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GWI Deploys Cyan for Major Network Expansion
PETALUMA, CA, Oct 11, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
Cyan today announced that GWI, Northern New England's leading
telecommunications provider, has deployed Cyan Z-Series(TM)
packet-optical transport platforms (P-OTPs) and Cyan 360(TM)
multi-layer software support systems to enable rapid services
expansion in the region and meet the needs of their customers. With
new co-location sites in Boston and New York City, as well as a major
role in Maine's Three-Ring Binder project and new managed and hosted
offerings for enterprises, GWI is leveraging Cyan's metro and
regional solutions to create a Service Level Aware Network(SM)
framework for superior services and network efficiency.
"It is an exciting time for GWI right now, as we continue to grow our
network, services and customer base throughout New England," said
David Allen, vice president of infrastructure at GWI. "Looking
towards this future, it is clear that Cyan's solutions, with their
modular hardware and software architecture, can handle every network
scenario we currently have, and elegantly scale as our needs change.
We have had a great experience working with the Cyan team, the
products and their world-class support organization, which have
proven very valuable to our team."
Cyan Solutions Power a Wide Variety of GWI Expansion Projects
With the flexibility of the Z-Series product family, Cyan is able to
support GWI's network in a number of deployment settings, including:
-- 10 GbE (Gigabit Ethernet) Ring Connecting Portland to Boston and New
York City - GWI recently announced the plans for this new phase of
their network to provide a stronger connection for the state of Maine
to the rest of the country. With Cyan's Z-Series solutions deployed in
co-location centers in downtown Boston and Manhattan, Cyan is
providing a fully redundant network for GWI's customers. The Z-Series
P-OTP integrates high-density, line-rate 10 GbE switching with
connection oriented Ethernet (COE) transport to provide low-latency
Ethernet performance, guaranteed end-to-end QoS and carrier-grade
resiliency.
-- Three Ring Binder Stimulus Project - One of the primary authors of the
grant proposal that brought the state-wide Three Ring Binder project,
a $25.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce coupled
with an additional $7 million in private funding, GWI is providing
services to businesses and homes along the 1,100-mile fiber network.
Connecting many rural areas of the state to Portland, this network
provides broadband access to numerous anchor institutions and brings
the promise of large economic growth. Cyan's Z-Series products,
deployed within a data center in Portland located along the network,
provide high capacity and operational efficiency for this growing
network. The Z-Series integrates optional multi-degree ROADM and
high-density DWDM capabilities to maximize per fiber scalability and
flexibility across multi-ring topologies.
-- Expanded and Hosted Business Services - In addition to network
expansion, GWI is continuing to innovate new business-class service
offerings, highlighted by managed and hosted services, such as hosted
IP PBX, storage and back-up and recovery services. With plans for new
managed and cloud-based offerings, Cyan will assist GWI in their
service delivery by providing the bandwidth, network flexibility and
performance needed to meet the needs of their business customers.
"Innovative service providers like GWI are always a pleasure to partner
with," said Eric Clelland, Cyan's co-founder and vice president of
sales at Cyan. "With a number of expansive projects underway, it is
essential that Cyan provides GWI with not only the Z-Series solutions
for scaling network capacity as their customer's needs evolve, but
also the management tools to tackle these projects efficiently."
About GWI
Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Biddeford, Maine, GWI is a
leader in Northern New England's telecommunication industry. We offer
innovative and cost effective telephone and Internet solutions
designed for residential and business customers. With friendly 24/7
Maine-based customer support and best-in-breed technology to ensure
fast, secure, and reliable access, GWI makes the Internet easy for
our customers. Recognized in 2003, 2004, 2010 and 2011 as one of the
country's fastest growing private companies by Inc. magazine, GWI is
the local, independent company that knows Maine people. If you're
looking for a local alternative, a company that listens to you and
will respond quickly, connect with GWI. Call toll free 866-494-2020
or visit www.gwi.net to get connected now. You can also follow GWI on
Social Media at http://www.facebook.com/gwiinc or
http://www.twitter.com/gwimaine.
About Cyan
Cyan is an industry-leading, global innovator of multi-layer
packet-optical transport platforms, software and SaaS solutions, and
professional services that fundamentally transform networks into
Service Level Aware Networks(SM). Cyan has a wide range of
deployments across the world. Cyan customers range from multi-million
line local access service providers, to regional transport, business
Ethernet, wireless backhaul, data center and cable MSO service
providers. Cyan enables service providers to scale, extend, and
simplify conventional and packet-based networks for more profitable
service offerings. For additional information, please visit
www.cyaninc.com or follow Cyan on Twitter at
http://twitter.com/CyanNews.
Media Contacts
Frank Wiener
+1 707.280.6280
Email Contact
Twitter: @CyanNews
Engage PR for Cyan
Jeannette Bitz
Email Contact
+1 510.748.8200 ext. 207
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