Avaya, Tata Telecom bring in 10 Gb ethernet solutions

BANGALORE: Avaya Inc. and Tata Telecom have launched a 10 Gigabit Ethernet

solution designed to assist enterprises enhance their business by expanding

their infrastructure bandwidth, a press statement revealed.

It also added, "10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) networks are expected to

deliver the newest broadband services, such as all types of streaming media,

including high definition video, and audio plus advanced voice applications,

widely and inexpensively to businesses of all types and sizes."

"This is the killer application enabler for businesses to optimize

collaborative communications that interface with their customers." said

Avaya's MultiService Networking Infrastructure Group Senior Product Manager

Shankar Rao. "With this introduction, Avaya further establishes its

position as a technology leader in next generation converged voice, video, and

data networking technology, offering its customers a migration to higher

performance and capability with flexible interface options required for next

generation networks."

The Avaya 10GbE is designed to enhance and support enterprise resource

planning, converged voice and video Internet Protocol (IP) communications used

in video conferencing and distance learning and large centralized data

storage/backup operations.

It can also be deployed across enterprise campuses to remove network

bottlenecks and can create extended virtual enterprises by increasing the reach

of existing high-speed networks. Avaya's 10GbE technology can also be used in

existing Web centers that interface with customers, where delays due to

unpredictable network traffic could significantly reduce service.