Nakina Systems Introduces Multi-Vendor, Multi-Layer Carrier Ethernet Network Management...

Nakina Systems Introduces Multi-Vendor, Multi-Layer Carrier Ethernet Network Management Solution

New version of its breakthrough Nakina Network OS(TM) solution
provides faster deployments of Carrier Ethernet services over
heterogeneous infrastructures
NICE, France--(Business Wire)--
Nakina Systems, a provider of multi-vendor, multi-domain network
management solutions, announced today the launch of Nakina Network
OS(TM) 7 (NOS 7), its transformational solution optimized for managing
Carrier Ethernet networks and services. With this latest release,
Nakina is extending its Ethernet capabilities to support new
management functionality that expedites the roll out of Carrier
Ethernet services over any type of infrastructure - optical (Layer
0/1), Ethernet (Layer 2) or IP/MPLS (Layer 3). NOS 7 adds support for
a logical view of Carrier Ethernet services - delivering robust
Ethernet management that offers carriers unprecedented visibility and
control over their entire, end-to-end Ethernet service and network
with a single solution for provisioning, configuration, fault and
topology information.

By abstracting away the complexity of different vendors' network
equipment, as well as the different technologies used at each network
layer, into a common information model, Nakina's Network OS(TM)
solution dramatically lowers the cost and time to develop higher-level
OSS applications, while greatly simplifying back office integration
efforts. With the Nakina solution, customers have completed the roll
out of Ethernet infrastructure up to 50 percent faster while reducing
software upgrade effort and costs by over 75 percent and improving the
time to base-line network configuration by 300 percent, compared to
the traditional approach.

"Nakina Systems provides a tier one carrier a proven and
vendor-neutral solution for network mediation," said Dan Baker of
independent analyst firm Dittberner Associates. "The NOS spans
traditional optical SONET/SDH/WDM networks and now supports Carrier
Ethernet services. Nakina Systems has found a way to take the data
model native to each network element and map that to a common model.
With the release of NOS 7, Nakina provides a true multi-vendor,
multi-layer management platform that bridges the gap between the
physical network, the logical view of services at different network
layers and the OSS/BSS world that supports daily operations."

According to analyst firm Infonetics Research, worldwide service
provider revenues from Ethernet services are expected to approach $70
billion in 2009. To capitalize on this growth, service providers are
aggressively rolling out Carrier Ethernet services by deploying a
hybrid mix of legacy and next-generation Ethernet devices using a
variety of technologies from multiple network equipment vendors in
their access, metro and core networks. But for Carrier Ethernet to
truly deliver on its promise, service providers must address the
challenge of trying to scale their management solutions to deploy,
remotely manage and provision their Carrier Ethernet networks, while
facilitating the rapid integration of new devices into their existing
back office operational support systems (OSS).

"Nakina Network OS 7 adds significant features and functions to
our flagship solution," said Chris Purdy, chief technology officer at
Nakina. "Using a secure, open, standards-based, carrier-grade
architecture, Nakina Network OS 7 is the Carrier Ethernet optimized
management platform on which to build. It offers a previously
unavailable level of end-to-end information and control of
multi-layer, multi-vendor Carrier Ethernet networks. It enables
service providers, network equipment vendors and OSS software vendors
to rapidly develop high-value applications. A perfect example is the
prototype multi-layer Ethernet troubleshooting application we are
demonstrating at TM Forum Management World. We built this on top of
the NOS in a matter of weeks, and can now show service providers how
they can troubleshoot their end-to-end Ethernet services across
multi-vendor WDM, SONET/SDH and Ethernet networks from a single
product and screen."

"Nakina's new version of their NOS solution has expanded to more
effectively embrace Carrier Ethernet," says Dittberner's Dan Baker.
"For large telecom carriers, the big advantage is that they would be
able to deploy Ethernet more flexibly in support of corporate
customers who aim to replace ATM, Frame, T1 and T3 circuits with
Ethernet in the enterprise market."

Nakina Systems is showcasing its Nakina Network OS(TM) 7 in booth
#82 at TM Forum Management World 2008 in Nice, France. In addition,
Sergio Pellizzari, chief solutions architect, Nakina Systems, will be
presenting on the panel session "Optimizing and Managing Next-Gen OAM
for Strategic Advantage" (T54) on Wednesday, May 21st at 11am where
Time Warner Cable and Vodafone D2 will discuss their real-world
challenges along with representatives from Juniper Networks and
analyst firm OSS Observer.

About Nakina Systems

Using Nakina's software, service providers expedite the rollout of
next-generation services with a single management solution that
configures and manages any vendor's networking products. An entirely
new approach to managing disparate telecommunications networks, the
Nakina Network OS(TM) combines capabilities of an EMS and an NMS to
create one centralized platform to discover, secure and manage a
network operator's entire multi-vendor, multi-domain network. As a
single point of integration between the network and higher-level
management applications, the Nakina Network OS(TM) reduces operating
expenses, bolsters identity management security, and improves workflow
productivity by automating operations like software upgrades, backup
and restore, discovery, fault, performance and configuration
management. And it's all with one system. Only from Nakina.

www.nakinasystems.com

Nakina, Nakina Systems, Simply Profitable Networks, and Nakina
Network OS are all trademarks or registered trademarks of Nakina
Systems Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective
owners. All rights reserved.

Nakina Systems Inc.
Media:
Chris Chartrand, 613-254-7351 ext. 223
Director of Marketing
cchartrand@nakinasystems.com
or
William Wilbert, 503-771-7440
Public Relations
bwilbert@nakinasystems.com

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