OCTOBER 8, 2008 -- OnPATH Technologies, provider of intelligent infrastructure switches that enable companies to automate and virtualize their physical infrastructure layer, today announced it has become a member of the Advanced Fiber Connectivity and Switching Forum (search for AFCS). The newly formed group is focused on accelerating the adoption and deployment of fiber connectivity and optical switching technologies worldwide.
"OnPATH's active participation with our networking peers reflects our commitment to drive automated connectivity innovation to benefit the industry," contends OnPATH's chief sales and marketing officer Brian McCann. "The AFCS Forum will facilitate industry dialogue and stimulate new ideas. OnPATH looks forward to contributing our time, intellectual capital, and physical layer connectivity experience to this initiative."
The AFCS Forum will initially study the application of physical layer switching and management tools to perform the following tasks remotely: fiber provisioning, fiber protection and restoration, and fiber test, monitoring, and troubleshooting. It will also work to resolve obstacles that stand in the way of remote fiber management technology deployments. This will include collaboration with industry standards bodies to identify needs for updated or new standards.
As a member of the AFCS Forum, OnPATH is joining companies like ADC, AT&T, Calient Networks, Corning Cable Systems, FiberZone, Ovum, Polatis, Telcordia Technologies Inc., Tyco Electronics, and Verizon.
OnPATH also announced that CTO Larry Cantwell will join the AFCS Applications Sub-Committee, and corporate marketing manager Beth Harte will sit on the Marketing Sub-Committee.
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