Welcome to the April 2009 issue of EtherNEWS, offered in video and Podcast versions. Each month’s edition covers a wide range of applications and solutions related to Ethernet service creation, service assurance, SLA & QoS monitoring and evolving industry standards.
This month’s issue presents two panel sessions recorded on video at the recent COMPTEL Spring show – one covering efficient Ethernet Service Delivery, the other focused on Growing Ethernet Service Revenue in today’s economic climate. I hope you enjoy your virtual visit to the conference – a cost and time efficient alternative to being there first hand!
This panel explores cost-effective deployment of SLA-backed services that enable 25-65% revenue growth, reduce customer churn, and introduce profitable, hosted and managed services. Speakers include leading industry experts from RCN Metro, Optimum Lightpath, B/OSS Magazine and Zayo Bandwidth.
The feature application video in this EtherNEWS edition is also available as a free Video Podcast.
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An excerpt from the popular “Service Delivery Options” panel, where Patrick Ostiguy, President & CEO of Accedian Networks provides an overview of ultra-efficient, automated Ethernet service deployment using our NIDs. Service demand, ROI, operational efficiencies and SLA monitoring are all covered in this short presentation.
The feature application video in this EtherNEWS edition is also available as a free Video Podcast.
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Product Highlight: Plug & Go Instant Provisioning for Ethernet
Imagine install so fast, so simple, that even your customer can do it. Imagine integrated intelligence that senses which ports are connected and instantly flows traffic. With Plug & Go ™, your EtherNID ™ & MetroNID ™ units take care of it. They also configure their own management settings and let you know they’re online – so you can take control and finish the job from your desk.
No more staging. No more trained technicians on-site. Delivering the absolute minimum OpEx, Plug & Go makes installing our units as simple as a cable modem.
A centralized MetroNID unit sends management beacons containing complete configuration specs that reflect your particular operational practices. Newly installed units scan for valid links, then automatically configure ports & media (SFP/copper) and negotiate line rates. Info from the management beacon tells the unit how to register an IP addres and whether a management VLAN is used.
Once configured, installed units advertise their presence; inventory tracking enabled on any MetroNID unit gives you a detailed catalog of the EtherNID & MetroNID units in your network. Simple click-through access to any deployed NID lets you quickly configure their ESAP service creation & service assurance functionality to quickly setup fully monitored Carrier Ethernet services.
For more information about Accedian Networks solutions, please visit our document library on Accedian.com.
Accedian Networks™ is a leading provider of Packet Performance Assurance solutions that enable service providers to deliver carrier-grade, packet-based applications and LAN services over wireless and wireline networks.
The Ethernet Service Assurance Platform (ESAP™) and EtherNID demarcation units provide in-service monitoring, loopback testing and service management for wireless backhaul, business services and hand-off applications, and establish standards-based, end-to-end operations, administration & maintenance (OAM) and assured Service Level Agreements (SLAs) over converged, multi-provider networks.
For additional information, visit: http://www.accedian.com/ or call 1-866-685-8181.
Accedian Solutions Increase Ethernet Service Revenue Up to 65%
February. 19th, 2009
Accedian solutions instantly upgrades Ethernet services to premium grade while tying revenue to capex – enabling premium grade service over existing networks. This method allows service providers to immediately offer SLA-grade offerings for demanding enterprise and wireless backhaul applications without costly access network upgrades. Press Release. Watch the Video.
Optimizing WAN QoS
Accelerate mission-critical applications over your IP-VPNs or Etherent WANs using the fastest traffic optimization available. Unlike switches, routers and software-based tools that add delay to your data, Accedian Networks’ MetroNID ™ unit features a hardware-based parallel-processing architecture that adds no latency or jitter to real-time applications. Learn More
Ethernet Service OAM
Ethernet services offer bandwidth and cost efficiency compared to the legacy offerings they replace, but vendor-specific implementations often prevent streamlined operations, administration and maintenance (OAM), driving up OpEx and placing significant demands on support and operations staff.
Enabling a well managed and standards-based network, EtherNID and MetroNID units allow service providers to establish service, connectivity and link layer OAM over their Ethernet services from end-to-end, fully compliant to IEEE 802.1ag, 802.3ah, and ITU-T Y.1731. Learn More
COMPTEL Spring Panel – Growing Ethernet Service Revenue
