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INTERNET2 SELECTS GLIMMERGLASS INTELLIGENT OPTICAL SWITCHES FOR NATIONWIDE
ADVANCED NETWORK TESTBED
Hayward, CA and Ann Arbor, MI - July 20, 2005 – Glimmerglass,
a pioneer in automated fiber management and Internet2 corporate member,
today announced that Internet2, the foremost U.S. advanced networking
consortium led by the research and higher education community, has selected
Glimmerglass Optical
Switch for deployment in five national network nodes located in Seattle,
Washington D.C., New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
Internet2’s Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure (HOPI) project
is building a national network testbed to examine the requirements and
performance of scalable next generation networks that combine the best
of packet and optical technologies. The Glimmerglass switches will be
used in this national-scale testbed to dynamically provision high-bandwidth
optical data circuits between network interfaces. The HOPI project is
developing and testing a network that will perform this process on demand
as opposed to traditional provisioning intervals that can take weeks or
months.
“The Glimmerglass optical switches offer extraordinary flexibility
deep within our network infrastructure by enabling switching and set up
of circuits in virtually any node,” said Rick Summerhill, Internet2's
director of network research, architecture and technologies and HOPI Design
Team co-chair. “These switches can essentially re-cable all of the
physical fiber connections between network interfaces, optical devices
and equipment on the fly, in milliseconds, remotely and at the touch of
a button. Moreover, the Glimmerglass switches are particularly appealing
because they are easy to use and simple to integrate into our network.”
The HOPI nationwide testbed serves as a foundation for cutting-edge network
experimentation and a model for the next-generation of Internet2's existing
high performance packet-based Abilene network. It will utilize facilities
from the Abilene Network, the MAN LAN exchange point, the nationwide National
LambdaRail (NLR) optical infrastructure and several regional networks.
"The future network architecture is being built right now by the
Internet2 community,” said Robert Lundy, Glimmerglass’ chief
executive officer. "We’re excited that the HOPI team selected
our company and is relying on our products to support such an important
national program.”
About Internet2
Led by more than 200 U.S. universities working with industry and government,
Internet2 develops and deploys advanced network applications and technologies
for research and higher education, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's
Internet. Internet2 recreates the partnerships among academia, industry,
and government that helped foster today's Internet in its infancy. For
more information, visit: www.internet2.edu.
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
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