To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (21826 ) 6/5/2007 9:09:37 PM From: Frank A. Coluccio Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 46821 Lightwave's Test and Measurement Direct- June 2007 URLs for all items below at:newsletters.pennnet.com Featured article OAM: Going beyond the standards to enable innovative Carrier Ethernet services BY Umesh Kukreja, Atrica Inc. -- While Carrier Ethernet OAM has come a long way, some functionality gaps still exist, and these gaps must be addressed to enable true, carrier-class OAM for Carrier Ethernet services. More... In the news Agilent to acquire Adaptif Photonics Adaptif provides key technology and products used for advanced polarization analysis and control for the test of optical components and systems in the telecommunications, sensor, and laser markets. More... JDSU picks up Innocor JDSU has agreed to purchase Ottawa, Canada-based Innocor, a provider of broadband test gear for network equipment manufacturers. More... Agilent's N2X tester used to validate Alcatel-Lucent's triple-play architecture According to the companies involved, the test was the first in the industry to validate an entire end-to-end network architecture under a scaled mix of residential triple-play and enterprise VPN services. More... New products Spirent unveils Spirent TestCenter 2.0 with new Inspire Architecture By Meghan Fuller -- According to Chris Bohrson, Spirent's vice president of marketing, Spirent TestCenter 2.0 leverages an entirely new architecture, dubbed 'Inspire,' that was built from the ground up to deliver productivity improvements at every stage of product development and service creation. More... Aegis Lightwave intros carrier-grade optical layer monitor The OLM 8000 is 1-RU high and comes with four or eight ports, each capable of monitoring up to 80 DWDM channels on 200-, 100-, or 50-GHz spacing, say Aegis Lightwave representatives. More... Endace adds 40G monitoring to NinjaProbe family Endace Ltd. has announced the NinjaProbe 40G1, which it describes as the first monitoring platform to support network links using transmission rates up to 40 Gbits/sec. More... Fluke debuts new fiber inspection and cleaning tools Fluke Networks has announced the availability of a new miniature video microscope and fiber-optic cleaning kits. The new products are designed to improve the performance and reliability of fiber-optic links. More... Digital Lightwave adds Fibre Channel capability to NIC testing platform Digital Lightwave Inc. has announced the addition of Fibre Channel testing to its Network Information Computers (NIC) platform. More... -------