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Breaking News - Networking:
CANARIE Expands Research Network With Nortel Networks Solution
CANARIE Inc, Canada's advanced Internet development organization, has selected
Nortel Networks Optical Multiservice Edge 6500, an optical convergence
solution that provides resilient, secure and scalable broadband connectivity.
CANARIE will be using the product to support research in such fields as
astronomy, bioinformatics and high energy physics.
As part of its ongoing work to position Canadians to reap the benefits of the
latest technological developments, CANARIE is adding a third 10Gbps wavelength
to CAnet 4, the national optical Internet research and education network that
interconnects universities, research centers, government research
laboratories, schools and other eligible sites nationally and internationally.
As part of this network expansion, Nortel Networks Optical Multiservice Edge
6500 was chosen to perform SONET/SDH line termination and cross-connecting
functions through CANARIE's User Controlled Lightpath software. This feature
of CAnet 4 gives end users the ability to provision, partition and allocate
network links to other users without involving a central management
organization. Already, many Canadian and international users are taking
advantage of the unique capabilities of this network.
"Canada is rapidly becoming a global hub for advanced research networking.
CAnet 4 provides Canada's research and education community, as well as an
increasing number of international research and education communities, with
flexible and scalable wide area broadband access on demand," said Bill St.
Arnaud, senior director of advanced networks at CANARIE.
CANARIE's CAnet4 network already interconnects to most advanced research
networks around the world, including SURFnet, based in the Netherlands.
SURFnet connects all universities and academic hospitals and the vast majority
of other institutes for higher education and research throughout the
Netherlands, and is an important partner for CANARIE because of their joint
leadership to global research networking. As announced in March, SURFnet is
also using Nortel Networks Optical Multiservice Edge 6500 to support the
high-speed networking requirements of its academic and scientific member
organizations.
Introduced last fall, Nortel Networks Optical Multiservice Edge 6500 converges
multiple services, architectures and network layers into one platform to
enable a new set of broadband connectivity. The platform supports
next-generation packet and storage services, whether on a new or existing
network, and can deliver up to an estimated 30 to 40 percent in cost savings
in capital and operational expenses, according to estimates provided by Nortel
Networks.
"As part of our commitment to enrich global communications by transforming
networks, we've developed a portfolio of innovative optical networking
solutions to improve productivity, profitability and competitive advantage,"
said Greg Mumford, chief technology officer of Nortel Networks. "Through our
work with early adopters such as CANARIE, Nortel Networks is leading the
transformation to evolve our customers' network and enable new services and
applications."
CANARIE is Canada's advanced Internet organization, a not-for-profit
corporation that facilitates the development and use of next-generation
research networks and the applications and services that run on them. By
promoting collaboration among key sectors and by partnering with similar
initiatives around the world, CANARIE stimulates innovation and growth and
helps to deliver social, cultural and economic benefits to all Canadians.
CAnet 4, Canada's national research and education network was developed and is
operated by CANARIE.
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