networks and IP-DSLAMs. "FutureSoft's protocol stack products have notched up another successful customer deployment. Ciena's CN 4350 further demonstrates the value of advanced features, ease-of-integration and robustness of FutureSoft product offerings," says Sarbpreet Singh, President & COO, FutureSoft. "We are pleased with our relationship with Ciena and are committed to providing continuous value and time-to-market advantage." About FutureSoft Future Software (www.futsoft.com), a Flextronics company, is a leading software products and engineering partner to the global communications and networking industry. From its establishment in 1985, FutureSoft has built vast expertise in IP Switching/Routing, Broadband Access, Wireless and Wired networking applications. FutureSoft offers complete systems software solutions, re-usable protocol stack products and engineering services including porting, integration and consulting services. FutureSoft is an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001:2000-certified, SEI-CMM-Level 5 assessed company and counts many global networking OEMs as its clients. |
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