QUEBEC CITY and OTTAWA, July 7,
2015 /PRNewswire/ - EXFO Inc. (NASDAQ: EXFO; TSX: EXF) today
announced that the Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks
(CENGN), located in Ottawa Canada
announced it has selected EXFO Xtract Open Analytics Platform to
provide near real-time visualization of the health and performance
of CENGNs advanced lab and network. EXFO Xtract uses SNMP polling,
SNMP traps, MIB queries and other methods of inbound data gathering
in order to present users with real time views of metrics, KPIs,
and alarms in live networks.
"Given the highly dynamic nature of CENGNs lab and network due
to the various projects being simultaneously performed by our
fast-growing list of members, partners and SME clients, it is vital
to have visibility into the lab and network performance at all
times," said Ritch Dusome, CEO of
CENGN. "From the onset our lab was designed to be multi-tenant
with numerous PoCs and testing happening at the same time. It is
critical to continually monitor the lab and network and EXFO Xtract
will let us know immediately if we encounter any issues."
EXFO joined CENGN as a Tier 1 founding member in October of 2014
as a part of its SDN/NFV strategy. EXFO Xtract is a part of EXFO's
commitment to make in-kind contribution to the centre.
"EXFO Xtract is building momentum in Canada; it has already been installed at two
of Canada's largest telecom
carriers and now at CENGN," stated Claudio
Mazzuca, VP of Transport and Service Assurance for
EXFO. "Contract wins and installations in the United States are growing rapidly and we
are expecting to expand sales of this solution into Tier 1 & 2
mobile and fixed networks in Europe and Asia-Pacific through the latter half of
2015."
For more information, visit the EXFO Xtract Web page or the
CENGN Website.
About EXFO
Listed on the NASDAQ and TSX stock
exchanges, EXFO is a leading provider of next-generation test,
service assurance and end-to-end quality of experience solutions
for mobile and fixed network operators and equipment manufacturers
in the global telecommunications industry. EXFO's intelligent
solutions with contextually relevant analytics improve end-user
quality of experience, enhance network performance and drive
operational efficiencies throughout the network and service
delivery lifecycle. Key technologies supported include 3G, 4G/LTE,
VoLTE, IMS, video, Ethernet/IP, SNMP, OTN, FTTx, xDSL and various
optical technologies accounting for more than 38% of the global
portable fiber-optic test market. EXFO has a staff of approximately
1600 people in 25 countries, supporting more than 2000 customers
worldwide. For more information, visit EXFO.com and follow us on
the EXFO Blog, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Google+
and YouTube.
About CENGN
CENGN, Canada's Centre of Excellence in Next
Generation Networks, is a consortium of industry leaders dedicated
to accelerating the commercialization of next generation
communications solutions. CENGN founding members include;
Alcatel-Lucent, Allstream, BTI Systems, Cisco, EWA Canada, EXFO, Invest Ottawa, JDSU, Juniper,
Mistral Ventures, Rogers and TELUS. CENGN is an independent and
internationally recognized testing centre employing
interoperability between a multiple of software and hardware
products. CENGN's state of the art physical and virtual
multi-vendor, test, certification and validation platform provides
a unique environment to commercialize advanced products,
applications and services. For more information www.cengn.ca
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