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Data Sheets


- Intelligent Optical System Product Family Overview
- Intelligent Optical System 100

- Intelligent Optical System 500
- Intelligent Optical System 600

- IPS 3000 Product Family Overview
- IPS 3000 Chassis
- IPS 3000 Dual Optical Amplifier
- IPS 3000 High Density Splitter
- IPS 3000 Lossless Splitter 
- IPS 3000 System Control
 


White Papers




- Economics of Intelligent Optical Switching
- Physical Layer Management
- 3D MEMS Photonic Cross-Connects in Submarine Cable Landing Stations
- 3D Optical MEMS Switch Manufacturing
- MEMS Design and Fabrication

 

Application Notes 


Intelligent Optical Signal Access and Monitoring

Functionality and benefits provided by the Glimmerglass solution

Flexible Optical Signal Distribution

A more dynamic and flexible optical network

Equipment Protection

Alternatives for protecting Layer 2 and Layer 3 equipment

Submarine Cable Landing Station

Greatly improve availability and customer satisfaction with rapid, remote restoration

Managing Multiple Secure Networks

Using Glimmerglass to manage multiple secure networks on a shared physical layer


 

Case Studies 


AMS-IX creates a dynamic optical layer to facilitate network upgrades and manage high bandwidth customer traffic.



Case Study - The Amsterdam Internet Exchange

A Federal integrator creates an RF-over-fiber solution that performs better and costs less than traditional implementations.



Case Study - Switching RF over Fiber

The Swisscom lab greatly reduces set up times and port cleaning costs and, in the process, prepares its test bed for 40G and 100G equipment.



Case Study - Swisscom Expands Use of Glimmerglass

 

Media 

 

 
Optical Signal Management for Telecom Carriers and ISPs

Learn how Glimmerglass Networks enables intelligent traffic monitoring and enhanced network availability by bringing visibility and control down to the optical layer

 

Glimmerglass solutions for enhanced monitoring and availability for Telecom Carriers


Optical Signal Distribution for the Intelligence Community

Learn about the optical networking solutions that Glimmerglass Networks has developed in partnership with the Intelligence Community

 

Glimmerglass Solutions for Accessing and Distirbuting Optical Signals for the Intelligence Community

 

Glimmerglass Intelligent Optical System demo

See how our cutting edge hardware and powerful software help you to rapidly and remotely manage your optical layer.

 

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Telco Line Monitoring Demo

See how Glimmerglass enables network operators to monitor service quality in real-time and route around failures.

 

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RF Over Fiber

See how Glimmerglass disseminates RF signals over optical paths to processing equipment.

 

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Glimmerglass Onsite with AMS-IX

Martin Pels takes us on a tour of an AMS-IX colocation where a Glimmerglass system protects customer connections by switching all network activity between core switches in the event of a failure.

 

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Testimonials 


Testimonial: AMS-IX CTO Henk Steenman

Henk Steenman describes the role of the Glimmerglass Intelligent Optical Systems in the AMS-IX network, and how they have become trusted parts of the network.

 

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Testimonial: AMS-IX Network Guru Arien Vijn

Arien Vijn gives an engineer's perspective on the benefits of having Glimmerglass Intelligent Optical Systems installed in the network.

 

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