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GLIMMERGLASS PROVIDES INTELLIGENT OPTICAL SWITCHESFOR ASIA’S PREMIER INTERNET EVENT Shows GMPLS control of 40Gb/s Data Streams between Core IP Routers - the Future Internet Tokyo, Japan. June 8, 2006 – Glimmerglass, leader in optical switching for the heart of the new optical Internet, announced that it is providing Intelligent Optical Switches for ShowNet at Interop Tokyo. The switches will be used to support 40 Gb/s light paths between a core router in the ShowNet Network Operation Center (NOC) and another core router located 40km away in the NTT Otemachi building, supplying half of the Internet connectivity for ShowNet. ShowNet includes a major demonstration of the ability of GMPLS to dynamically setup and manage 40Gb/s light paths. Two Glimmerglass Intelligent Optical Switches, integrated with GMPLS control functionality, rapidly establish massive bandwidth connections between core routers to redirect traffic, reducing network congestion. ShowNet is a highlight of Interop Tokyo, connecting all exhibitors through a full-scale NOC, connected to the Internet. Historically it has featured some of the industry’s newest, most powerful and reliable technologies. ShowNet enables exhibitors to demonstrate and verify the workability and interoperability of their products, offering buyers an authentic experience of commercially available solutions within a high-speed, heterogeneous network environment. "We are pleased to be a key participant in this demonstration showing the overwhelming benefits of optical switching in the future Internet,” said Robert Lundy, CEO of Glimmerglass. “Streaming interactive video for millions of broadband subscribers will require an Internet that can dynamically reallocate bandwidth flows,” said Naoaki Yamanaka, Ph.D., IEEE fellow and professor of information and computer science at Keio University. “ShowNet brings together the industry’s leading equipment suppliers to demonstrate how the Internet can economically scale to meet this demand.” About Glimmerglass Glimmerglass and its partners are developing solutions for the heart of the new optical Internet. In addition, system operators of commercial networks, mission-critical defense systems, advanced optical testing facilities and high-performance research networks rely on Glimmerglass to connect, monitor and manage light streams on optical fibers. The company’s Intelligent Optical Switches flexibly connect light streams to more cost-effectively test, monitor, secure, protect and deliver advanced communication services. Glimmerglass connects IP over DWDM, 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet, SONET/SDH, FTTx, and RF over fiber, video and more. Visit www.glimmerglass.com.
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