Nortel 100G to carry critical traffic for SC'08 Conference
NOVEMBER 17, 2008 -- Nortel (search for Nortel) today announced that its 100G equipment will be utilized as part of SCinet, the high-performance network built to support the annual SuperComputing Conference, to be held this week in Austin, TX. SCinet also provides wide area connectivity to remote research demonstrations around the globe.
Nortel's 100G technology--which offers 10 times the capacity of today's 10G optical networks--will help support the massive bandwidth that the conference's approximately 350 exhibitors require to power their conference activities.
Traffic running over the network will include demonstrations of revolutionary new applications, supercomputing, and networking experiments. Nortel says its 100G is fast enough to enable demonstrations of high-performance digital multimedia networking such as next-generation HD virtual meeting capabilities, which require high-speed optical connectivity on a global scale.
"100G technology is at the leading-edge of network innovation, which makes it a perfect fit for SCinet," reports Patrick Dorn, senior network engineer at NCSA and SC'08 SCinet committee chair. "Our network needs to have the capacity to support a showcase of tomorrow's high-performance applications and computing technologies across fields like astrophysics, nanoscience, and climate research, which require a super-fast network in order to perform at their best. We are pleased to collaborate with Nortel to provide this capability."
"SCinet is putting 100G to the test, relying on it to deliver a high-quality networking experience at SC'08, which is one of the world's premier scientific and technical innovation conferences," adds Philippe Morin, president of Metro Ethernet Networks at Nortel. "Nortel's ability to meet these real-life requirements demonstrates the advanced stage of development of our 100G solution. This is a testament to Nortel's innovation and leadership in high-speed, high-capacity optical solutions."
SC08 is the third public demonstration of Nortel's 100G technology this year, say company representatives. The technology has also been demonstrated with Comcast and Verizon .
2008 marks the ninth consecutive year that Nortel has contributed technology to SCinet. This year, the network includes Nortel's 100G prototype interfaces, which are operating in the commercially available OME 6500 and over the Common Photonic Layer line to support the critical traffic requirements for the event.
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