Burlingame, Calif., – June 23, 2008 -
Shenick Network Systems, provider of per-flow IP communication test and
monitoring systems, announced that Ciena® Corporation, the network
specialist, is using Shenick’s diversifEye™ to test full two-way active
measurement protocol (TWAMP) compliance for its customers.
The TWAMP protocol defines
a flexible method for measuring round-trip IP performance among any two
devices in a network that supports the standard, such as measuring time
delay on a call. Full/complete TWAMP testing enables carriers to go one
step further and TWAMP test each node in the network for ultimate end
user quality of service (QoS). With Shenick’s full TWAMP testing,
Ciena’s test engineers can perform a network “health check” by
measuring the complete IP performance of underlying transport, right
down to an individual flow basis, through cooperation between network
elements that have already been deployed.
Operators
of large enterprise networks, like those of Ciena’s customers, benefit
by having a flexible choice of solutions and full visibility into
network performance via interoperability among all devices deployed in
their networks. It also gives network providers a way to identify
congested parts of a network or infrastructure and deliver QoS to end
users.
“Measuring the performance of IP networks with
standard protocols has always been a challenge,” said Robert Winters,
CMO, Shenick Network Systems. “Today Shenick’s full TWAMP capabilities
can test and monitor what’s happening on a network right down to an
individual flow basis for a variety of different applications; voice,
video and data. This brings tremendous benefits to companies like Ciena
and its customers, who want to deliver QoS to end users.”
“Several
of our customers have standardized TWAMP as the test of choice for
measuring the health of a network,” said Mike Nielsen, vice president
at Ciena Corporation.“ Shenick is a key partner for Ciena as we ensure
our customer networks are TWAMP compliant.”
Shenick’s
diversifEye10G is a completely integrated high performance 10Gbps test
system that provides both network operators and communications
equipment manufacturers with the ability to create and test the most
realistic converged IP application usage scenarios covering QoS,
individual subscriber experience, functional verification, high load
and key performance limitations.
About Shenick Network Systems
Shenick
is an award winning provider of IP communications test and performance
monitoring systems. Shenick’s solutions enable converged IP network
service providers to test and monitor the complete service delivery
life cycle from lab to live deployment. Established in 2000, Shenick
has deployed its diversifEye™, diversifEye10G™ and servicEye™
integrated network, application and security attack emulation and
performance monitoring systems throughout North and South America,
Europe, Asia and Africa. IP-oriented network service providers,
communications equipment manufacturers, large enterprise and
governments rely on Shenick's diversifEye to assess their network,
application and security infrastructure performance limitations.
Shenick's diversifEye addresses key next-generation converged network
and application performance issues covering IPTV, VoD, Triple Play
(VoIP video, data), IMS, Security Attack Mitigation, Deep Packet
Inspection (DPI), Traffic Shaping, Peer to Peer (P2P), Application
Server, Metro Ethernet and IPv4/IPv6 hybrid network deployments.