RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, April 3, 2012 – Carrier Ethernet News (CEN), a leading source of Carrier Ethernet industry news, information, and commentary, today announced its 2012 Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) webinar series. The first installment, “Transforming Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Concepts into Business Winning Realities”, slated for May 2, 2012 at 13:00 GMT / 9:00 am EDT, brings together the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), Cyan, and Overture to address new opportunities and potential offered by CE 2.0 migrations. With this webinar series, CEN promises to bring greater understanding and awareness of this second generation of Carrier Ethernet.

“CE 2.0 represents the next stage in the evolution of a technology that is a fundamental part of today’s communications infrastructure. Its impact is already being felt throughout the industry, with early adopters already rolling out new CE 2.0-based services,” said Nan Chen, president, MEF. “This webinar will illustrate its benefits, such as increased revenues and greater service differentiation, as well as helping attendees prepare to make the leap to CE 2.0 in their own operations.”

The “Transforming Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Concepts into Business Winning Realities” webinar will enable attendees to explore this second generation of Carrier Ethernet. Webinar speakers include Nan Chen, president, MEF; Scott Knox, director of solutions development, Overture; and Rafael Francis, Sr. director of solutions marketing, Cyan. Among the topics to be covered are:

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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, March 20, 2012 – Overture, the preferred Carrier Ethernet edge and aggregation partner for service providers and network operators worldwide, today announced the appointment of Fraser Moffatt to the position of regional vice president of sales, Canada. Moffatt joins Overture after having recently led Canadian sales activities for Ciena Communications and ANDA Networks and draws upon over twenty years of professional business development experience providing solutions to service providers. Moffatt is based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

“We place tremendous value on our Canadian customers and fully expect to grow our business in the region, building upon our reputation for delivering quality products, strong service management and world-class support,” said Scott St. John, senior vice president of sales. “Bringing Fraser onboard demonstrates our commitment to the Canadian market, and brings Overture a seasoned executive who shares our passion for ensuring our customers’ success.”

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, March 29, 2012 – Overture, the preferred Carrier Ethernet edge and aggregation partner for service providers and network operators worldwide, today announced the appointment of Mario Velez to the position of vice president of sales, Caribbean and Latin America. Velez joins Overture after having recently led the Andean and Southern Cone operations for ECI Telecom while living in Bogota, Colombia.   Velez’ prior experiences include sales and executive management positions with BT, Worldcom, UUNET, Facturnet, Grupo ONO and Telkonet.

“Our Caribbean and Latin American team has done a tremendous job this past year establishing Overture in the region and acquiring new tier 1 customers for the company.  We continue to see a strong demand from CALA service providers for Overture’s solutions and want to ensure that we have strong leadership in place to scale our presence in the region to support our growing customer base,” said Scott St. John, senior vice president of sales. “Mario brings a wealth of experience to us and we’re proud to have him on the team.”

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, AND PETALUMA, CA, March 6, 2012 – Overture, the preferred Carrier Ethernet edge and aggregation partner for service providers and network operators worldwide, and Cyan, a global provider of packet-optical transport solutions, today announced a strategic partnership. The two companies are working together to give service providers the best possible tools to plan, build, operate, and verify Carrier Ethernet networks.

“Service providers are asking for an integrated solution for the edge, aggregation, and metro networks that offers simple service management and visibility into the performance of the services they are delivering,” said Jeff Reedy, CEO, Overture. “Cyan offers an excellent management solution to plan, operate, and verify network operations along with a very strong packet-optical solution for business services and mobile backhaul. Overture and Cyan are committed to integrating all our products into Cyan 360 management suite to help service providers build and maintain world-class Carrier Ethernet networks.”

“The Overture-Cyan partnership is the optimal combination of software and Carrier Ethernet expertise,” said Michael Hatfield, president and CEO, Cyan. “This collaboration brings solutions to the market that will fundamentally simplify end-to-end Carrier Ethernet networks.”

The relationship developed through a number of successful customer engagements where the two companies delivered proven interoperability for G.8032 Ethernet protection switching and MEF E-Line and E-LAN services. That led to the integration of the Overture 4200, 4300, 24 and 26 edge devices into Cyan’s CyPlan, CyMS, and CyPortal – which comprise the world-class Cyan 360 solution. The two companies are actively working to integrate additional Overture solutions into the Cyan 360 management suite.

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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, February 23, 2012 –Overture, the preferred Carrier Ethernet edge and aggregation partner for service providers and network operators worldwide, said it welcomes today’s announcement of the MEF definition for Carrier Ethernet 2.0, the next generation of Carrier Ethernet. Unveiled by the MEF and Ethernet co-inventor, Robert Metcalfe, Carrier Ethernet 2.0 identifies a set of important new extensions to the first generation of Carrier Ethernet – now referred to as Carrier Ethernet 1.0 – that includes global interconnection standards, class of service, and service management features not present in the original.  

“The emergence of Ethernet as the preeminent technology for communications services has been a boon to businesses and consumers around the world. Without today’s standardized, high-bandwidth, low-cost Ethernet connectivity, the development of many of our essential ecosystems, including the Internet and corporate networking would have been stunted,” said Jeff Reedy, CEO, Overture. “Built on the firm foundation established by MEF-compliant first-generation Carrier Ethernet technologies, Carrier Ethernet 2.0 signals a new wave of innovative services and applications that Overture and our customers are enabling.”

Overture previously achieved generation 1.0 certifications MEF 9, 14, and 18, and its solutions are already Carrier Ethernet 2.0-compliant. As the MEF creates certifications for 2.0, the company will demonstrate compliance through their certification program.  

“We are fortunate to be working alongside our progressive service provider customers in the early shift to Carrier Ethernet 2.0, allowing them to deliver a better customer experience using class of service, performance monitoring, and wholesale interconnections. As we look to the future, we expect to bring even more improvements in those areas and to work with our customers to create an Ethernet that is even more scalable, reliable, dynamic, and simple,” added Reedy.

For more information about Overture, please visit www.overturenetworks.com or follow @OvertureNews on Twitter.

About Overture Networks

Overture is the preferred Carrier Ethernet edge and aggregation partner to more than 450 service providers and network operators worldwide. By providing an entrance to a smarter network, Overture offers service providers the means to leverage Carrier Ethernet to multiply revenue and streamline operational costs by enabling high-capacity Ethernet services over any physical media, including fiber, copper, and TDM. Overture’s solutions are designed for reliability and ease of use, and arm customers to compete in demanding applications such as cloud computing and mobile communications that require greater bandwidth and smarter networks. Overture is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC, with a technology center in Richardson, TX. For more information, visit http://www.overturenetworks.com