Networking Leaders Announce Initiative to Develop 100 GbE Services
November 18 2008 - 8:15AM
PR Newswire (US)
Internet2, ESnet, Infinera, Juniper Networks and Level 3
Communications Part of Groundbreaking 100 GbE Initiative to Address
Vast Bandwidth Needs of Scientific Research and Other Advanced
Applications AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Internet2,
ESnet, Infinera (NASDAQ:INFN), Juniper Networks and Level 3
Communications today at the annual SC08 conference announced they
have agreed to work together to aggressively develop and test
emerging 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) technologies. The initiative
will build on fresh-from-the-laboratory technologies to create a
100GbE testbed on the Internet2 and ESnet networks with an
operational network capability soon thereafter. This joint
development effort brings together the technical leadership of
Level 3 Communications, Infinera, and Juniper Networks, as well as
ESnet and Internet2's unmatched experience supporting research
communities with the most demanding networking requirements. The
initiative highlights the leadership of these organizations in
ensuring the research and education community has the networking
capacity and speed they need to drive advancements in fields such
as high-energy physics, telemedicine and climate research. "Today,
researchers have shifted from working in local laboratories to
collaborating on a global scale. Massive data streams generated by
this new environment are driving exponential growth in the
networking needs of our community that could require 100 GbE
services by as early as 2010," said Rob Vietzke, Internet2
executive director of network services. "Together with our
collaborators we are working to make 100 GbE a reality so
researchers will never be bound by their geographic location or
bandwidth requirements." In 2006, Internet2 announced an agreement
with Level 3 Communications to deploy a new nationwide network,
designed to seamlessly add capacity as Internet2 members' needs
evolve. Internet2 and the Department of Energy's Energy Sciences
Network (ESnet) also announced a partnership to build the
next-generation of ESnet on the shared Internet2 infrastructure.
Both networks have already experienced rapid growth and as global
collaborations continue to expand to nearly every research
discipline, the path towards 100 GbE is a natural next step.
"Scientific discovery today is highly dependent upon the ease of
access to data. Current usage trends in areas like high-energy
physics and climate change research indicate that researchers will
soon begin to saturate the dedicated 10 Gigabit per second links
deployed today. This important effort ensures our scientists will
have the most advanced network capabilities in the next few years
to make new breakthroughs that were previously unimaginable," said
Steve Cotter, department head, ESnet. Jack Waters, chief technology
officer of Level 3 added, "The research and education community
continues to push the boundaries of networking. We are pleased to
be supporting this exciting project, which leads the industry in
100 GbE technology development. Level 3's continued commitment to
network investment provides a highly reliable and scalable
infrastructure, which will be integral in testing and developing a
viable 100 GbE services platform." In support of the development,
Juniper Networks plans to leverage its industry-leading T1600 core
router. As the only 100 Gbps-ready core router available today, the
T1600 provides unparalleled investment protection and a seamless
migration path to 100 Gbps. With 100 Gbps of capacity per slot, the
T1600 ensures Internet2 and ESnet could quickly and easily deploy
100 Gbps interfaces. "As our research and education customers
require increasingly more network capacity to support their
research projects, technologies such as 100 GbE can help them scale
their networks quickly and efficiently," said Opher Kahane, senior
vice president and general manager of the High End Systems Business
Unit at Juniper Networks. "We are pleased to be part of this
groundbreaking initiative to develop 100 GbE technologies
leveraging our T1600 core router." Infinera plans to develop the
100 GbE interfaces for the existing Internet2 and ESnet optical
networks. Infinera has been a leader in 100 GbE technology for
several years. Two years ago, at SC06, Infinera collaborated with
Level 3 to demonstrate the first pre-standards implementation of
100 GbE services over a live network and continues to demonstrate
the capability in a variety of forums. "Infinera optical systems
lead the industry in bandwidth and scalability, and we are very
excited to support Internet2, ESnet, and Level 3 as they move
aggressively towards making 100 GbE a fully operational reality,"
said Infinera chief technology officer Drew Perkins. The Move to
Standards The development of standards for 100 GbE is a key part of
the process to support widespread cost-effective deployment of 100
GbE technology. The IEEE is currently targeting mid-2010 for
industry agreement on a 100 GbE standard. The parties will support
the effort to create a standard and look forward to implementing
that standard. For more information, visit: Internet2:
http://www.internet2.edu/, SC08 booth 943 ESnet:
http://www.es.net/, SC08 booth 540 Infinera:
http://www.infinera.com/, SC08 booth 1253 Juniper Networks:
http://www.juniper.net/, SC08 booth 843 Level 3 Communications:
http://www.level3.com/ Juniper Networks, JUNOS and the Juniper
Networks logo are registered trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc.
in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks,
service marks, registered trademarks, or registered service marks
are the property of their respective owners. DATASOURCE: Internet2
CONTACT: Lauren Rotman of Internet2, +1-202-331-5345, ; Jon Bashor
of ESnet, +1-510-486-5849, ; Jeff Ferry of Infinera,
+1-408-572-5213, ; Brendan Hayes of Juniper Networks,
+1-978-589-0230, ; or Jennifer Daumler of Level 3 Communications,
+1-720-888-3356, Web site: http://www.internet2.edu/
http://www.es.net/ http://www.infinera.com/ http://www.juniper.net/
http://www.level3.com/
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