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Date: 8th March 2006
Title: Transmode announce availability of 4G Fibre Channel Transponder
using pluggable optics
CeBIT,
Hall 12, Booth E39; Addressing the rapidly growing market and pent up
demand for 4G Fibre Channel extension, Transmode today announced the availability
of the SFP based Dual 4G Fibre Channel Transponder for the TM-206 Optical
Access platform.
The new Transponder, which is being demonstrated at this years CeBIT exhibition
in Hannover, marks a milestone in Storage Area Networking (SAN) Extension,
as it allows the most economical transport of 4G Fibre Channel circuits
over the WAN using native 4 Gbit/s wavelengths. This new transponder supports
dual circuits each individually carrying 1G, 2G or 4G Fibre Channel. Using
Transmode's protocol recognition software, this selection is fully automatic
requiring no provisioning and giving operators true Plug-and-Play operation.
A number of recent analyst reports have highlighted the rapid growth of
4G Fibre Channel deployments with port sales rising from approximately
2% in 2004 to 67% in 2006-2007. This growth is generated by the 4G Fibre
Channel port costs that are only a small premium over 2G Fibre Channel
representing a significant improvement in cost per bit. In addition 4G
Fibre Channel achieves lower restrictions than 10G Fibre channel in terms
of credit buffer requirements and the corresponding throughput/distance
performance and also lower cost optical transport when compared to multiplexed
10G solutions.
"The SAN market and the SAN Extension market in particular is rapidly
migrating to 4G Fibre Channel solutions," said Leo Kappeler, Brocade's
SE Manager, EMEA. "New SAN Switches from vendors such as Brocade,
are equipped with 4G Fibre Channel ports by default as this offers the
most economic solution. The availability of this new solution from Transmode
will greatly enhance the range of SAN Extension options available to the
market."
The new Dual 4G Fibre Channel Transponder, with optional line protection,
is available as a Traffic Aggregation Module (TAM) for Transmode's TM-206
Optical Access platform. The TM-206 provides up to 24 client ports and
up to 12 line ports in a compact 2U chassis. TAMs are available with GFP/VCAT
support for SDH/SONET interworking and also non-GFP modules for local
applications.
"The SAN Extension market is an important and rapidly growing market
for Transmode," said Magnus Oberg, Transmode's Chief Technology Officer.
"We are pleased to be able to bring our Transmode core values of
simple to use, compact, scalable and economic Intelligent Wavelength Division
Multiplexing solutions and our strengths in pluggable optics based solutions
to the 4G Fibre Channel Extension market."
About Transmode
Transmode is a Pioneer in Optical Networking. Innovations such as intelligent
WDM (iWDM), which dramatically lowers operational cost, and unamplified
DWDM, which reduces network CAPEX and complexity, have contributed to
success at a global level, with a customer base of more than 100 network
operators, service providers, enterprises and public institutions across
Europe, the Americas and Asia.
Transmode is the only company with the full spectrum of Optical Networking
solutions based on WDM, designed to cater for the needs of Network Operators
and Enterprises alike without compromising on functionality or cost-efficiency.
Transmode's product portfolio addresses Optical Networking requirements
from regional networks, through metro core and access networks, all the
way down to the customer premises.
For more information about Transmode, please visit http://www.transmode.com
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