Capitoline launches the first integrated Data Centre Quality system

The Capitoline Quality Mark (CQM) is an independent quality certification service for data centres, computer rooms and the people that work in them to prove compliance to international standards and industry best practice. It is the first and only quality certification scheme to integrate quality compliance schemes for data centre design, management, people and site technical requirements.

WELWYN GARDEN CITY, Hertfordshire, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Capitoline Quality Mark®

The Capitoline Quality Mark (CQM) is an independent quality certification service for data centres, computer rooms and the people that work in them to prove compliance to international standards and industry best practice. It is the first and only quality certification scheme to integrate quality compliance schemes for data centres.

• People
• Designs
• Sites
• Management

CQS Picture (Photo:http://www.prlog.org)

Management

Capitoline CQM looks at data centre operational management and the policies, procedures and documentation that are used to manage the enterprise and performs a gap analysis to identify what procedures are in place and what is missing and then launches a plan to fill in the missing gaps.

Guideline Standards: ISO 27000, ISO 50001, ISO 9000, ISO 14000, EU Code of Conduct

This is not necessarily an audit against these complete standards but a comparison against best practice management techniques and importantly the written policies and procedures that are most relevant to the data centre environment.

Sites that meet all the required operational management policies and procedures are awarded the Capitoline DCOM Site Quality Mark.

Sites that meet the energy management monitoring requirements of ISO 50001 are awarded the Capitoline site Energy Management Mark.

People

Development of the site operational management techniques and the subsequent training of the staff go hand-in-hand.

Capitoline offers both technical design and operational management training.

Data Centre Design, DCD, is a 3-day course on the techniques of correct design and sizing of power, air conditioning, connectivity and related facilities items.

Data Centre Operational Management, DCOM, is a 2-day course that course that guides people through the operational management procedures for a data centre.

Guideline standards: TIA 942, EN 50600, ISO 27000

DCD and DCOM can be taken together to achieve the Data Centre Expert, DCE® qualification. The DCE certification is a Level 5 award with the European Qualification Framework, EQF.

Installations

Capitoline can audit existing sites to judge their compliance against the TIA 942 Tier rating scheme and also to monitor Health & Safety issues, energy reduction strategies and business best practices. A gap analysis technique leads to a report detailing any shortcomings and the route to achieve the desired compliance level. Certification for the site is provided by Capitoline.

Guideline Standards: TIA 942, Green Grid metrics, EU Health & Safety Directives

Designs

The best time to audit a data centre is at the design stage! Capitoline will study the architectural, electrical and mechanical plans for the site and judge them against meeting the original design intent and compliance to a TIA 942 Tier level or other agreed Standard.

Guideline Standards: TIA 942

A gap analysis technique leads to a report detailing any shortcomings and the route to achieve the desired compliance level. Certification for the site is provided by Capitoline.

Capitoline partner, Barry Elliott, said, “We are not inventing any new data centre standards but just offering an independent certification scheme from a professional engineering consultancy against the existing relevant standards.”

Capitoline LLP is an independent engineering consultancy specialising in audit, design and training for data centres and computer rooms.

http://www.capitoline.org

Contact:
+44 800 0148014
belliott@capitoline.co.uk

Nistica and NTT Electronics Announce Joint Development Program for High Port-Count Wavelength Selective Switches

Innovative optical component from NTT Electronics and advanced optical module technology from Nistica is being commercialized with manufacturing excellence from Fujikura

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. & YOKOHAMA, Japan–(BUSINESS WIRE)–

Nistica, a Fujikura subsidiary supplying agile optical networking solutions, and NTT Electronics (NEL), a global leader in integrated optical and electronics technologies, today announced their entry into twin wavelength selective switches designed for next-generation route-and-select architectures. Nistica, NEL and Fujikura are co-operating in the joint development of multiple twin WSS modules optimized for transmission of 100 Gb/s channels and future super-channel formats at higher capacity. These cost-effective, small form-factor products will be manufactured by Fujikura Optical Vietnam, Fujikura’s manufacturing subsidiary.

“NEL has commercialized optical and electronics components based on key innovations from NTT. Innovation should emerge when different technologies are harmonized. I am expecting that this collaboration will expand the product portfolio of NEL before long,” said Dr. Hiroshi Yoshimura, President and Chief Executive Officer, NTT Electronics.

Echoing the sentiment, Takamasa Kato, Chairman of Nistica Board of Directors and Fujikura Executive Vice-President, complimented the teams: “Joint development efforts that bring together diverse skills are critical in meeting customer needs. Fujikura’s established manufacturing systems will ease the flow of these high-end optical modules into the market in record time.”

Optical Networking System vendors are demanding building blocks for network nodes that satisfy the upcoming needs for colorless, directionless, contentionless and gridless (CDCG) applications. Several key customers have designed twin WSS modules in their system architectures, and high-volume applications are expected in the second half of 2013.

“Nistica’s experience in developing stable low port-count WSS modules, Fujikura’s experience in advanced manufacturing techniques and key technological advances from NEL have enabled the development of high-performance high port-count twin modules that will fit in a single-slot,” remarked Ashish Vengsarkar, CEO of Nistica. “Customers have been impressed with the versatility of these building blocks in various software-defined configurations.”

Daryl Inniss, VP and practice leader, communications components at Ovum, remarked, “Cloud computing and video applications are driving high transmission rates and new architectures. As a result, carriers are demanding high-performance, high-density, high-flexibility, and low-cost solutions. A high-port count WSS with flexible-grid technology is a key building block in meeting their needs.”

Nistica will demonstrate the operation of twin WSS modules at the Optical Fiber Communications conference (OFC) being held in Anaheim, California, March 18 – 22, 2013. At OFC, Nistica Chief Technology Officer Thomas Strasser will chair a panel on The Future of ROADM Technology: Deployment and Functionality and teach a short course on ROADM Technologies and Network Applications (SC261).

NEL will update the key products and roadmaps of optical and electronic components including WSS produced in collaboration with Nistica for 100G digital-coherent networks at OFC.

About Nistica

Nistica is a global supplier of agile optical modules that simplify, automate and make affordable the delivery of high-bandwidth applications, enabling systems providers across multiple industries to meet ever-increasing demand. Formed in January 2005, Nistica is now a subsidiary of Fujikura, partnering with Texas Instruments and other industry leaders to expand its global reach and scale production. For more information, visit the company website www.nistica.com

About NTT Electronics

NTT Electronics is a leading provider of high-quality active and passive optical components for telecommunications. As a member of the NTT Group, one of the world’s leading telecommunications companies, NTT Electronics develops and supplies products in the areas of photonics, broadband networking, security and digital video. For more information, go to www.ntt-electronics.com/en/

About Fujikura Limited

Fujikura Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) is one of Japan’s foremost manufactures of electric wire and cables. Since its establishment in 1885, the company has introduced technologies and products that meet the highest global standards. Their extensive product lineup and expertise are the culmination of more than a century in business, combined with a positive, energetic corporate attitude. In addition to electric wire and cables, today the company also offers a growing range of products for the information and communications industries, notably optical fibers and fiber-optic components, and such electronic materials and components as electronic wires, flexible printed circuits and so on. For more information, go to www.fujikura.co.jp/eng/

Contact:
Nistica
Dario Falquier, +1 908-566-1349
dfalquier@nistica.com
or
NTT Electronics (NEL) America, Inc.
Atul Srivastava, 201-566-1770
pr@nel-america.com
or
Fujikura
Tetsuya Noda, +81 3-5606-1112
tetsuya.noda@jp.fujikura.com

OFS Announces The Launch Of Few-Mode Fibers Series

Designed for Space Division Multiplexing

ANAHEIM, Calif., March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — OFC/ NFOEC 2013, Booth 2627 — OFS, a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of innovative fiber optic network products, today announced the launch of a series of few-mode fibers designed for space division multiplexing.

“Few-mode fibers can be used for space division multiplexing where information is transmitted simultaneous on several modes thereby further increasing the transmission capacity of an optical fiber,” says Robert Lingle Jr., Director of Fiber Design and Systems Research at OFS. “Spatial multiplexing on few mode fibers is one of the very hot research topics at this year’s Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC),” he adds.

The few-mode fibers offered include three versions: a two-mode fiber with graded-index core, which has a low differential group delay; a step-index two-mode fiber; and a step-index four-mode fiber.

“The OFS few-mode fibers have been developed as a part of OFS participation in the European Union supported collaborative Research & Development project MODE-GAP,” says Bera Palsdottir, Manager of Incubation Center OFS Denmark. “The fibers have been tested by our business partners at ModeGap, already resulting in several publications, with the demonstration of transmission of 57.6 terabit per second (Tbps) using 6 spatial modes being the most impressive result thus far,” she adds.

More details on the ModeGap project can be found on the website http://modegap.eu/

About OFS
OFS is a world-leading designer, manufacturer and provider of optical fiber, optical fiber cable, connectivity, FTTX and specialty photonics solutions. Our marketing, sales, manufacturing and research teams provide forward-looking, innovative products and solutions in areas including Telecommunications, Medicine, Industrial Automation, Sensing, Government, Aerospace and Defense applications. We provide reliable, cost effective optical solutions to enable our customers to meet the needs of today’s and tomorrow’s digital and energy consumers and businesses.

OFS’ corporate lineage dates back to 1876 and includes technology powerhouses such as AT&T and Lucent Technologies. Today, OFS is owned by Furukawa Electric, a multi-billion dollar global leader in optical communications.

Headquartered in Norcross (near Atlanta) Georgia, U.S., OFS is a global provider with facilities in China, Denmark, Germany, Russia, and the United States.

For more information, please visit www.ofsoptics.com.

OFS PR Contact:
Sherry Salyer
Public Relations
shsalyer@ofsoptics.com
+1 770-798-4210

EXFO Launches IQS-2800 ITLA Tunable Laser Source

QUEBEC CITY, March 18, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ – EXFO Inc. (EXFO) (EXF.TO) announced today the introduction of the IQS-2800 ITLA Tunable Laser Source, jointly developed with Coherent Solutions and exclusively available from EXFO.

The recent bandwidth explosion is pushing next-generation transmission systems to new capacity limits requiring the use of complex high-order modulation formats like dual-polarization quadrature phase-shift keying (DPQPSK). Housed in the IQS-636 platform, the IQS-2800 is a modular test solution that provides researchers and engineers with a comprehensive way to design and test future ultra-high-capacity network architectures. The lasers are tunable over the C and L bands with a 10-pm resolution.

EXFO’s IQS-2800 ITLA Tunable Laser Source is a cost-effective and versatile solution for various applications, such as coherent/OFDM transmission and WDM network emulation. The IQS-2800 delivers the high power output, 100-kHz narrow linewidth and high resolution tunability required by today’s demanding applications, including 100G and 400G coherent transmission. The IQS-2800 is available now.

Please visit EXFO at OFC/NFOEC (March 19-21, 2013, Anaheim Convention Center, Booth 2212) for a demo of the new IQS-2800 ITLA Tunable Laser Source.

About EXFO
Listed on the NASDAQ and TSX stock exchanges, EXFO is among the leading providers of next-generation test and service assurance solutions for wireline and wireless network operators and equipment manufacturers in the global telecommunications industry. The company offers innovative solutions for the development, installation, management and maintenance of converged, IP fixed and mobile networks—from the core to the edge. Key technologies supported include 3G, 4G/LTE, IMS, Ethernet, OTN, FTTx, VDSL2, ADSL2+ and various optical technologies accounting for more than 35% of the portable fiber-optic test market. EXFO has a staff of approximately 1700 people in 25 countries, supporting more than 2000 customers worldwide. For more information, visit www.EXFO.com.

About Coherent Solutions
Coherent Solutions is a leading photonics technology company based in New Zealand . The company develops and manufactures Test & Measurement equipment specifically for the Coherent Optical Communications market.

SOURCE: EXFO inc.
Contact:

Marie-Anne Grondin
Public Relations and Media Specialist
(418) 683-0913, Ext. 23417
marie-anne.grondin@EXFO.com

Vance Oliver
Manager, Investor Relations
(418) 683-0913, Ext. 23733
vance.oliver@EXFO.com

Avago Technologies Expands Atlas Optical Engine Product Family With New 150G and 168G Transmitter/Receiver Solutions

Industry’s Highest Aggregate Bandwidth Per Module Maximizes the Delivery of 12.5G and 14G Data Channels for Next-Generation Networks

SAN JOSE, Calif., and SINGAPORE, March 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Avago Technologies (AVGO), a leading supplier of analog interface components for wireless, wireline, and industrial applications, today introduced four new sets of Atlas Optical Engine 12-channel parallel optics transmitter and receiver modules, the 12.5G and 14G MiniPOD(TM) modules and the 12.5G and 14G MicroPOD(TM) modules. These devices are designed to maximize the delivery of 12×12.5Gbps and 12x14Gbps embedded optical solutions targeting high density backplane and midplane applications for next-generation Ethernet, Optical Transport Networking (OTN), Infiniband and high-speed interconnects.

12×12.5G Solutions

• MiniPOD AFBR-812VxyZ/AFBR-822VxyZ
• MicroPOD AFBR-77D2SZ/AFBR-78D2SZ
• Data Rate Agnostic Supporting 1G to 12.5G
• Compatible with 12xQDR Infiniband
• 850nm VCSEL Array in Transmit; PIN Array in Receive
• Link Distance up to 100 meters

12x14G Solutions

• MiniPOD AFBR-814VxyZ/AFBR-824VxyZ
• MicroPOD AFBR-77D4SZ/AFBR-78D4SZ
• Data Rate Agnostic Supporting 1G to 14G
• Compatible with 12xFDR Infiniband
• 850nm VCSEL Array in Transmit; PIN Array in Receive
• Link Distance up to 50 meters

“The introduction of the 12.5G and 14G MicroPOD and MiniPOD embedded optics solutions demonstrates Avago’s continued technology leadership in parallel optics, enabling customers to go beyond the standard 100G solutions by maximizing system bandwidth, channel density and power efficiency in their systems,” said Philip Gadd, vice president and general manager of the Fiber Optics Product Division at Avago.

Availability

Samples of the AFBR-812VxyZ/AFBR-822VxyZ and AFBR-814VxyZ/AFBR-824VxyZ are available in the MiniPOD package, and samples of the AFBR-77D2SZ/AFBR-78D2SZ and AFBR-77D4SZ/AFBR-78D4SZ are available in the MicroPOD package. Please contact your local Avago Technologies sales representative for pricing.

Further information on the MiniPOD AFBR-812VxyZ/AFBR-822VxyZ and AFBR-814VxyZ/AFBR-824VxyZ and the MicroPOD AFBR-77D2SZ/AFBR-78D2SZ and AFBR-77D4SZ/AFBR-78D4SZ is available online at http://www.avagotech.com/pages/en/fiber_optics/parallel_optics/minipod_micropod.

About Avago Technologies

Avago Technologies is a leading designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of analog, mixed signal and optoelectronics components and subsystems with a focus in III-V compound semiconductor design and processing. Backed by an extensive portfolio of intellectual property including approximately 4,200 patents and pending applications, Avago products serve three primary target markets: wireless communications, wired infrastructure, and industrial and other. Avago has a global employee presence and heritage of technical innovation dating back 50 years to its Hewlett-Packard roots. For more information, visit Avago’s website: www.avagotech.com.

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