CENX Introduces Utilization Management and Small Cell Support in Release 5

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CENX Introduces Utilization Management and Small Cell Support in Release 5

OTTAWA, February 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

    Enhances capacity planning and Ethernet services visualization

    CENX unveiled Release 5 of the company's flagship Service Orchestration software
solution, CENX Ethernet Lifecycle Manager. Release 5 delivers enhanced Utilization
Management, which enables network planning teams to use extensive analytics to identify
network hot spots and under-utilized capacity, maximize network efficiency, and forecast
timing of CAPEX investment. CENX Ethernet Lifecycle Manager 5 also delivers scalable small
cell support, thereby providing a common Service Orchestration solution to support large
scale deployments of both microcell and macrocell technologies. With Release 5, service
providers can reduce OPEX and defer CAPEX through improved capacity planning, improve the
customer experience, and easily support and manage additional Ethernet topologies such as
small cell, Ethernet Over SONET and microwave.

    News

       
        - CENX Ethernet Lifecycle Manager 5 features new capabilities designed to
          reduce OPEX, defer CAPEX, and easily support and manage small cells as part of their
          Ethernet transport services.
        - The enhanced Utilization Analytics module enables service providers to more
          effectively manage bandwidth utilization across their network. CENX Ethernet Lifecycle
          Manager 5 correlates network data and utilization statistics and identifies capacity
          congestion points at a per-UNI, per-NNI and per Ethernet Virtual Circuit (EVC) basis.
          It can also identify under-utilized segments of your network, thereby enabling you to
          more effectively optimize OPEX expenses.
        - Release 5 brings support for new topologies including small cell, Ethernet
          Over SONET, and microwave, allowing service providers to manage fault, capacity, and
          performance in a single end-to-end view across a wider range of Ethernet topology
          types.
        - Release 5 features improved vertical scalability to support more than 100,000
          microcell and macrocell sites, and enhanced horizontal scalability, thereby providing
          a future-proof Service Orchestration solution.
        - CENX Ethernet Lifecycle Manager 5 is expected to be available in Q2 2014.

    Quotes
Ed Ogonek
CENX President and CEO

    "Global service providers tell us that millions of dollars are spent each year on
premature capacity upgrades," said Ed Ogonek, CENX President and CEO. "CENX Ethernet
Lifecycle Manager 5 gives network planning teams the tools to invest in precise capacity
and performance enhancements based on what is needed, and when it is required. Our support
for small cell showcases the scalability and future-proof value of the CENX solution as a
common Ethernet transport Services Orchestration platform."

    Market backdrop

       
        - Cisco predicts that mobile data traffic will increase 13-fold between 2012
          and 2017. Mobile data traffic will grow at a CAGR of 66 percent between 2012 and 2017,
          reaching 11.2 exabytes per month by 2017. This highlights the need for better aligning
          network capacity timing and CAPEX investment.
        - Infonetics
          [http://www.infonetics.com/pr/2013/1H13-Small-Cell-Mobile-Backhaul-Market-Highlights.asp ]
          expects a cumulative $3.6 billion to be spent worldwide on outdoor small cell
          backhaul equipment between 2013 to 2017. Deployments of outdoor small cells will be
          driven largely by mobile operators' needs to enhance saturated macrocellular networks
          in urban, high-traffic areas and improve the mobile broadband experience.

    About CENX Ethernet Lifecycle Manager

       
        - CENX Ethernet Lifecycle Manager
          [http://www.cenx.com/ethernet-lifecycle-manager/ethernet-lifecycle-manager.html ] is
          the industry's only software and services solution focused on automating the
          orchestration of Carrier Ethernet transport services for mobile backhaul
          [http://www.cenx.com/solutions/mobile-backhaul.html ], cloud data center Ethernet
          exchanges [http://www.cenx.com/solutions/cloud-data-center.html ], and Ethernet
          access [http://www.cenx.com/solutions/ethernet-access.html ] providers in today's
          networks and next generation software-defined networks.
        - At the core of the CENX solution is a services-centric information model that
          brings together data from existing operational support systems, network elements and
          other disparate sources. The CENX solution applies big data analytics and automation
          to audit, unify and correlate these fragmented data inputs into actionable services
          intelligence. It provides end-to-end visualization of Ethernet services, including
          off-net services, provided by third party alternate access providers.
        - CENX Ethernet Lifecycle Manager features software and services modules that
          deliver tangible business results including 70%+ improvement in inventory accuracy,
          80%+ reduction in services turn-up time, and an estimated 20%+ improvement in
          operations savings.

    Meet with CENX at Mobile World Congress on February 24-27 in Barcelona, Spain.
Hospitality Suite 2J12 - Hall 2
http://www.cenx.com/learn/events/mwc-2014.html

    About CENX
CENX provides Service Orchestration solutions for Ethernet transport in today's IP
networks and new generation Software-Defined Networks. We bring the power of Web 2.0,
automation and big data analytics to visualize Ethernet transport services, and
orchestrate service delivery across multiple operator networks. With CENX, service
providers and cloud exchange providers can accelerate time to revenue, visualize services
end-to-end, and assure inter-carrier performance - across the entire Ethernet lifecycle.
http://www.cenx.com

    For further information:

       
        Contact
        Hannah Whitrow
        Zonic Group PR
        hwhitrow@zonicgroup.com
        +44(0)1672-550126

    Links and search terms
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Defined Networks, Ethernet Lifecycle Manager, mobile backhaul, cloud data centers,
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