12/1/98 Networks Update (Pg. Unavail. Online)
1998 WL 2076782
Networks Update
Copyright 1998 Information Access Company. All rights reserved.
Tuesday, December 1, 1998
Vol. 10, No. 12
NEWBRIDGE NETWORKS LAUNCHES VERSATILE-IP.
Newbridge Networks (NYSE:NN) (TSE:NN.) has launched Versatile-IP.
By leveraging the core strengths of the Newbridge switched routing
product portfolio, including multi-service infrastructure and powerful
end-to-end service management, the V-IP solution enables service
providers to capitalize on the burgeoning market opportunity for
value-added business services by delivering differentiated
business-class Internet Protocol (IP) VPN services to their customers.
"Customers are demanding more than simple interconnect, or
'economy-class,' services from their service providers," said Jim
Arseneault, vice president, IP & Internetworking Products Group,
Newbridge Networks.
"The Internet is only a small piece of the solution for delivering
these services. Ultimately we believe the Internet becomes just one
application on a service provider's business-class public IP network.
Newbridge Networks has a rich history in the service provider market.
We also have the most scalable, reliable and manageable products
available.
These factors make Newbridge Networks the natural partner for service
providers who want to provide business-class IP VPN services."
The Newbridge Versatile-IP Architecture The V-IP architecture enables
service providers to seamlessly blend the best attributes of private
enterprise networks, the Internet and their own shared public network
to offer the optimal mix of control, reliability, reach and cost
options.
While most VPNs consist of best-effort bandwidth tunnels across the
Internet, the Versatile-IP solution delivers true virtual private
routing services.
"Most of our competitors in the VPN space focus solely on one area of
the network, whether it be bigger, faster routers in the backbone,
providing the access piece with a Remote Access Server (RAS), or
securing Internet tunnels," continued Arseneault. "However, the
Newbridge Versatile-IP solution joins the capabilities of service
providers with the business needs of their customers. We are providing
the access mechanisms and management tools necessary to extend beyond
transport services."
The V-IP architecture comprises the following components:
Service Points Service points join the service provider and the
business user. They groom traffic, request service attributes and
implement policies at the network edge for the VPN, using standard
interfaces such as multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) and carrier
scale internetworking (CSI).
The V-IP solution provides the wide range of service points service
providers require to address business customer needs.
This range includes the local area network (LAN), wide area network
(WAN), dial-up, xDSL and wireless interfaces that provide the broad
reach needed to connect the physical enterprise and its campuses with
the service provider network, residences or the Internet.
Switched Routing Infrastructure Carrier Switched Routing is the
Newbridge IP VPN infrastructure that enables carriers to deliver
business-class IP services. Carrier Switched Routing leverages all the
relevant routing standards, such as Routing Information Protocol (RIP),
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), 802.x, MPLS and CSI, to enable VPN
services on top of an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) infrastructure.
Carrier Switched Routing trials are currently underway at two major
service providers, one in North America and one in Europe. Trials are
expected to commence with five additional customers by the end of the
calendar year.
The reliability, security and scalability of a switched routing infrastructure enables service providers to go beyond basic
interconnect and transport services to deliver business-class services.
To deliver routing intelligence at switching performance and cost
levels, the switched routing infrastructure uses a connection-oriented
backbone to replace the router backplane, emulating the functions of a
conventional router or Layer 3 switch. The end solution functions as a
single router and leverages the connection-oriented fabric to provide
the predictability and quality of service (QoS) required of IP VPN
services.
Service Management An efficient service management architecture
controls policy implementation and administration and simplifies
troubleshooting to dramatically reduce a network's total cost of
ownership. An efficient architecture also allows service providers to
create, provision, administer, monitor, enforce and bill for their
services to capture profit.
The Newbridge center-weighted service management model consolidates
policy administration to a handful of policy servers in the network and
distributes the intelligence to enforce these policies to the network
edge. It also incorporates the key attributes required to deliver a
revenue-generating service. These attributes include policy creation,
rapid provisioning, troubleshooting, monitoring and user and
application partitioning. Finally, the Newbridge model offers
multi-vendor management capabilities to ensure service is extendable
across third-party network devices.
V-IP: The Service Provider Market The VIP solutions are targeted at
established service providers, new generation service providers and an
emerging class of enterprise service providers (ESPs).
The Siemens/Newbridge MainStreetXpress 70 MultiServices Switch is
currently integrated into the networks of more than 280 of the world's
largest service providers.
The Newbridge V-IP solution allows these service providers to quickly
and easily roll out new revenue-generating services, such as IP VPNs,
on their existing multi-services infrastructure by adding a new
Internetworking Services Card to the Siemens/Newbridge MainStreetXpress
36170 solution.
"Currently, over 80 percent of VPN opportunities are presented exclusively to facility-based carriers, rather than to new players like
ISPs or CLECs," said Tom Nolle, president of CIMI Corporation. "We
expect the traditional carriers will gather at least 80 percent of the
VPN sales as well, particularly through the next five years. That gives
vendors like Newbridge Networks, who have an incumbent position with
these established carriers, a real market advantage."
Most new generation service providers, such as competitive local
exchange carriers (CLECs) and Internet service providers (ISPs) must
also offer differentiated business-class services to achieve
profitability and compete with larger carriers. The Versatile-IP
solution provides the flexibility and scalability to allow these
service providers to begin with a single access node at the edge of the
network and grow to a complete infrastructure, including the
Siemens/Newbridge MainStreetXpress 36100 Access Concentrator and
MainStreetXpress 36177 MultiServices Platform as a managed RAS and the
MainStreetXpress 36170 MultiServices Switch as a high density access
router all seamlessly managed by the MainStreetXpress 46020 Network
Manager.
Newbridge is also targeting the emerging enterprise service provider
market. ESPs are large enterprises that choose to operate as internal
service providers by building their own carrier-class infrastructure.
This allows them to treat intranets much like VPNs and deliver
enterprise-wide business services to their end users. ESPs are
multi-client, multi-site and multi-service and run mission-critical
applications over their IP-based infrastructure.
Newbridge Networks designs, manufactures, markets and services
networking solutions to organizations in more than 100 countries. The
company leverages its relationship with a growing family of Newbridge
Affiliate companies and strategic alliances with Siemens and 3Com
Corporation to deliver seamless, end-to-end solutions. Newbridge
customers include the world's 300 largest telecommunications service
providers and more than 10,000 corporations, government organizations
and other institutions. Founded in 1986, the company employs more than
6,000 people on five continents. News and information are available at
www.newbridge.com.
For more information, call 613/591-3600.
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