New OccamView EMS 5.0 in Trials at Multiple Occam Networks Customers
PISCATAWAY, N.J.--Aug. 21, 2006--As Occam Networks' BLC 6000(TM) Broadband Loop Carrier customer base grew in 2005, the company decided to upgrade its OccamView(TM) Element Management System, originally developed in 2000 To assist with this upgrade, Occam engaged Velankani Communications Technologies, an innovator in engineering services.
"OccamView Version 5 provides outstanding support for incumbent local exchange carriers (ILEC's) eager to offer new voice, data and video services to their customers," said Dave Mason, VP of Engineering, Occam Networks. "We needed a company with substantial experience who could architect and develop an effective, scalable solution. With Velankani, we received the best of two worlds: engineering support in the U.S., and high-quality, cost-effective software development in Bangalore."
Velankani designed the new OccamView EMS, Version 5.0 to add the flexibility, scalability and performance monitoring required by ILECs for the voice, data and video "triple play" they are deploying today over Occam Networks' BLC 6000. OccamView 5.0 is capable of managing the complete range of BLC 6000 products.
OccamView 5.0 can automatically discover the nodes in a network and provide a graphical representation of the network's topology as well as the status of all devices and links in the network. As new BLC 6000 elements are added to the network, OccamView 5.0 discovers them automatically, so IT teams can expand the network without manual configuration. OccamView 5.0 features highly flexible fault and event management capabilities, with user definable behavior definitions and selectable views of faults and events, including detailed correlations and forwarding of alarm states. It monitors the performance of the network's Ethernet and DSL interfaces, and provides graphical displays of network performance and trends.
Velankani completed and delivered OccamView 5.0 in just seven months. Velankani engineers built OccamView 5.0 on AdventNet's WebNMS(R) network management framework. Neil Butani, AdventNet's Vice President of Business Development commented, "We developed the WebNMS as a solid foundation and framework for building, testing and launching a custom EMS in a short timeframe. This is an absolute necessity for a company like Occam, which is evolving rapidly. The WebNMS allows an experienced developer like Velankani to build a world class EMS in a fraction of the time it would otherwise require."
Velankani's staff worked closely with Occam's engineers throughout the project. "We tested the OccamView EMS 5.0 with BLC 6000s located in our Bangalore lab and Occam Networks' Santa Barbara facility. We developed a simulator to add another 1,000 managed devices to the test network and used a combination of real devices and simulators throughout the testing. As a result, we demonstrated that OccamView can discover and manage devices across very large logical networks, located anywhere in the world," said Javanthi Narasimhan, Velankani's Vice President of Software Development.
Occam Networks released OccamView EMS 5.0 during Q2 2006.
Russ Sharer, Occam's Vice President of Marketing, added, "Telcos will be continuously adding new voice, data, video and multimedia services to their mix for the foreseeable future. Occam's BLC 6000 and OccamView will enable them to compete effectively in an ever-evolving marketplace by offering their customers the most up to date and cutting edge services possible."
About Velankani
Velankani Communications Technologies is an engineering and consulting service company focused on providing full product lifecycle development and support of enterprise and carrier grade products for the telecommunications industry. Velankani has more than 20 years experience supplying engineering services to the U.S. telecommunications industry. With its corporate headquarters in Piscataway, NJ, and a software development facility in Bangalore, Velankani has the facilities and human resources to complete a full range of systems integration and software and hardware development projects for its growing clientele.
About Occam
Occam Networks Inc. develops and builds innovative Broadband Loop Carrier networking equipment that enables telephone companies to deliver voice, data and video services. Based on Ethernet and Internet Protocol (IP) technologies, Occam's equipment allows telecommunications service providers to profitably deliver traditional phone services, as well as advanced voice-over-IP, residential and business broadband, and digital television services through a single, all-packet access network. Occam is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA. Additional information available at www.occamnetworks.com.
About AdventNet. Founded in 1996, AdventNet is a software company with a broad portfolio of elegantly designed, affordable products and web services. AdventNet offerings span a spectrum of vertical areas, including network & systems management (ManageEngine.com), security (SecureCentral.com), collaboration, CRM & office productivity applications (Zoho.com), database search and migration (SQLOne.com), and test automation tools (QEngine.com). AdventNet has a large and rapidly growing global customers base, and has presence in all the major markets. The company is based in Pleasanton, California. Additional information available at www.adventnet.com.
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