SUNNYVALE, CA has launched Bandwidth Virtualization(TM) to meet
the needs of the Internet for a faster, more responsive Internet
today and in the future. Implemented using an Infinera Digital
Optical Network, Bandwidth Virtualization enables service providers
to respond quickly and flexibly to market demand with a wide range
of services over one optical infrastructure. Bandwidth
Virtualization also enables service providers to differentiate
themselves by offering innovative new services to their
customers.
In a new video entitled "Bandwidth Virtualization: An
Architecture for Today's Internet," produced in high-definition TV
format and posted on the Internet, Infinera customers Equinix and
XO Communications and Infinera CEO Jagdeep Singh explain the
benefits of this new technology.
Speed, Flexibility, and Service Differentiation
In a traditional optical network using Wavelength Division
Multiplexing (WDM), each service that a service provider sells is
typically linked to a specific wavelength, which is installed and
turned up after a customer commits to purchase that service. Each
service to be sold typically requires pre-planning, engineering
activities and testing at time of installation, and there is often
a significant delay between customer commitment to purchase and
turn-up of the corresponding service. Service providers introducing
new services, such as 40 Gigabit/second (Gb/s) and 100Gb/s
services, must frequently re-engineer or overbuild their WDM
networks to support the new services, creating long cycles between
end-user service requests and service delivery, as well as
inefficient network utilization, operational complexity, and the
need for additional capital outlays.
Bandwidth Virtualization overcomes these challenges and
accelerates operators' speed of service provisioning by decoupling
the service layer in the network from the underlying optical
transmission layer. Bandwidth Virtualization is enabled by an
Infinera Digital Optical Network using high-capacity photonic
integrated circuit technology on every route in the optical
network, and integrates sub-wavelength digital switching with
end-to-end software intelligence. This provides operators with a
readily available pool of WDM bandwidth to meet immediate service
requests, and allows new services to be deployed over the same
infrastructure. The transmission layer can be configured to support
any service simply by installing a service interface module at each
of the two service endpoints and activating new end-to-end services
using software rather than via hardware-based re-engineering of
network resources.
Bandwidth Virtualization also yields significant operational
benefits for service providers. By deploying hundreds of Gigabits
of capacity at initial installation and being able to turn up
additional services with digital plug-and-play ease, service
providers can operate their network with smaller skilled
engineering teams and at lower cost than on traditional WDM
networks.
Equinix Corp. (NASDAQ: EQIX), a leading global provider of
network-neutral data center and interconnection services for
customers including many of the world's largest websites, selected
Infinera for the speed and flexibility benefits of Infinera's
Bandwidth Virtualization. "In today's environment, our customers
can say to us, we will need 20 or 30 Gigs of additional capacity
this month, and by the way, can you give them to us next week,"
said Equinix Chief Technologist Lane Patterson. "With Infinera's
Bandwidth Virtualization we can meet that demand with no
problem."
Last week, XO Communications (OTCBB: XOHO), a leading provider
of 21st century communications and operator of a nationwide
Infinera Digital Optical Network, renewed its attention-getting
guarantee to deliver its customers "10 Gigs in 10 Days," a service
commitment supported by Infinera's Bandwidth Virtualization
combined with Infinera's Just-in-TAM(TM) guarantee, a commitment to
ship 10 Gigabit client modules anywhere in the world within ten
days of receipt of order. In addition, XO Communications Chief
Technology Officer Randy Nicklas comments in today's Infinera video
that he is investigating the opportunity to offer XO customers a
Layer 1 virtual private network on XO's Infinera network. "The
Bandwidth Virtualization technology lends itself to these
innovative, software-managed services," commented Randy Nicklas.
"The greatest advantage from XO's point of view of Infinera's
Bandwidth Virtualization is the flexibility it gives XO,
flexibility to meet our customer's needs quickly, reliably, and
economically," he added.
"Infinera's Bandwidth Virtualization is an important innovation
in optical networking," commented Infonetics Research principal
analyst Michael Howard. "Virtualization technologies like storage
and server virtualization have delivered benefits in those realms
including increased flexibility, adaptability, and better resource
utilization, and Infinera's Bandwidth Virtualization delivers
similar benefits for the optical network."
Video: Challenge and Opportunity
According to Internet audience measurement firm ComScore, in
November 2007, Americans watched 9.5 billion videos on the
Internet. According to ComScore, about 138 million Americans viewed
video on the Internet in that month, and the typical viewer spent
3.25 hours or 195 minutes viewing Internet video, up 29% from the
151 minutes spent by the average viewer ten months previously, in
January.(See "Google Sites' Share of Online Video Market Expands to
31 Percent in November 2007," press release published Jan. 17, 2008
at www.comscore.com).
As more consumers spend more time viewing video on the Internet,
the demand for higher quality images, comparable to those on
traditional televisions, will rise. The major broadcast networks
have already begun this trend by insisting on higher-quality images
as they make their shows available online. To illustrate this
phenomenon and the challenges it poses to technologists and network
operators, Infinera commissioned a video, "Bandwidth
Virtualization, An Architecture for Today's Internet," shot
entirely in high-definition or HDTV format. Hosted by Infinera CEO
Jagdeep Singh, and featuring appearances by Randy Nicklas of XO
Communications and Lane Patterson of Equinix, the video explains
the technology behind Bandwidth Virtualization and its application
in some of the world's most advanced networks.
The video runs nearly 9 minutes and is posted on the Infinera
website in its HDTV format, where its file size is just over 7
gigabytes. The fully uncompressed HD version of the video would be
23.99 gigabytes. The video is posted on video-sharing websites
YouTube and DailyMotion with a file size of just 27 megabytes. The
trend to higher-quality images, compounded by the trend for more
viewers to view video, and for each viewer to spend more time
viewing Internet video, will create significant challenges for the
world's networks and the service providers who provide those
networks. We believe Bandwidth Virtualization will play a critical
role in helping them meet those challenges.
"Our customers have told us that the capabilities and benefits
of Bandwidth Virtualization are key reasons for their selection of
Infinera for their networks," commented Infinera CEO Jagdeep Singh.
"Bandwidth Virtualization is built on multiple technological
innovations, but from the service providers' point of view, the key
point is that it contributes to their business success, by enabling
them to be more flexible, more innovative, more responsive and
differentiate themselves from their competitors."
Note 1:
See also today's Infinera news release, "Equinix Selects
Infinera for Metro Networks in North America and Asia"
Note 2:
The Infinera video, "Bandwidth Virtualization, An Architecture
for Today's Internet," can be viewed at the below websites:
-- www.infinera.com/bandwidthvirtualization
-- Bandwidth Virtualization: An Architecture for Today's
Internet (YouTube version)
-- Bandwidth Virtualization: An Architecture for Today's
Internet (DailyMotion)
-- Bandwidth Virtualization: An Architecture for Today's
Internet (DivX Stage6)
About Infinera
Infinera provides Digital Optical Networking systems to
telecommunications carriers worldwide. Infinera's systems are
unique in their use of a breakthrough semiconductor technology: the
Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC). Infinera's systems and PIC
technology are designed to provide optical networks with simpler
and more flexible engineering and operations, faster
time-to-service, and the ability to rapidly deliver differentiated
services without reengineering their optical infrastructure. For
more information, please visit www.infinera.com.
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 Infinera as of the date hereof; and actual
results could differ materially from those stated or implied, due
to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include
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or strategies regarding the future, such as the benefits and
capabilities of our products and the Digital Optical Network's
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suppliers, our ability to respond to rapid technological changes,
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our contract manufacturers to perform as we expect, general
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