OpVista Joins Internet2

MILPITAS, Calif., May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- OpVista today announced that the company has joined Internet2, an advanced networking consortium led by the research and education community. OpVista joins a pre-eminent group of, service providers, other networking technology companies, and Internet2's university and government members to develop the most cutting-edge networking technologies.

"Whether it be the development of advanced applications for tele-health and telemedicine services, a high capacity network enhancing the work of radio astronomers or bringing the paintings of The Metropolitan Museum of Art to students in Alaska through video-conferencing -- advanced optical transport technologies are essential to the fulfillment of Internet2's objectives," said Rick Summerhill, Internet2 Director of Research, Architecture, and Technology. "As a leading player in the DWDM transport market, we look forward to OpVista's active participation and collaboration within the Internet2 community, especially in important projects like the control plane developments within our Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure [HOPI] initiative."

Motivated by extreme applications that demand performance at the limits of today's commercial networks, the Internet2 community initiated the HOPI project to leverage advances in optical networking technologies in the context of revolutionary network architectures. HOPI provides Internet2 members like OpVista and international collaborators with a test bed to analyze and experiment with new optical protocols and paradigms.

"OpVista's membership in Internet2 results from our success in helping cable and telecom service providers develop their optical transport infrastructure for bandwidth-intensive converged services. We look forward to sharing our valuable experience with our Internet2 colleagues in the areas of upgrading network capacity via existing fiber infrastructure and improving spectral efficiency. And in turn, we believe that our experience and collaboration with the Internet2 community will help us to test out the most leading-edge optical capabilities in ways not possible on the commercial Internet today," said Winston Way, Chief Technology Officer, OpVista.

About Internet2(R)

Internet2 is the foremost U.S. advanced networking consortium. Led by the research and education community since 1996, Internet2 promotes the missions of its members by providing both leading-edge network capabilities and unique partnership opportunities that together facilitate the development, deployment and use of revolutionary Internet technologies. By bringing research and academia together with technology leaders from industry, government and the international community, Internet2 promotes collaboration and innovation that has a fundamental impact on the future of the Internet.

About OpVista

The OpVista Optical Network architecture turns existing network infrastructure into carrier Ethernet-ready networks easily and cost- effectively. Universally compatible with existing DWDM systems and fiber plant, the OpVista product family provides the most effective way for carriers to boost metro and regional network capacity to meet exploding consumer and business demand for high-bandwidth video, such as HDTV, and IP-based services. Furthermore, using OpVista's unique "optical multicasting: solution, carriers can deliver bandwidth in single wavelength increments to any node at any time. As carriers make the transition to IP and Ethernet-based services, OpVista is there to help carriers realize greater revenue and reduce both operating and capital expenditures. OpVista is based in Milpitas, CA. For more information visit http://www.opvista.com/.