For the very technically inclined in the audience, a press release from a vendor on NESC’s latest vendor choice. It does provide a nice set of details based on the capabilities of the product promoted…
Cyan today announced that the Northeast Service Cooperative (NESC), which provides broadband connectivity to the Northeast region of Minnesota, has selected the Cyan Z-Series packet-optical transport platforms (P-OTP), Cyan 360 software-defined operations suite, and Cyan PRO professional services to deliver innovative, high-speed Ethernet services for the Northeast Middle Mile Fiber Project. The project consists of 915 miles of “middle mile” fiber connecting eight counties, 38 communities, three tribal reservations, 85 townships, and over 200 critical service institutions. The initiative is made possible by a $43.5 million grant/loan award from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) under the National Telecommunications and Information (NTIA) Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). …
NESC will use the Cyan Z-Series P-OTPs to cost-effectively deliver Ethernet services at speeds up to 10Gbps to critical service institutions, including the University of Minnesota, state college system, State Office of Enterprise Technology, libraries, healthcare, public school districts, cities and counties. The Z-Series platforms support the ability to drive multiple 10G and future 100G wavelength services per fiber using dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) technology with wavelength selectable switch (WSS) ROADMs. NESC required a fully automated, software controlled network operations model, so Cyan partnered with CALIENT Technologies, Inc. to integrate the new S320 3D MEMS photonic switch with the Z-Series platforms to provide the industry’s first operational CDC network.
NESC will employ Cyan 360 for multi-layer network planning, management, and service verification. Using CyPlan, NESC will be able to design networks and services with deterministic latency characteristics. Additionally, CyPortalwill allow NESC and its customers to examine individual service connections in real time in order to ensure capacity and latency requirements are being satisfied.