Metrobility Optical Systems Completes EMS Beta Test with major South American Service Provider; Begins Shipment of NetBeacon(R) ESP Network Management System.MERRIMACK, N.H. -- Metrobility Optical Systems, a leading optical networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. company providing carrier Ethernet connectivity, access, wavelength multiplexing and management solutions, today announced that its next-generation element management system (EMS), NetBeacon ESP (1) (Enhanced Service Provider) An organization that adds value to basic telephone service by offering such features as call-forwarding, call-detailing and protocol conversion. , has completed an extensive beta test A test of new or revised hardware or software that is performed by users at their facilities under normal operating conditions. Beta testing follows alpha testing. Vendors of packaged software often offer their customers the opportunity of beta testing new releases or versions, and the with a major South American service provider and is now shipping. NetBeacon was designed to meet service providers' need to scale for very large networks, to identify severity of alarms quickly and to route that alarm to the appropriate technician, and to allow strict port-level access control policies system wide. Real-time monitoring of line quality, laser power, and equipment temperature and power enable proactive maintenance Proactive maintenance is a maintenance strategy for stabilizing the reliability of machines or equipment using Proactive maintenance services. Its central theme involves directing corrective actions aimed at failure root causes, not active failure symptoms, faults, or machine wear that can decrease network outages and increase customer uptime. NetBeacon(R) ESP is an integral part of Metrobility's carrier Ethernet product line. It provides an extensible and secure element management system for the Company's Radiance product family. NetBeacon ESP incorporates an easy-to-use interface to support secure, centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. provisioning and management of a large, geographically dispersed network. To meet the stringent demands of network administrators, NetBeacon ESP supports the FCAPS FCAPS Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, Security management areas FCAPS Fault Configuration Accounting Performance and Security (fault, configuration, accounting, performance, and security) attributes for network management. Authorized users can manage each Metrobility device from any designated NetBeacon ESP management station to provision services, monitor performance, and respond to alarms. NetBeacon ESP's headless server architecture creates an 'always on' management system to ensure that element information is constantly being monitored. A sophisticated hierarchy of alarm notifications can be customized by the administrator based on severity. Alarm notifications include audible alarms, visual color-coded alarms, and alarm notification via email, phone or pager. About Metrobility Optical Systems Metrobility is an optical Ethernet equipment manufacturer focused on accelerating the deployment of carrier-class Ethernet services to business users. Its Radiance product family enables service providers to connect, access, multiplex, manage and simplify networks at the customer edge, enabling fast, simple, seamless service creation and comprehensive service verification capabilities to increase the revenue potential and reduce the capital and operational expenditures of Ethernet service offerings. Metrobility 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 registered company based in Merrimack, New Hampshire Merrimack is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 25,119 (including the East Merrimack Census-Designated Place [1]), making it the eighth largest municipality in New Hampshire. USA with distribution in more than 40 countries worldwide. Metrobility has more than 15 years of experience in Ethernet, with more than 70 service providers and thousands of large enterprises utilizing Metrobility's products worldwide. More information on Metrobility Optical Systems can be found at www.metrobility.com. |
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