AccessFiber's Inside Plant, Multiwavelength Measurement Allows Advanced Visibility, Automated Control of Fiber Optic Networks

Business Wire, Sept 21, 1999

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 1999--

Update:

Hewlett-Packard Company today introduces an enhanced version of AccessFiber, which was introduced at the 1998 National Fiber Optics Engineers Conference (NFOEC `98) tradeshow last September.

A database redesign in the system's software architecture now enables users to include data on dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) fiber lines. This allows network managers to plan for multiwavelength traffic and, potentially, to provide more services to their customers. AccessFiber's upgraded graphical user interface (GUI) can now display inside plant layouts, adding to the geographical information available in the previous GUI and improving the speed and efficiency of fiber-line planning, maintenance and trouble-shooting. The enhanced system gives communications-network managers advanced visibility and automated control of their fiber-optic lines.

Background:

AccessFiber won a "Top 10 Product" recognition for innovation at the Optical Fiber Conference in San Diego last February. A typical AccessFiber system consists of a number of remote test units (RTUs), a Windows NT(R)-based GUI and a UNIX(R) system or NT-based software architecture (Oracle(R) Database Server). The product is a strategic addition to HP's Communication Solution Group's growing family of network-management systems, which includes acceSS7. AccessFiber enhancements were designed based on customer input to give network managers what they need in the age of corporate databases and DWDM.

U.S. Pricing and Availability

Prices for HP AccessFiber start at approximately $80,000. The enhanced AccessFiber system is expected to ship in December.

Note to Editors: Windows NT is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corp.

UNIX is a registered trademark of the Open Group.

Oracle is a registered U.S. trademark of Oracle Corporation, Redwood City, California.

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