MAHWAH, N.J., NORTHBROOK, Ill. and MUNICH, Germany, June 21, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- iNOC, the leading provider of Network Operations Center (NOC) services to the cable industry, today announced that a Top 10 cable company has deployed its Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management Service. The service allows the cable provider to guarantee service assurance for its Ethernet services to business customers. iNOC is using the Etherjack(R)-enabled FSP 150 products from ADVA Optical Networking, a leading provider of intelligent Ethernet demarcation devices.
As cable companies begin providing Ethernet-based services that compete with traditional offerings such as Frame Relay and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technologies, the requirement to monitor Ethernet Quality of Service (QoS) across the entire network becomes more critical. iNOC's SLA Management Service and ADVA's Etherjack(R)-enabled FSP 150 product portfolio enable communications service providers to cost-effectively offer service level assurance end-to-end, both in point-to-point and multi-point location networks.
iNOC has integrated its 24x7 NOC monitoring, management and reporting service with ADVA's Etherjack demarcation and extension devices to bring the SLA Management Service to market. The combined offering provides a transport and service assurance solution, optimizing deployment costs and ongoing service management.
"Ethernet services are competing very effectively with legacy technologies," added Prasad Ravi, iNOC's CEO. "By partnering with ADVA, we enable Ethernet service providers to verify service level agreements (SLAs) and offer an intelligent differentiated Ethernet service. This gives our clients a competitive advantage as they grow their Enterprise business customer base."
"The ability to monitor end-to-end service availability is critical to the mass-market deployment of intelligent Ethernet services," added Brian P. McCann, ADVA's chief marketing and strategy officer. "Particularly in an MSO environment, where the network can span multiple regions and long distances, our Etherjack Service Assurance functionality provides a strong complement to iNOC's monitoring and management services."
iNOC's SLA Management Service provides QoS validation during network service turn-up and ongoing service assurance by 24x7 monitoring of variables such as latency, jitter, packet loss, availability and others. iNOC's NOC ensures any SLA violations are handled appropriately and provides reporting that can be used to support the service provider's customers.
ADVA's Etherjack Service Assurance (ESA) technology verifies compliance with SLAs for Ethernet services and supports the in-service measurement of Ethernet SLAs. This allows Ethernet to replace traditional Frame Relay, ATM and Private Line data services for mission-critical enterprise applications. ADVA's Etherjack-enabled FSP 150 platform provides a rich set of Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) capabilities at the link, connectivity and service levels. The FSP 150 family combines Etherjack demarcation with a wide range of transport technologies (fiber, SONET/SDH, TDM and copper) to allow carriers to deliver intelligent Ethernet ubiquitously while utilizing existing infrastructure whenever possible.
About iNOC
iNOC provides Network Operations Center (NOC) services for Enterprises and Service Providers that need to reduce costly downtime of their IT and Telecommunications Infrastructure. iNOC's clients are concerned about lack of standard procedures and processes, information security and disaster recovery and look for a 24x7x365 monitoring and management solution that is delivered by an experienced team. iNOC offers a reliable, secure and cost-effective management solution by leveraging tightly integrated proprietary software tools, processes and redundant 24x7x365 NOCs to help Enterprises and Service Providers accomplish their strategic objectives and achieve industry compliance. For more information, visit www.inoc.com.
About ADVA Optical Networking
ADVA Optical Networking (FSE:ADV) is at the forefront of providing Optical+Ethernet solutions that advance next-generation networks for data, storage, voice and video services. ADVA's strength comes from passionate and dedicated employees, all sharing a common vision: a fast, customized response to customers' ever-changing needs. Our innovative Fiber Service Platform (FSP) and strong customer focus provide carriers and enterprises the ability to scale their networks and deliver intelligent, competitive new services. ADVA's solutions have been deployed at more than 100 carriers and 5,000 enterprises in more than 40 countries worldwide. For further information about ADVA: www.advaoptical.com.