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In pursuit of new business opportunities – By Greg Gum, Chief Marketing Officer, ANDA Networks

admin — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:13:38 +0000

While cable operators have been traditionally thought of as primarily providers of residential video services and secondarily of broadband internet connectivity, they are now targeting small and medium-sized businesses with voice and data service bundles and offering business Ethernet services for wireless providers for mobile backhaul applications. Doing so is a smart move for the cable multiple-system operators (MSOs) because it enables them to leverage their existing fibre plant and to increase revenues by broadening their business subscriber base and product portfolios. As the incumbent telcos begin offering bundles of voice, video and internet access to residential customers, cable operators are moving up-market to service businesses and mobile service providers, with increased service choices…

OAM to the carrier-class Ethernet rescue

admin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:28:35 +0000

Here’s how Ethernet can help network designers conduct end-to-end life cycle management of their networks from the core into the customers’ premises

What is Carrier Ethernet 2.0

admin — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:40:48 +0000

By ANDA Networks’ Greg Gum
To many, ‘Carrier Ethernet 2.0’ is a buzzword that is awaiting a definition. Depending on whom you ask, Carrier Ethernet 2.0 is the latest technology being adopted by carriers, a philosophy for Ethernet upgrades, something that will transform carriers to service providers, or a forecast for the next trend in the carrier Ethernet space. So which is right?…

OAM separates Carrier Ethernet 2.0 forest from the trees

admin — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:46:15 +0000

OAM separates Carrier Ethernet 2.0 forest from the trees: By Greg S. Gum, Vice President of Marketing & Business Development, ANDA Networks

Since its inception in 1973, Ethernet has evolved into a highly reliable technology that has been embraced by the industry for both LAN and WAN applications because it is ideally suited for scaleable, cost-efficient transport of IP traffic. Meanwhile, fiber optics has paved the way for increasingly faster data pipes to carry traffic stimulated from the acute rise in broadband for high-speed Internet access…

NXTcomm Welcomes ‘Carrier Ethernet 2.0′

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:55:04 +0000

Carrier Ethernet has taken hold both as a service and an umbrella networking technology. But that’s old news. What’s happening now is the move to “Carrier Ethernet 2.0,” as Greg Gum, vice president of marketing and business development at ANDA Networks recently put it during an interview with xchange.
Carrier Ethernet 2.0 adds the operations, administration and monitoring (OAM) features that enable service providers to deliver SLAs and better manage links, he said…

ANDA Networks Demonstrates Carrier Ethernet Capabilities for OAM

admin — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:32:52 +0000

ANDA Networks Demonstrates Carrier Ethernet Capabilities for Operations, Administration & Maintenance
ANDA and Soapstone Networks Demo End-to-End Carrier-Grade Service Provisioning and Restoration in Multi-Vendor Networks

LAS VEGAS — Today, at NXTComm, ANDA Networks, the leader in carrier-class fiber and copper-based access network platforms, announced that its EtherReach[TM] 1000 Series Ethernet over Fiber Access platforms in conjunction with Soapstone Networks’ (NASDAQ:SOAP) PNC[TM] Resource and Control framework will be highlighted in a live end-to-end service provisioning and restoration demonstration across a multi-vendor Carrier Ethernet network. The support for OAM features enable the EtherReach 1000 series platforms to provide fully protected circuits during maintenance and repair windows or in the event of link failures using G.8031 1:1 protection in times well under the 50ms standard.

ANDA Adds 10-Gig Demarc

admin — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:58:46 +0000

LAS VEGAS — At NXTComm, ANDA Networks, the leader in carrier-class Ethernet access network platforms, is extending its EtherReach(r) product suite to accommodate the growing bandwidth needs of carriers and enterprises by providing a new 10-gigabit intelligent Ethernet demarcation product. The new EtherReach10G comes in a small rack mountable 1 RU form factor supporting the latest Ethernet Operations Administration and Maintenance (OAM) capabilities and integrated service level agreement (SLA) verification metrics. EtherReach10G is ideally suited for carriers offering managed Ethernet services to large enterprises with high-bandwidth applications needs such as content distribution, streaming video, P2P services, or large storage and back-up requirements for data center consolidation…

ANDA Networks Unveils 10Gig Carrier Ethernet Intelligent Network Termination Equipment

admin — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:39:20 +0000

NXTComm, ANDA Networks, the leader in carrier-class Ethernet access network platforms, is extending its EtherReach™ product suite to accommodate the growing bandwidth needs of carriers and enterprises by providing a new 10-gigabit intelligent Ethernet demarcation product. The new EtherReach10G comes in a small rack mountable 1 RU form factor supporting the latest Ethernet Operations Administration and Maintenance (OAM) capabilities and integrated service level agreement (SLA) verification metrics. EtherReach10G is ideally suited for carriers offering managed Ethernet Services to large enterprises with high-bandwidth applications needs such as content distribution, streaming video, P2P services, or large storage and back-up requirements for data center consolidation…