Riverstone Networks Granted Carrier Ethernet Certification

RS and 15000 Product Lines Among First to Achieve Official Recognition by Metro Ethernet Forum 


SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 13  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Riverstone Networks (OTC:RSTN.PK), a leader in carrier Ethernet solutions, today announced that the services provided by its RS and Riverstone 15008 Ethernet routers have been certified by Iometrix, the industry's preeminent testing authority, as being able to successfully support three key carrier Ethernet service types as specified by the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF): Ethernet Private Line, Ethernet Virtual Private Line and E-LAN/VPLS.

To prove compliance, Riverstone had to test the services of each of its carrier Ethernet routers twice in a series of 190 tests, passing each test both times.  Riverstone scored 100 percent on all 190 mandatory tests as well as on almost all of the optional cases.

The certification program, conducted by the MEF-endorsed lab Iometrix, is intended to reduce the need for service providers to design and run equipment tests in their own labs, saving both them and their vendors time and money and, ultimately, accelerating Ethernet deployments.

"The certification process promotes the advancement of Ethernet as a full fledged carrier technology," said Bob Manderville, President of Iometrix. "It provides legitimacy to the vendors, such as Riverstone, who successfully complete it as well as to the providers deploying Ethernet services using these vendors' solutions."

"It is one thing to deliver carrier Ethernet services successfully, but it is quite another to deliver carrier Ethernet services successfully across a range of platforms, big and small, all of which have the same functionality and feature set," said James Domine, Vice President, Product Management, Riverstone Networks. "As this certification shows, we've successfully done just that. The wealth of experience we've gained working with service providers over the past several years has consistently been applied to the R&D of both new and existing products. This allows us to deliver Ethernet solutions that really are up to the task of enabling carrier-grade residential and business services."

The MEF announced the full results of the certification process today at the IIR Carrier Ethernet World Congress, which is taking place in Berlin, Germany through September 16. In addition to exhibiting at the show, Riverstone will participate in a multi-vendor interoperability demonstration organized by the European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC) and sponsored by the MEF. The event will feature the five Metro Ethernet attributes defined by the MEF (Scalability, Protection, QoS, Service Management and TDM support) delivered over a network comprised of carrier Ethernet equipment from 12 vendors spanning the network core to the edge.

Riverstone Networks, Inc. (RSTN.PK) is a leading provider of carrier Ethernet infrastructure solutions for business and residential communications services. Riverstone's Ethernet router portfolio uniquely delivers the reliability that allows carriers to meet the triple play -- voice, video and data -- service requirements of their customers in a cost-effective and scalable way. Riverstone allows carriers to offer new services over existing revenue-generating networks permitting them to evolve to a next generation Ethernet infrastructure.

   Riverstone Contact (Americas, EMEA):    Agency Contact (Asia Pac):
   Amy Huitt                               Huang Hui
   Riverstone Networks                     Ruder Finn
   1-408-878-6918                          86 10 64627321 x611
                   

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