Cerent used TMS for the SONET box mentioned in the Gilder article...
From WIND's FY200 2nd-Quarter earnings report:
corporate-ir.net
Tornado for Managed Switches (TMS), version 1, was shipped to 14 customers in June. Cerent Corporation has already begun shipping a beta version of its Cerent 454 evolutionary optical transport platform during the quarter. This application demonstrates TMS's immediate viability in the market, and applicability for innovative service provider networking equipment as well as traditional enterprise networking gear.
From the Gilder article:
forbes.com
However, the Cerent 454 (now known as Cisco ONS 15454), the company's sole product, is a SONET box. Admittedly it is the most stupendously efficient, versatile, diminutive, and altogether wonderful SONET box ever, at half the price of last year's boxes. Bit rates can also be swiftly and cheaply upgraded. And it incorporates post-SONET capabilities. Not surprisingly, the 454 was highly successful at attracting customers; more than 100 signed up in less than nine months, for a projected annualized run rate of $100 million before its first birthday. Among the eager buyers were Williams Communications, Frontier Technologies, Qwest Communications, and Nextlink. |
