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Explore CEN Feature (May 11 2012) Event Related

...ce offerings.  Leave the session armed to apply the information in their own business  Regards, D. Mark Durrett, Publisher/Editor (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Mark Durrett

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Explore CEN Feature (May 2 2012)

Comment Mentions:   Cyan   Overture Networks   Mark Durrett

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Explore CEN Feature (May 2 2012)

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Carrier Ethernet 2.0: A Real Game Changer

Explore CEN Feature (Mar 29 2012) Event Related , Europe , North America , MEF , Business Ethernet

... services, networks and operations to materially differentiate services and win in the market, says Mark Durrett, director of marketing for Overture Networks. Webinar speakers include Nan Chen, president of the... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Cyan   Infonetics   IEEE

Asia's Financial Markets Driving Low-Latency Demand

Explore CEN Feature (Jun 23 2011)

...ut Carrier Ethernet solutions for Asia's financial market, Overture Networks' director of Marketing Mark Durrett notes that "there is obviously a growing, significant need throughout Asia's financial markets to u... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   NTT   Overture Networks   NTT Communications

Survey Says! - Results of Carrier Ethernet SONET/SDH Displacement Survey are In

Explore CEN Feature (May 24 2011)

...o be important factors.  In the coming weeks we’ll get into more details, so, please stay tuned. D. Mark Durrett is Editor of Carrier Ethernet News (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   XO Communications   Overture Networks   Mark Durrett

Carrier Ethernet shows it’s still hot at TIA 2011 in Dallas

Explore CEN Feature (May 19 2011)

... to be top-of-mind with the service providers and solutions vendors at this inaugural TIA event.  D. Mark Durrett is Director of Marketing for Overture Networks (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Congress   NuVox   Metro Ethernet Forum

Carrier Ethernet inroads practically complete

Explore Connected Planet Online (May 18 2011) Business Ethernet

...any inroads in areas that had prevented more widespread adoption of Ethernet services, according to Mark Durrett, director of marketing for Overture Networks, which will launch a new gigabit Ethernet edge platfor......week as well. “There don’t seem to be any lingering obstacles to the adoption of carrier Ethernet,” Durrett said. “One of the things that we had heard for many years was that it was difficult to integrate ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Overture Networks   Mark Durrett

Carrier Ethernet Hot Topic at TIA 2011

Explore CEN Feature (May 12 2011)

...e gathered in one place, discussing the most important issues of the day in Carrier Ethernet,” says D. Mark Durrett, director of marketing for Overture Networks and co-chair of the MEF Access Technologies Working Gr......at are preventing Carrier Ethernet from displacing legacy technologies such as SONET and SDH,” says Durrett. Vendors are working diligently to develop the required resiliency, protocols and features, while... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   XO Communications   Metro Ethernet Forum   Overture Networks

Overture and Hatteras merger to provide complete Carrier Ethernet Portfolio

Explore CEN Feature (Mar 3 2011)

...rge as a single industry leader in Carrier Ethernet,” said Overture Networks’ Director of Marketing Mark Durrett. “This is important to our customers and the industry as a whole because it really provides us the ......y, along with a point of contact for sales and technical support.  “Well, it's still early,” said Durrett. “But you can expect to see the integration of our solutions at an operational level first ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Research Triangle Park   Overture Networks   Mark Durrett

MEF to pursue mobile backhaul issues, new certification programs

Explore CEN Feature (Jan 11 2011)

... MEF is also continuing its focus on making Carrier Ethernet services easier to scale, according to Mark Durrett, Access Technologies Working Group co-chair at the MEF, and director of marketing at Overture Netwo... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   SLA   Orange Business Services   Metro Ethernet Forum

Overture Gets More Optical

Explore Light Reading (Nov 4 2010)

...gy to become better known as a complete Ethernet provider and not a TDM-transition specialist, says Mark Durrett, director of marketing. For more... Here's what else Overture has been up to this year. — Craig Mat... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Overture Networks   Mark Durrett

Overture brings optical Ethernet capability to the edge

Explore Connected Planet Online (Nov 2 2010) Access , Business Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul , Wholesale

...s to 10 Gb/s service. The products are “optimized for the end game,” Overture Director of Marketing D. Mark Durrett told Connected Planet. Where network operators want to go, he said, is to “optical Ethernet infrast......ice. “One of the key ingredients is our MaestrOS software that was introduced on the ISG6000,” said Durrett. “We’ve leveraged that operating system and moved it into the edge devices. We’ve ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Mark Durrett

Carrier Ethernet access technology choices simplified by online equipment directories

Explore CEN Feature (Aug 12 2010)

In a previous post, Carrier Ethernet News discussed the expanding Carrier Ethernet market and how a variety of interactive guides such as the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) Global Services Directory, among others, help business IT folks navigate a shifting market terrain and find Carrier Ethernet service providers around the world. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Metro Ethernet Forum   Mark Durrett

Wholesale Ethernet access – the E-NNI places three new requirements on the service provider

Explore CEN Feature (Jul 29 2010) Business Ethernet , Wholesale

Last week we discussed how wholesale Carrier Ethernet access services have become the latest high speed tool for service providers to reach their business customers. And we remarked on the MEF’s new global connectivity initiative and the emergence of the Ethernet external network-to-network interface or E-NNI. This week, we’ll explore some of the challenges of using this new toolkit. The early adopters have learned a few lessons that ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Metro Ethernet Forum   Mark Durrett

Wholesale Carrier Ethernet access – the E-NNI is the new channelized handoff

Explore CEN Feature (Jul 22 2010) Business Ethernet , Wholesale

Service providers are increasingly leasing wholesale Carrier Ethernet circuits to reach enterprise locations they can’t reach with their own fiber.  (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Mark Durrett