Dublin University's Trinity College Selects Glimmerglass Intelligent Optical Switches for Telecommunication Network Development
Posted on: Tuesday, 29 November 2005, 09:00 CST
Glimmerglass, provider of intelligent optical switches announced today that the Center for Telecommunications Value-Chain Research (CTVR), headquartered at Dublin University, Trinity College, purchased three of its switches to power optical connections within the College's telecommunications network.
The CTVR team is building a prototype of an intelligent, high capacity network which is significantly more economical than the purely router based networks in use today. Termed "cut-through" paths, the edge nodes detect a high volume of traffic to a common destination and automatically provision a pure optical path through the network to carry large packet flows. Such "cut-through" path provisioning circumvents expensive core routers with significantly improved performance for both applications and networks.
"We needed an affordable switch that would also give us a great deal of control at lower network layers," said Professor Donal O'Mahony, director of Trinity's Telecommunication Center. "Glimmerglass gave us both the switching speed and the control we needed. The Glimmerglass support team was superb."
"The leading initiatives throughout the world for developing advanced high capacity networks employ Glimmerglass switches at the core," said Robert Lundy, CEO of Glimmerglass. "While our 'workhorse' products manage and protect live commercial networks today, they are also the platform for the intelligent networks of tomorrow."
About CTVR
The Center for Telecommunications Value Chain Research, headquartered at Trinity College Dublin brings together a multi-disciplinary group of researchers drawn from many Irish universities together with a carefully chosen set of industrial partners. The center is focused on applying a value-chain perspective to research aimed at realizing the next generation of telecommunications networks. CTVR is directed by Prof. Donal O'Mahony at Trinity College and funded by the Science Foundation Ireland, IDA Ireland and Bell Labs. For more information, visit www.ctvr.ie.
About Glimmerglass
Glimmerglass offers a new approach to managing fiber infrastructure. Its customers achieve an ROI in just a few months rather than over several years as with conventional equipment. Glimmerglass' intelligent optical switch enables customers to automatically, remotely and instantly monitor and manage fiber optic connections in a wide range of applications. For more information about Glimmerglass, visit: www.glimmerglass.com.
Glimmerglass is a trademark of Glimmerglass Networks, Inc.
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Source: Business Wire
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