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Carrier Ethernet Technology Underpins Much of Upcoming TIA 2012: Inside the Network Show
Explore CEN Feature (May 17 2012)
by Annie Lindstrom
Carrier Ethernet will be part and parcel of many of the nine educational tracks at the Telecommunications Industry Association’s second annual TIA 2012: Inside the Network Conference & Exhibition. The technology is integral to most of the topics that are on the schedule, according to Tim Downs, Content Director, TIA2012: Inside the Network Conference & Exhibition.
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Mentions: Vertical Systems Group
WEBINAR RESCHEDULED for Wednesday May 16, 14:00 GMT (10am U.S. ET)
Explore CEN Feature (May 11 2012)
by Carrier Ethernet News (Editor)
After regrouping with the webinar presenters, we have successfully rescheduled the webinar entitled "Transforming Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Concepts into Business Winning Realities." The new date is Wednesday, May 16 at 14:00 GMT (10am U.S. ET).
Click here to add this event to your Outlook calendar (recommended if your Outlook may block our reminder emails)
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Mentions: Mark Durrett
tw telecom Offers Wholesale Customers Nationwide Reach Via Single Business Ethernet Connection
Explore CEN Feature (May 10 2012)
by Annie Lindstrom
tw telecom inc. is offering its wholesale customers the ability to reach businesses across the U.S. from a single point in the company’s nationwide Carrier Ethernet backbone. Data centers, international carriers and other wholesale customers can connect with multiple destinations via tw telecom’s Business Ethernet service.
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Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Gains Momentum with Certification Program
Explore CEN Feature (May 8 2012)
by Joan Engebretson
The Metro Ethernet Forum is seeing substantial industry response to the Carrier Ethernet 2.0 certification program launched April 30, according to MEF President Nan Chen. “The uptick has been pretty strong,” said Chen.
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Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum
Cloud Provider Taps Comcast for Carrier Ethernet, Likes On-Net Approach
Explore CEN Feature (May 3 2012)
by Joan Engebretson
Decisive Communications, provider of a cloud-based infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offering, has experienced some substantial business benefits since it began using Carrier Ethernet connectivity from Comcast to interconnect three of its seven locations, including its primary data center.
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We're sorry you missed this week’s Webinar
Explore CEN Feature (May 2 2012)
by Carrier Ethernet News (Editor)On behalf of our sponsors, Overture and Cyan, we would like to thank you for registering for the first in the 2012 series of webinars brought to you by Carrier Ethernet News to learn how service providers are Transforming Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Concepts into Business Winning Realities. Unfortunately, our records show that you were not able to join us for the live event this week.
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Mentions: Cyan Overture Networks Mark Durrett
Thank you for Attending
Explore CEN Feature (May 2 2012)
by Carrier Ethernet News (Editor)On behalf of our sponsors, Overture and Cyan, we would like to thank you for joining us for the first in the 2012 series of webinars brought to you by Carrier Ethernet News to learn about Transforming Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Concepts into Business Winning Realities. We hope you found the webinar useful. In a few days, we will let you know how you can download the companion eBook.
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Mentions: Cyan Overture Networks Mark Durrett
Boston Red Sox Add Metro Ethernet To Starting Line-Up
Explore CEN Feature (May 1 2012)
by Annie Lindstrom
The same week the Boston Red Sox celebrated 100 Years of playing baseball at Fenway Park, the team also announced its selection of Comcast Business Services to provide the team with 100 Mbps Metro Ethernet service.
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Mentions: Comcast Business Services
Transforming Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Concepts into Business Winning Realities
Explore CEN Feature (Apr 26 2012)
by Carrier Ethernet News (Editor)
Please join us for the first in the 2012 series of webinars brought to you by Carrier Ethernet News to learn how service providers are Transforming Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Concepts into Business Winning Realities.
NOTE: The date of this webinar has changed. It is now May 16, 2012 at 14:00GMT (10am U.S. ET),
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Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum
Last Week's Ethernet Europe Event
Explore CEN Feature (Apr 24 2012)
by Mark Durrett
The who’s who of Carrier Ethernet Europe gathered last week in Munich for the annual Light Reading Ethernet Europe. Collocated with the MEF’s quarterly members’ meeting, this year’s event lived up to its billing as the premier Carrier Ethernet event in EMEA.
My schedule only allowed for a couple of brief visits into town which naturally included the requisite visit to the legendary Hofbrauhaus, for a few um-pa-pa’s, a very large stein of beer and some rockin’ pretzels.
But the real highlight of the week was Carrier Ethernet. In this post, I’ll recap a few ...
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Mentions: SLA Deutsche Telekom Heavy Reading
iGR Bullish on Carrier Ethernet Backhaul, but not Carrier Ethernet 2.0
Explore CEN Feature (Apr 19 2012)
by Joan EngebretsonComment "The iGR opinion on CE2.0 doesn't seem to be consistent with most analysts' perspective. Any other analysts want to comment?" - Carrier Ethernet News
By now readers have become accustomed to seeing skyrocketing mobile backhaul forecasts driven by huge mobile data usage. Nevertheless, research firm iGR caused a bit of a stir recently when its “U.S. Mobile Backhaul Forecast 2011-2016” predicted a particularly ambitious compound annual growth rate for mobile backhaul of nearly 58% between 2011 and 2016 – and fiber backhaul CAGR of nearly 85% over the same period.
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DukeNet Rolls Out Wholesale Last-Mile Carrier Ethernet Offering
Explore CEN Feature (Apr 17 2012)
by Joan Engebretson
DukeNet Communications, a fiber network operator that is part owned by utility company Duke Energy, is expanding its wholesale Carrier Ethernet offering, announcing plans this week for a last-mile offering designed to give carrier customers more options in serving their enterprise customers.
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Direct Fiber Is Great Fit For Carrier Ethernet
Explore CEN Feature (Apr 12 2012)
by Annie Lindstrom
Throughout the world, direct fiber optic connections are the preferred access method for higher bandwidth business network services, especially Carrier Ethernet, according to Vertical Systems Group.
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A Closer Look at the MEF-CECP program
Explore CEN Feature (Apr 10 2012)
by Daniel Bar-Lev, Director Certification Programs, Mef
Helping Bolster Carrier Ethernet Services in the Philippines
The MEF-Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional Program (CECP) program was developed over the course of a year, including beta testing for four months with the help of exam psychometric specialists, then formally launched in June 2011 as the world’s only industry-body certification for Carrier Ethernet professionals.
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Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum ENNI
The MEF Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional Program
Explore CEN Feature (Apr 5 2012)
by Daniel Bar-Lev, Director, Certification Programs, Mef
On December 9th 2011, Polis Anthousis from Cytaglobal International Network Operations became the hundredth candidate in the world to achieve certification as a MEF-CECP (MEF Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional).
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Carrier Ethernet: Important Business for Fiber Network Consolidator Zayo Group
Explore CEN Feature (Apr 3 2012)
by Joan Engebretson
After making a string of 18 service provider acquisitions over the past few years, Zayo Group in March announced its biggest deal yet—the acquisition of fiber network operator AboveNet. Like with most of the companies that Zayo has acquired, AboveNet has a significant Carrier Ethernet business.
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Mentions: Zayo Group Zayo Carrier Ethernet News
Carrier Ethernet 2.0: A Real Game Changer
Explore CEN Feature (Mar 29 2012)
by Annie Lindstrom
With Carrier Ethernet 2.0 certification set to begin in Q2, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) specification is poised to take the Ethernet world by storm. The specification is a Godsend of sorts to carriers and enterprises that are deploying Carrier Ethernet to meet their burgeoning data networking needs, according to Sam Masud, principal of Q3 Analytix, a Washington, D.C.-based market research firm.
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Mentions: Cyan Infonetics IEEE
Transforming Carrier Ethernet 2.0 into Business Winning Reality - May 2, 2012
Explore CEN Feature (Mar 27 2012)
by Carrier Ethernet News (Editor)
Thank you for registering for Transforming Carrier Ethernet 2.0 into Business Winning Reality.You will be able to log in when the event opens at 12:30 GMT (08:30AM U.S. EDT) on May 02, 2012. The broadcast will start at 09:00AM EDT on May 02, 2012. Read more ...
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Transforming Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Concepts into Business Winning Realities
Explore CEN Feature (Mar 26 2012)
by Carrier Ethernet News (Editor)
Please join us for the first in the 2012 series of webinars brought to you by Carrier Ethernet News to learn how service providers are Transforming Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Concepts into Business Winning Realities.
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Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum
Carriers Get Serious About G.8032
Explore CEN Feature (Mar 22 2012)
by Joan Engebretson
One of the hottest areas in Carrier Ethernet right now is self-healing access and aggregation rings based on the G.8032 Ethernet Protection Switching standard. We covered the technology last year, not long after the finalization of Version 2 of the standard, which enables end-to-end services to be extended across multiple rings.
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Mentions: Overture Networks Scott Knox
Cloud Plus Carrier Ethernet Equals Success for Equinix
Explore CEN Feature (Mar 20 2012)
by Joan Engebretson
Operating a Carrier Ethernet exchange out of the same data centers where it also hosts cloud providers has created some unique synergies and opportunities for Equinix. Carrier Ethernet News checked in last week with Jim Poole, Equinix general manager of Global Networks and Mobility, to discuss those opportunities.
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MEF Outlines Carrier Ethernet/Cloud Use Cases
Explore CEN Feature (Mar 15 2012)
by Joan Engebretson
The Metro Ethernet Forum has issued a white paper about using Carrier Ethernet services for cloud connectivity that should be useful to cloud service providers, as well as providers of Carrier Ethernet services.
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Mentions: Metro Ethernet Forum
Vertical Systems’ 2011 Global Provider Ethernet LEADERBOARD Grows Even More Concentrated
Explore CEN Feature (Mar 8 2012)
by Annie Lindstrom
In 2009 there were only five companies that could claim they had 4% or more of the global Ethernet market share to themselves. Now there are seven leaders sharing 60% of the total Ethernet ports installed worldwide, according to Vertical Systems 2011 Global Provider Ethernet Leaderboard.
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Mentions: NTT Vertical Systems Group Reliance
Report From This Week's Metro Connect 2012
Explore CEN Feature (Mar 1 2012)
by Carrier Ethernet News (Editor)
The conference sessions at this year’s Metro Connect in Miami had a great mix of speakers and topics ranging from regulatory issues to mergers and acquisitions to basic business and technical challenges facing service providers and metro operators as they interconnect with each other.
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Mentions: Cyan Metro Ethernet Forum Overture Networks
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