EXFO Expands Ethernet Test Capabilities of its Power Blazer Modules |
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EXFO
400 Godin Avenue
Quebec, G1M 2K2
Canada
Press release date: November 26, 2008
o Industry's most integrated and feature-rich multi-service transport test solution now supports multi-stream QoS test capabilities
QUEBEC CITY, CANADA, November 26, 2008 - EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. (NASDAQ: EXFO, TSX: EXF) announced today the addition of multi-stream test support on the FTB-8120NGE, FTB-8130NGE, IQS-8120NGE and IQS-8130NGE Power Blazer multi-service test modules.
These test modules are the de facto industry standard when it comes to multi-service test capabilities with DSn/PDH, SONET/SDH, OTN, Ethernet, and Fibre Channel support. The FTB-8120NGE and FTB-8130NGE Power Blazer modules are housed inside the FTB-200 Compact Platform and FTB-400 Universal Test System for field and central office testing requirements, while the IQS versions are hosted inside the IQS-500 and IQS-600 platforms for manufacturing floor and lab environments. With today's announcement, the Power Blazer modules' Ethernet test suite has been further enhanced to help customers better respond to the reality of today's market.
Data services are significantly shifting toward supporting a variety of applications on the same network. This shift has fueled the need for quality of service (QoS) testing to ensure Ethernet-based services meet required customer service-level agreements (SLAs). By providing the ability to configure multiple streams, the FTB/IQS-8120NGE and FTB/IQS-8130NGE Power Blazer modules allow network operators to simulate and qualify different types of applications running over their networks. The frame analysis feature enables multi-stream layer 2 through layer 4 traffic generation, including analysis of packet-jitter (RFC 3393) and out-of-sequence metrics. These measurements allow network operators to efficiently benchmark transport networks when it comes to transport Ethernet services, including triple-play offerings (voice, video and data).
"Our customers are currently deploying more advanced IP services on their transport networks, including triple-play applications, to generate additional revenue streams," said Etienne Gagnon, EXFO's Vice-President of Product Management and Marketing. "Testing these new applications, especially on existing transport networks, is always a challenge. We have risen to this challenge with our Power Blazer test modules, enabling network operators to offer new services with guaranteed quality of service to their customers."
"These new capabilities in our portable and lab test solutions build on the strategy laid through our acquisition of Brix Networks in the spring for stronger integration between the different layers of our customers' networks, from the physical layer right up to the applications layer," said Vivian Hudson, Vice-President and General Manager of EXFO Service Assurance. "Globally, customers are confirming our vision regarding the significant synergies between portable test and measurement with service assurance in their networks."
For more information about the FTB/IQS-8120NGE and FTB/IQS-8130NGE Power Blazer modules or related platforms, please visit www.EXFO.com.
About EXFO EXFO is a leading provider of test and service assurance solutions for network service providers and equipment manufacturers in the global telecommunications industry. The Telecom Division offers a wide range of innovative solutions extending across the full technology lifecycle from design to technology deployment and onto service assurance and covering all layers on a network infrastructure to enable triple-play services and next-generation, converged IP networking. The Life Sciences and Industrial Division offers solutions in medical device and opto-electronics assembly, fluorescence microscopy and other life science sectors.
For more information, visit www.EXFO.com.
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