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World Wide Packets Launches Breakthrough Aggregation Switch with LightningEdge® 3300
Delivering the Next Generation of Carrier Ethernet Services
Paris, France, February 5, 2007 – World Wide Packets, a leading provider of Carrier Ethernet solutions, today announced the LightningEdge 3300 (LE-3300) Service Aggregation Switch. Powered by the proven LightningEdge Operating System (LE-OS), the LE-3300 aggregates and delivers Carrier Ethernet services, offering vast flexibility in a single, easy to manage platform.
The LE-3300 is purpose built using a service-oriented architecture that mitigates the limitations of traditional Ethernet switch architectures. It is equipped with robust Carrier Class attributes including comprehensive Hierarchical Quality of Service (H-QoS), fully programmable distributed switching architecture, and a redundant hardware design with service cards ranging from 10 Gigabit Ethernet to high density Gigabit Ethernet. Built in a compact form factor, the LE-3300 is ideally suited for deployment at first and second tier aggregation points where Carrier Ethernet service transport and handoff to the core network is required.
The LE-3300 manages traffic with best-in-class guaranteed end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) performance, enabling service providers to confidently introduce new profitable services over Ethernet with deterministic SLA's. This is achieved using hierarchical ingress metering and egress shaping with rich classification while delivering any mix of service types simultaneously on any port. The LE-3300 is architected to facilitate bridging of multiple protocols and standards such as Multiprotocol Label Switching, Provider Backbone Transport, Provider Backbone Bridging and Provider Bridging, giving service providers the flexibility to adopt the most appropriate technology for the service. The fully programmable switching architecture eliminates the need for expensive forklift equipment upgrades necessitated by emerging and evolving standards, which is critical for service providers as new protocols, and protocol enhancements, are frequently introduced. Additionally, the LE-3300 has full physical redundancy with separate management, control and data planes, facilitating upgrades with minimal service disruption. Utilizing LE-OS, a field proven operating system designed exclusively for Carrier Ethernet deployments, the LE-3300 delivers an exceptional level of flexibility and reliability while ensuring linear growth costs.
“Today's service providers operate in an extremely competitive market. Businesses and consumers are demanding the fastest, most cost-effective services available,” said Heavy Reading analyst Stan Hubbard. “Service providers must adopt delivery solutions such as Carrier Ethernet which allow them to reduce overhead costs, while still delivering fast, highly scalable and affordable services to their customers. With the LE-3300, World Wide Packets enables rapid delivery, without sacrificing the quality-of-service.”
“Service Providers face a wide range of existing and emerging requirements in a rapidly changing environment while integrating complex new technologies into a currently deployed service infrastructure,” said Mike Nielsen, executive vice president of product management and engineering for World Wide Packets. “Service Providers need the flexibility to meet current service and infrastructure requirements while providing a clear migration path to the future. The LE-3300's fully programmable architecture simplifies migration to emerging standards and services.”
The LE-3300 is managed through World Wide Packets' unique Ethernet Service Manager (ESM 5.0), a comprehensive system for service creation, provisioning and management. ESM 5.0 is a highly scalable management system with support for multiple open source interfaces, facilitating rapid integration with service providers' software requirements.
ESM 5.0 complements the flexibility and performance of the LE-3300; this powerful combination delivers a best-in-class platform for Carrier Ethernet service delivery. Service Providers can now reap the benefits of rapid network and service deployments with the reliability their customers expect. In addition, the LE-3300 facilitates a linear pay-as-you-grow design, eliminating the need to purchase costly hardware prior to service delivery. Fully standards-based, the LE-3300 maximizes interoperability with other platforms providing further flexibility while compressing overall time to market. Finally, the LE-3300 uses market leading advanced OAM features, which simplifies system management and improves service assurance thus minimizing costly truck rolls for fault isolation and service verification.
“In today's evolving market place it is imperative that service providers have in place a solution that allows them to reduce overall expenditures, while at the same time driving business growth and generating the highest possible return on investment,” said Dave Curry, president and CEO of World Wide Packets. “With its powerful, flexible and easy to manage platform the LE-3300 enables service providers to do just that, delivering fast, cost effective services with room to further grow the business.”
About World Wide Packets
World Wide Packets is a leading provider of Carrier Ethernet solutions that allow broadband service providers and telecommunications service providers to realize a new level of speed and agility in the deployment of revenue generating Ethernet services. With World Wide Packets' LightningEdge® product family, providers can address the demand with their growing customer base by fully leveraging the power, flexibility and economies of Ethernet technology, while dramatically reducing the CapEx and OpEx of existing legacy networks. Only World Wide Packets offers the QoS, scalability, reliability and manageability necessary to making True Carrier Ethernet services such as IPTV, VoIP, mission critical data and wireless transport a reality. For more information on World Wide Packets, please visit www.worldwidepackets.com.
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