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Nakina Systems Introduces Multi-Vendor, Multi-Layer Carrier Ethernet Network Management Solution

Posted on: Tuesday, 20 May 2008, 06:00 CDT

Nakina Systems, a provider of multi-vendor, multi-domain network management solutions, announced today the launch of Nakina Network OS(TM) 7 (NOS 7), its transformational solution optimized for managing Carrier Ethernet networks and services. With this latest release, Nakina is extending its Ethernet capabilities to support new management functionality that expedites the roll out of Carrier Ethernet services over any type of infrastructure - optical (Layer 0/1), Ethernet (Layer 2) or IP/MPLS (Layer 3). NOS 7 adds support for a logical view of Carrier Ethernet services - delivering robust Ethernet management that offers carriers unprecedented visibility and control over their entire, end-to-end Ethernet service and network with a single solution for provisioning, configuration, fault and topology information.

By abstracting away the complexity of different vendors' network equipment, as well as the different technologies used at each network layer, into a common information model, Nakina's Network OS(TM) solution dramatically lowers the cost and time to develop higher-level OSS applications, while greatly simplifying back office integration efforts. With the Nakina solution, customers have completed the roll out of Ethernet infrastructure up to 50 percent faster while reducing software upgrade effort and costs by over 75 percent and improving the time to base-line network configuration by 300 percent, compared to the traditional approach.

"Nakina Systems provides a tier one carrier a proven and vendor-neutral solution for network mediation," said Dan Baker of independent analyst firm Dittberner Associates. "The NOS spans traditional optical SONET/SDH/WDM networks and now supports Carrier Ethernet services. Nakina Systems has found a way to take the data model native to each network element and map that to a common model. With the release of NOS 7, Nakina provides a true multi-vendor, multi-layer management platform that bridges the gap between the physical network, the logical view of services at different network layers and the OSS/BSS world that supports daily operations."

According to analyst firm Infonetics Research, worldwide service provider revenues from Ethernet services are expected to approach $70 billion in 2009. To capitalize on this growth, service providers are aggressively rolling out Carrier Ethernet services by deploying a hybrid mix of legacy and next-generation Ethernet devices using a variety of technologies from multiple network equipment vendors in their access, metro and core networks. But for Carrier Ethernet to truly deliver on its promise, service providers must address the challenge of trying to scale their management solutions to deploy, remotely manage and provision their Carrier Ethernet networks, while facilitating the rapid integration of new devices into their existing back office operational support systems (OSS).

"Nakina Network OS 7 adds significant features and functions to our flagship solution," said Chris Purdy, chief technology officer at Nakina. "Using a secure, open, standards-based, carrier-grade architecture, Nakina Network OS 7 is the Carrier Ethernet optimized management platform on which to build. It offers a previously unavailable level of end-to-end information and control of multi-layer, multi-vendor Carrier Ethernet networks. It enables service providers, network equipment vendors and OSS software vendors to rapidly develop high-value applications. A perfect example is the prototype multi-layer Ethernet troubleshooting application we are demonstrating at TM Forum Management World. We built this on top of the NOS in a matter of weeks, and can now show service providers how they can troubleshoot their end-to-end Ethernet services across multi-vendor WDM, SONET/SDH and Ethernet networks from a single product and screen."

"Nakina's new version of their NOS solution has expanded to more effectively embrace Carrier Ethernet," says Dittberner's Dan Baker. "For large telecom carriers, the big advantage is that they would be able to deploy Ethernet more flexibly in support of corporate customers who aim to replace ATM, Frame, T1 and T3 circuits with Ethernet in the enterprise market."

Nakina Systems is showcasing its Nakina Network OS(TM) 7 in booth #82 at TM Forum Management World 2008 in Nice, France. In addition, Sergio Pellizzari, chief solutions architect, Nakina Systems, will be presenting on the panel session "Optimizing and Managing Next-Gen OAM for Strategic Advantage" (T54) on Wednesday, May 21st at 11am where Time Warner Cable and Vodafone D2 will discuss their real-world challenges along with representatives from Juniper Networks and analyst firm OSS Observer.

About Nakina Systems

Using Nakina's software, service providers expedite the rollout of next-generation services with a single management solution that configures and manages any vendor's networking products. An entirely new approach to managing disparate telecommunications networks, the Nakina Network OS(TM) combines capabilities of an EMS and an NMS to create one centralized platform to discover, secure and manage a network operator's entire multi-vendor, multi-domain network. As a single point of integration between the network and higher-level management applications, the Nakina Network OS(TM) reduces operating expenses, bolsters identity management security, and improves workflow productivity by automating operations like software upgrades, backup and restore, discovery, fault, performance and configuration management. And it's all with one system. Only from Nakina.

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Nakina, Nakina Systems, Simply Profitable Networks, and Nakina Network OS are all trademarks or registered trademarks of Nakina Systems Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

Source: Business Wire

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