…organizations increasingly are searching for cost-effective LAN extension techniques to leverage the many IT applications that require LAN performance over the Wide Area Network (WAN) connecting their remote locations. Challenges Most healthcare providers are deploying a significant number of critical Healthcare…

…Services Platform family. The new modules simplify IP/Ethernet service architectures and optimize the cost and efficiency of network resources by reducing the number of router ports, metro WDM client ports and wavelengths, and standalone Ethernet switches—often resulting in capex savings of more…

…aggregation, cross-connect functions and WDM capabilities such as Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexing (ROADM) to enable a diverse range of new service offerings over existing infrastructure. Benefits * Swiftly deliver new services and reach new customers over existing networks * Add managed, full…

…™ Ethernet Services Provisioning Switch. The CN 4350 is the first carrier-grade Ethernet platform specifically designed for telco and cable service providers to deliver triple play services to residential and commercial customers over a converged packet network, including high-value Ethernet private…

…Access Multiplexer (ATM SAM) An ATM switch used by a service provider to aggregate various forms of subscriber traffic (such as T1 or Ethernet) for transmission over an ATM backbone. Attenuation (1) Limited Operation (1) The condition in a fiber optic link where operation is limited by the power of the…

…of Life EOM End of Message EoS Ethernet over SONET/SDH EOW Engineered Orderwire; Express Orderwire E-PON Ethernet Passive Optical Network EPA Environmental Protection Agency EPCR Egress Peak Cell Rate EPD Early Packet Discard EPG Equipment Protection Group EPL Ethernet Private Line EPLD Erasable Programmable…

…flexible, service-oriented networks.” Carrier-Grade Ethernet Switching and Aggregation Ciena’s CN 4350 Ethernet Services Provisioning Switch combines a full mesh 160 gigabits per second fabric, VirtualWire™ VLAN switching, GbE and WDM transport interfaces, and carrier-grade reliability to…

…firm IDC forecasts that metro WDM revenue will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.2 percent to reach $1.4 billion by the end of 2008. "Driving growth will be Ethernet over metro WDM applications and storage area network (SAN) extension over metro WDM applications," noted Sterling…

…for higher level security services such as Ethernet link encryption at multi gigabit rates for any business critical protocol. The two companies conducted this trial to test the commercial viability of a new encryption solution based on the existing KVH WDM backbone. Compared to Layer 2 or 3 encryption…

…saving costs over time. Ciena?s offerings Ciena?s assured, adaptive optical network solutions form a practical architecture ideal for electronic healthcare applications, leveraging technologies such as Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM), optical Ethernet transport, and storage over SONET/SDH. An…