University of Tennessee Selects Ciena for Optical Control Plane Research Partnership
17 Outubro 2006 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Ciena� Corporation (NASDAQ:CIEND*), the network specialist, today
announced research collaboration with the University of Tennessee
at Knoxville to automate configuration and provisioning of
lightpaths in support of grid computing applications. The
university has purchased Ciena�s CoreDirector� CI Multiservice
Switch and CN 4200� FlexSelect� Advanced Services Platform, which
are being utilized in the creation of software for development and
integration of User Controlled Lightpath Provisioning (UCLP) code.
This UCLP code will then be available for deployment in optical
networks throughout the nation�s research and scientific computing
facilities for automated provisioning of IP lightpaths. The
partnership builds on Ciena�s longstanding relationship with the
U.S. federal government and research and education institutions
worldwide. Ciena�s expertise has been leveraged in multiple
capacities, including participation in the U.S. Department of
Defense GIG-BE project, site deployments in the U.S. Department of
Energy�s Ultra Science Network led by Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, and its enablement of a connection between Fermi
National Accelerator Laboratory and the StarLight facility on the
Chicago campus of Northwestern University. Historically known as a
routing and switching laboratory, the University of Tennessee at
Knoxville is evolving as a top-flight optical networking test bed.
Through its collaboration with Ciena, the lab is making strides to
contribute to a de facto solution for optical control plane
lightpath provisioning, which would allow groups of research
colleagues to create their own application-specific IP networks
optimized for specific grid application needs. This allows them to
reconfigure their own networks with automation that virtually
eliminates the involvement of an optical network operator. The
university is also working on UCLP extensions to O-UNI, ASON, and
GMPLS signaling and control plane technologies. Supporting both TDM
and Layer 2 Ethernet switching, Ciena�s CoreDirector provides fast,
dynamic provisioning and optimized bandwidth management for
research network traffic. Ciena�s CN 4200 is the flagship product
of Ciena�s FlexSelect Architecture, a standards-based,
service-oriented approach to building next-generation network
infrastructures. The CN 4200 delivers the industry's first
universal line card with individual user-programmable ports,
providing transport for any protocol at any speed on any available
port. Together, the CoreDirector and CN 4200 platforms provide the
University of Tennessee a multiservice aggregation, switching and
DWDM transport solution capable of on-demand support for multiple
service types over bandwidth that can be provisioned to fit network
requirements. �Through our experience with other high-profile
research facilities and our leadership in optical control plane
technology and automation, Ciena has proven a strong commitment to
and aptitude for providing high-performance solutions for some of
the largest computing applications in existence,� said Steve
Alexander, chief technology officer for Ciena. �Our collaboration
with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville toward establishing a
standard for optical control plane lightpath provisioning
reinforces our position with this key group of innovators, and
helps further our involvement with the growing research and
education community nationwide.� �In creating UCLP software that
can be used by all research facilities for high-bandwidth
applications, we are empowering networked scientific computing
efforts on a widely distributed scale,� said John Lankford, senior
infrastructure architect at the University of Tennessee at
Knoxville. �In Ciena, we have an ideal partner for this environment
not only because of its long-standing experience in the research
and education community but also thanks to its platforms�
flexibility, dynamic reconfigurability and automated management �
all characteristics we�re trying to bring to optical control plane
research with this protocol.� By supporting dynamic provisioning of
high-bandwidth connectivity, Ciena�s platforms enable
computing-intensive research between geographically separate
locations for supercomputing applications, cluster processing and
transfers of large data sets, some in excess of one terabyte. For
additional information on Ciena�s government solutions and support
in the research and education community, please visit
http://www.ciena.com/government. *Effective as of 5:00 p.m. EDT on
Friday, September 22, 2006, Ciena completed a one-for-seven reverse
split of Ciena common stock. Ciena�s common stock began trading on
a split-adjusted basis when the market opened on Monday, September
25, 2006. For a period of approximately 20 days, NASDAQ will append
a �D� to Ciena�s stock symbol in order to inform the investment
community of the reverse stock split. ABOUT CIENA Ciena Corporation
is the network specialist, focused on expanding the possibilities
for its customers� networks while reducing their cost of ownership.
The Company�s systems, software and services target and cure
specific network pain points so that telcos, cable operators,
governments and enterprises can best exploit the new applications
that are driving their businesses forward. For more information,
visit www.ciena.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS This press release contains
certain forward-looking statements based on current expectations,
forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties.
These statements are based on information available to the Company
as of the date hereof; and Ciena's actual results could differ
materially from those stated or implied, due to risks and
uncertainties associated with its business, which include the risk
factors disclosed in its Report on Form 10-Q, which Ciena filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31, 2006.
Forward-looking statements include statements regarding Ciena's
expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the
future and can be identified by forward-looking words such as
"anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend,"
"may," "should," "will," and "would" or similar words. Ciena
assumes no obligation to update the information included in this
press release, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise. Ciena(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:CIEND*), the
network specialist, today announced research collaboration with the
University of Tennessee at Knoxville to automate configuration and
provisioning of lightpaths in support of grid computing
applications. The university has purchased Ciena's CoreDirector(R)
CI Multiservice Switch and CN 4200(TM) FlexSelect(TM) Advanced
Services Platform, which are being utilized in the creation of
software for development and integration of User Controlled
Lightpath Provisioning (UCLP) code. This UCLP code will then be
available for deployment in optical networks throughout the
nation's research and scientific computing facilities for automated
provisioning of IP lightpaths. The partnership builds on Ciena's
longstanding relationship with the U.S. federal government and
research and education institutions worldwide. Ciena's expertise
has been leveraged in multiple capacities, including participation
in the U.S. Department of Defense GIG-BE project, site deployments
in the U.S. Department of Energy's Ultra Science Network led by Oak
Ridge National Laboratory, and its enablement of a connection
between Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the StarLight
facility on the Chicago campus of Northwestern University.
Historically known as a routing and switching laboratory, the
University of Tennessee at Knoxville is evolving as a top-flight
optical networking test bed. Through its collaboration with Ciena,
the lab is making strides to contribute to a de facto solution for
optical control plane lightpath provisioning, which would allow
groups of research colleagues to create their own
application-specific IP networks optimized for specific grid
application needs. This allows them to reconfigure their own
networks with automation that virtually eliminates the involvement
of an optical network operator. The university is also working on
UCLP extensions to O-UNI, ASON, and GMPLS signaling and control
plane technologies. Supporting both TDM and Layer 2 Ethernet
switching, Ciena's CoreDirector provides fast, dynamic provisioning
and optimized bandwidth management for research network traffic.
Ciena's CN 4200 is the flagship product of Ciena's FlexSelect
Architecture, a standards-based, service-oriented approach to
building next-generation network infrastructures. The CN 4200
delivers the industry's first universal line card with individual
user-programmable ports, providing transport for any protocol at
any speed on any available port. Together, the CoreDirector and CN
4200 platforms provide the University of Tennessee a multiservice
aggregation, switching and DWDM transport solution capable of
on-demand support for multiple service types over bandwidth that
can be provisioned to fit network requirements. "Through our
experience with other high-profile research facilities and our
leadership in optical control plane technology and automation,
Ciena has proven a strong commitment to and aptitude for providing
high-performance solutions for some of the largest computing
applications in existence," said Steve Alexander, chief technology
officer for Ciena. "Our collaboration with the University of
Tennessee at Knoxville toward establishing a standard for optical
control plane lightpath provisioning reinforces our position with
this key group of innovators, and helps further our involvement
with the growing research and education community nationwide." "In
creating UCLP software that can be used by all research facilities
for high-bandwidth applications, we are empowering networked
scientific computing efforts on a widely distributed scale," said
John Lankford, senior infrastructure architect at the University of
Tennessee at Knoxville. "In Ciena, we have an ideal partner for
this environment not only because of its long-standing experience
in the research and education community but also thanks to its
platforms' flexibility, dynamic reconfigurability and automated
management - all characteristics we're trying to bring to optical
control plane research with this protocol." By supporting dynamic
provisioning of high-bandwidth connectivity, Ciena's platforms
enable computing-intensive research between geographically separate
locations for supercomputing applications, cluster processing and
transfers of large data sets, some in excess of one terabyte. For
additional information on Ciena's government solutions and support
in the research and education community, please visit
http://www.ciena.com/government. *Effective as of 5:00 p.m. EDT on
Friday, September 22, 2006, Ciena completed a one-for-seven reverse
split of Ciena common stock. Ciena's common stock began trading on
a split-adjusted basis when the market opened on Monday, September
25, 2006. For a period of approximately 20 days, NASDAQ will append
a "D" to Ciena's stock symbol in order to inform the investment
community of the reverse stock split. ABOUT CIENA Ciena Corporation
is the network specialist, focused on expanding the possibilities
for its customers' networks while reducing their cost of ownership.
The Company's systems, software and services target and cure
specific network pain points so that telcos, cable operators,
governments and enterprises can best exploit the new applications
that are driving their businesses forward. For more information,
visit www.ciena.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS This press release contains
certain forward-looking statements based on current expectations,
forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties.
These statements are based on information available to the Company
as of the date hereof; and Ciena's actual results could differ
materially from those stated or implied, due to risks and
uncertainties associated with its business, which include the risk
factors disclosed in its Report on Form 10-Q, which Ciena filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31, 2006.
Forward-looking statements include statements regarding Ciena's
expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the
future and can be identified by forward-looking words such as
"anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend,"
"may," "should," "will," and "would" or similar words. Ciena
assumes no obligation to update the information included in this
press release, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
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