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OPNET Technologies Delivers Leading-Edge Optical Network Planning Software to Tellium

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OPNET Technologies, the leading provider of predictive network management software, has announced the delivery of innovative optical network planning software to Tellium, the provider of the world's first in-service intelligent optical switches. This joint effort enables Tellium to offer its customers advanced planning and management solutions to optimize the performance of optical networks. The new software leverages the OPNET Netbiz platform and empowers service providers to predict network-element failures and identify potential bottlenecks. Tellium will resell this software as part of its network planning suite, allowing customers to create contingency plans for restoring service quickly in the event of an interruption.

Key Takeaways:

  • OPNET Technologies has delivered advanced optical network planning software to Tellium, the world's first in-service intelligent optical switch provider.
  • The joint effort enables Tellium to offer its customers advanced planning and management solutions to optimize the performance of optical networks.
  • The software, developed in conjunction with Tellium, leverages the OPNET Netbiz platform and enables the creation of optical network simulations based on Tellium's optical switch technology.
  • The new software allows service providers to predict the impact of network-element failures on overall network performance and identify potential bottlenecks.
  • The capabilities of the software make it possible for carriers to deliver reliable broadband services in anticipation of growing customer needs.
  • The software also enables service providers to create contingency plans for resuming service within seconds of an interruption.
  • Tellium will resell the software as part of its network planning suite, and the company will also use it internally to train the sales force and accelerate the delivery of network proposals to customers.
  • Alain Cohen, President and Chief Technology Officer at OPNET, stated that the work with Tellium adds tangible value to their offering, and the collaboration will be repeated with other technology innovators.
  • Cohen also highlighted that the solution addresses the common challenge facing service providers in reliably provisioning business-critical services in dynamic environments.

Statistics:

  • The new software will be used internally by Tellium to train the sales force and accelerate the delivery of network proposals to customers.
  • The software can remove uncertainty about the reliability and capacity of a proposed optical network by predicting variables such as path-blocking rates, load distributions, restoration latency, and network availability.
  • According to Alain Cohen, the solution enables service providers to project the impact of network-element failures on overall network performance as well as identify the root causes of predicted network bottlenecks.

Sources:

  • Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers, "OPNET Technologies Announces Delivery of Leading-Edge Optical Network Planning Software" ( BUSINESS WIRE, Jan. 3, 2001)
  • OPNET Technologies, Inc., "OPNET Netbiz Software" (www.opnet.com)
  • OPNET Technologies, Inc., "About OPNET Technologies, Inc." (www.opnet.com)

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