More on ODSI - Part 2 of 2 - See Membership List at bottom of page.
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(cont. from preceding message #991)
"Unlocking innovation through rapid development of standards and
interoperability in optical networking is crucial to accelerating deployment of
the next-generation network architecture. The ODSI initiative will clearly
support this goal by bringing focus to the important issues in service level
interworking that complement existing standardization efforts of Harris and
Jeffries and its optical networking customers."—Al Cooley, director of
business development, Harris and Jeffries Inc.
"Interoperability is crucial to the future of innovative services and the ODSI
initiative will enable the industry to rapidly break through barriers in a way that
would not be possible without wide-spread support and cooperation. iaxis is
pleased to be a part of this historic coalition and we look forward to the
innovations to come."—Eryl Stafford, technical director, iaxis.
"Collaboration is a critical success factor for major technologic breakthroughs
and just as the routing protocols, BGP and OSPF, ushered in the modern
Internet, the OSDI initiative will play a similarly vital role in helping to define the
key protocols that will enable a new age of data communications.
Breakthroughs in optical networking will allow us to harness and direct the
photon in a radically efficient new way that will improve communications in the
same dramatic way in which Spatial Relativity altered physics."—David Diaz,
CEO, International Wire Communications Inc.
"The success of optical networking is greatly enhanced when vendors and
carriers work closely together to define and implement a common framework
for scalability, service internetworking, secure remote access and proactive
network management. We are excited to participate in this ODSI initiative
which we believe provides the necessary forum for the creation of standards in
building and managing the optical networking infrastructure."—Kevin B.
Latraverse, executive vice president, ION Networks Inc.
"To meet the scalability requirements of the next generation Internet, the IP
service layer and optical transport layer must work together. ODSI provides an
open and interoperable way to integrate the functions of these two layers and
achieve a scalable, flexible and reliable Internet infrastructure."—Paul Lazay,
president and CEO, IronBridge Networks Inc.
"Outputs from the ODSI coalition enables Pathnet to offer high quality services,
binding the fiber's performance to the routing layers. Pathnet is at the forefront
of deploying new technologically advanced products and services for our
customers, which makes the development of these interoperability standards
key. Using a dynamic protocol, such as the Label Distribution protocol to feed
MPLS, will enable Pathnet to offer end-to-end control of our IP and ATM
network encouraging our wholesale clients to become very creative."—Gerry
Sharp, CTO, Pathnet.
"Helping network providers keep pace with traffic growth and maximize
network investment have been fundamental tenets of the Pluris Terabit
Network Router design, and ODSI promises to significantly augment that
effort. ODSI's framework for enabling intelligent devices to signal into and
request services through the optical core will greatly extend the scalability, fault
tolerance, and provisioning benefits of the Pluris TNR."—Joseph S. Kennedy,
president and CEO, Pluris Inc.
"As the all-optical network explodes from the network core to the end user, the
need for service layer interworking becomes critically important. The ODSI
initiative is essential to the evolution of optical networking as it allows vendors
to independently innovate in ways that collectively are most beneficial to our
customers."—Tony Zona, founder, president and CEO, Quantum Bridge
Communications, Inc., a developer of optical access networking systems.
"Subscriber demand for bandwidth and new services is pushing optical
networks closer and closer to homes and businesses. Redback is excited
about participating in the ODSI initiative to define multi-vendor optical network
solutions that meet service provider objectives for rapid deployment,
operational efficiency and scaling."—Larry Blair, vice president of marketing,
Redback Networks Inc.
"Global interoperability will be a critical factor in the success of 21st century
communications as service providers strive to satisfy the diverse needs of
their rapidly growing, worldwide customer base. We look forward to adding
our global perspective and expertise to the ODSI initiative as we join with our
partners to develop the standards that will play a vital role in building the
infrastructure for the world's new e-business economy."—Jost Spielvogel,
president of Siemens Transport Networks and Member of the ICN Group
Board.
"It is critical that optical networks allow services to be provisioned from end
user, through optical edge into the core. In the past this has required that
optical networks be purchased from a single network vendor. ODSI will allow
service providers to build multi-vendor optical networks utilizing best of breed
solutions."—Jonathan Reeves, president and CEO of Sirocco Systems, Inc., a
developer of optical edge switching systems.
"Spring Tide Networks sees the new public network architecture evolving to a
model where bandwidth will be dynamically provisioned as traffic demand
warrants. We see the ODSI initiative as a key component for making the kind
of rich IP services that we enable available on a massive scale."—Bob
Sullebarger, vice president of marketing, Spring Tide Networks Inc.
"Recent advances in optical networking are transforming the optical layer from
a transport medium to a powerfully dynamic network resource. With ODSI,
integrating these new optical capabilities into new service offerings is closer to
a reality. Syndesis is committed to providing service creation and activation
products for these new services and looks forward to participating in the ODSI
initiative."—Martin Steinmann, vice president of marketing, Syndesis.
"Following closely on the heals of our announcement that John Colton left
Lucent Optical Networking to join Tachion, our becoming an active member in
ODSI further demonstrates our commitment to integrating optical networking
into the next generation Central Office. Tachion's Collapsed Central
Office(TM), which focuses on collapsing all the network components necessary
to develop and deliver bundled voice and data services into a single device, is
the future of the central office infrastructure. As such, we are very interested in
optical networking and view ODSI as a positive step forward in the evolution of
the next generation CO."—Jeff Matros, president and CEO, Tachion Networks
Inc.
"Innovations in optical networking are dramatically extending scalability,
service potential and profitability for Service Providers. We joined the ODSI
initiative because we feel industry-wide cooperation is crucial to enabling
future innovations and we will work closely with our colleagues in the optical,
electrical and service provider domains to deliver on the promise of this
important technological advancement."—Sean Welch, vice president of
marketing and sales, Tenor Networks Inc.
"Our companies are paving the way for service applications to take advantage
of the new intelligent optical core network. This forum is one of several cross
industry cooperative steps that will deliver on our promises of faster, easier to
manage networks at a fraction of the cost. The synergy of directing traffic
through a network with optical switching and IP routing gives carriers the tools
to deliver services quickly and respond to rapidly changing data services
demand."—Dr. Krishna Bala, CTO, Tellium Inc.
"The landscape of optical networks is in the state of rapid change. The new
network architecture will propel the optics from the core to the very edge to
offer unprecedented service flexibility and scalability for the next generation
network. The ODSI initiative will help to define the protocols that will enable
industry-wide interoperability between optical and service delivery
layers."—Boris Auerbuch, CTO, Terawave Communications.
"The dynamics of today's competitive landscape are changing dramatically,
which creates new opportunities for carriers and service providers looking to
embrace emerging technologies and offer differentiated services. The ODSI
initiative is significant because it will alleviate interoperability issues, enabling
carriers and service providers to choose vendor partners based solely on their
ability to provide the best solution, without concerns of network integration.
Unisphere looks forward to contributing to the ODSI initiative by adding our
expertise in open, converged network solutions."—Dana Rasmussen, vice
president of product management, Unisphere Solutions Inc.
"The unprecedented demand for higher speed and higher capacity Internet
technologies suggests that both vendors and service providers alike focus on
interoperability to fully leverage the power of optical networking. We support
ODSI and consider this initiative a significant step toward furthering
industry-wide interoperability that will help generate innovative new services to
meet the growing needs of our customers throughout the world."—Jim
McManus, vice president of network engineering, UUNET, an MCI WorldCom
company.
"The ODSI initiative underscores the importance of interoperability to the future
of high-speed services. We are committed to working with our colleagues to
create a practical framework that will allow us to utilize the capacity and
intelligence of optical networking and deliver tremendous value to our
customers."—Matt Bross, CTO, Williams Communications.
ODSI Members:
Accelerated Networks Inc.
ACT Networks Inc.
Advanced Switching Comms.
Alidian Networks Inc.
Appian Communications Inc.
Astral Point Communications Inc.
Atmosphere Networks Inc.
Avici Systems Inc.
Broadband Access Systems Inc.
Cabletron Systems
Campio Communications Inc.
Chromatis Networks
Ciena Corp.
Convergent Networks Inc.
CoreExpress
Corvia Networks Inc.
CrossKeys Systems Corp.
Data Connection Ltd.
Ellacoya Networks Inc.
Ennovate Networks Inc.
Enron Communications Inc.
Equipe Communications
Ficon Technology Inc.
Harris and Jeffries Inc.
iaxis
Intermedia Communications Inc.
International Wire Comm. Inc.
ION Networks Inc.
IronBridge Networks Inc.
Kestrel Solutions
Metro-OptiX
Pathnet
Pluris Inc.
Quantum Bridge Comm. Inc.
Redback Networks Inc.
Siara Systems Inc.
Siemens
Sirocco Systems Inc.
Spring Tide Networks Inc.
Sycamore Networks Inc.
Syndesis
Tachion Networks Inc.
Tellium Inc.
Tenor Networks Inc.
Terawave Communications
Unisphere Solutions Inc.
UUNET an MCI Worldcom Co.
Valiant Networks Inc.
Williams Communications
Xros
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