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Technology Stocks : CrossKeys Systems Corp [CKEY and CKY/TSE] -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: notredame who wrote (646)	1/12/2000 11:36:00 AM
From: Vitalsigns	Respond to of 792

More News today CrossKeys joins industry-wide ODSI initiative CrossKeys Systems Corp CKY Shares issued 18,530,651 Jan 11 close $10.70 Wed 12 Jan 2000 News Release Mr. John Blackmore reports CrossKeys has joined a group of 50 networking vendors and service providers to form the Optical Domain Service Interconnect (ODSI) initiative -- an open industry-wide coalition for interoperability between electrical and optical network service domains. Through this initiative's focus, service providers and their customers will be able to deploy networks that can handle the explosive growth of data traffic over the public network. Sycamore Networks (Nasdaq: SCMR) will host the first ODSI meeting on Jan. 18, 2000, in Boston, Mass. "Competition and the demand for bandwidth from e-commerce and the Internet industry means service providers must use their networks to peak efficiency," says Ian McLaren, president and chief executive officer, CrossKeys. "Sycamore's ODSI initiative addresses the same issues for optical internetworking as we do in performance management and network management. These include networks that can grow to meet the business; standards-based interoperability and multivendor capability." Focused on opening the interface to the next generation optical network, the ODSI initiative will help drive innovation in service creation and delivery of high-speed optical networks. The group will select and apply extensions to recognized industry interfaces and protocols, conduct interoperable solutions testing, and promote technical recommendations to the appropriate industry standards organizations. The ODSI coalition consists of international networking vendors and service providers including Siemens, UUNet and Williams Communications Group. CrossKeys software is engineered to interoperate with multiple vendors and technologies. Participating in the ODSI initiative ensures that as service providers increasingly transport Internet Protocol traffic directly over an optical layer, CrossKeys products will be able to deliver the necessary vendor mediation, as well as network and performance management. About ODSI Optical Domain Service Interconnect (ODSI) is an open, industry-wide initiative inaugurated by Sycamore Networks in co-operation with a diverse group of service providers and networking vendors. ODSI represents a coalition of networking professionals with a common interest in selecting, applying and promoting the open interfaces and signaling protocols that will allow higher-layer service networks to effectively interoperate with an evolving and dynamic optical network core. Responding to industry needs, the ODSI coalition represents a collaborative effort to open the interface to the next generation optical network and help drive innovation in service creation and delivery. (c) Copyright 2000 Canjex Publishing Ltd. canada-stockwatch.com