Industry-Leading MPLS Interoperability added to Unique Stable of IPSec VPNs,
Layer 2 MPLS, Frame Relay and Managed Firewall Capabilities
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
CoSine Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: COSN), a leading provider of managed,
network-based IP Service Delivery Platforms for service providers, today
announced that the CoSine IPSX 3500(TM) with the advanced IP Service Generator
(IPSG) technology has successfully completed interoperability testing for
Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) at the Internetworking Lab of Isocore, a
testing organization supported by major service providers and networking
equipment vendors. The tests focused on demonstrating vendor interoperability
of the IETF specification: draft-ietf-ppvpn-rfc2547bis to implement
BGP/MPLS-based Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), which are key to carriers'
development of next-generation Internet Protocol (IP) services.
This round of testing successfully illustrated the interoperability of
CoSine with different vendors' equipment in performing key functions such as
VPN route distribution between Provider Edge (PE) routers via BGP, and PE
routers' capability to provide isolation between multiple VPN Routing and
Forwarding (VRF) tables, and allow overlapping IP address space in different
VPNs.
"Today's announcement highlights how CoSine's technology allows carriers
to quickly reach more customers," stated Steve Goggiano, CoSine's president
and CEO. "Although MPLS interoperability is crucial, service providers don't
have the luxury of dictating the means by which their customers access the
network. In order to be successful, they need to accommodate a diverse array
of access technologies in addition to MPLS. CoSine's IPSX 3500 allows service
providers to reach the most customers by being 'access agnostic' while still
delivering fast provisioning and wire-speed performance, as well as ensuring
interoperability."
In addition to using the IPSX's MPLS capabilities to offer site-to-site
VPNs, service providers can use the platform's support of IPSec VPNs, Frame
Relay, Layer 2 MPLS VPNs and managed firewalls to augment its MPLS offering in
ways not possible with other edge platforms. For example, CoSine's Frame
Relay support provides a migration strategy for moving a service provider's
customers to an IP-based network. Via IPSec, the IPSX can also serve mobile
and remote teleworkers, as well as "off-net" sites where a service provider's
customer has an office, but no access to the service provider's MPLS
infrastructure. An enterprise's MPLS connection can be used for both an
Internet connection and a site-to-site VPN connection, as CoSine's IPSX
supports virtual interfaces that separates traffic for security purposes.
Perhaps most importantly, CoSine can perform all of these functions at
wire-speed. During recent testing with the Tolly Group, CoSine's IPSG
technology was able to support 1,800 independent BGP/MPLS VPNs at 99 percent
of wire speed on a Gigabit Ethernet interface with zero-loss throughput down
to 128 bytes.
About the IPSX 3500 with IPSG
The IPSX 3500(TM) is an 8-slot, carrier-class IP service switch that
incorporates a fully distributed and virtualized architecture designed
specifically to profitably deliver computationally-intense IP services such as
VPNs and managed firewalls on a mass scale. Unlike traditional edge routers
with hardware for forwarding packets quickly but a single control CPU for
routing decisions, the IPSX 3500 has an architecture that distributes
computing resources across the platform, as well as virtualizing its service
capabilities in software. The result is unmatched scalability, flexibility
and wire-speed performance.
Located at the edge of a carrier's network, the IPSX 3500 can be
configured with any combination of single-slot, IP Service-specific Blades and
dual-slot IP Service Generators, providing a wide variety of interfaces and
processing capabilities. Deployed with the IPSG, the IPSX 3500 offers service
providers the industry's first multi-gigabit rate solution for delivering
network-based, value-added IP services. Not only does the IPSX 3500/IPSG
solution enable new revenue streams, it delivers value-added services at rates
that match those of newly built, high-bandwidth fiber networks and scales to
support tens of thousands of subscriber sites simultaneously.
About Isocore
The goal of Isocore's Internetworking Lab is to advance internetworking
through validation and interoperability testing, and to promote development
and deployment of new technologies. Isocore's Internetworking Lab is supported
by WorldCom, France Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Cable & Wireless, NTT, and
Sprint as service providers; Avici Systems, Cisco Systems, Hyperchip, Marconi,
Tellabs, Extreme Networks, Riverstone, Lucent, Redback, and CoSine
Communications as networking equipment suppliers; and Ixia Communications,
Spirent Communications, and NetTest as test equipment suppliers. For more
information about the Isocore's Internetworking Lab visit the web site at
http://www.isocore.com .
About CoSine Communications Inc.
Founded in 1998 and based in Redwood City, Calif., CoSine delivers
carrier-class systems for the network edge that solve the fundamental problem
of profitably customizing managed services such as IP VPNs, Managed Routers,
Firewalls, MPLS, Denial of Service (DoS) protection and more for the unique
needs of individual customers. Specifically, the company's intelligent,
virtualized architecture infuses service provider networks with an unmatched
capability to integrate, customize and effectively deliver managed services to
hundreds of thousands of users. For more information about CoSine
Communications, visit the company's Web site at http://www.cosinecom.com or contact
Len LuPriore at 877-4-COSINE.
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of 1995: Except for historical information contained herein, the matters
discussed in this release are forward-looking statements that involve risks
and uncertainties. The company may use words such as "anticipate," "believe,"
"plan," "expect," "future," "intend" and similar expressions to identify
forward-looking statements. Our actual results may vary significantly based
on a number of factors including, but not limited to, product development,
commercialization and technology difficulties, manufacturing costs, the impact
of competitive products, pricing, changing customer requirements, timely
availability and acceptance of new products, and changes in economic
conditions in the various markets CoSine serves. We refer you to the Risk
Factors section and other information contained in the Company's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CONTACT: Len LuPriore of CoSine Communications Inc., +1-650-628-4188, or
Len.LuPriore@cosinecom.com; or Jay Nichols of Sterling Communications, Inc.,
+1-408-395-5500, or jnichols@sterlingpr.com, for CoSine Communications Inc.
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CONTACT:
Len LuPriore of CoSine Communications Inc.,
+1-650-628-4188, or Len.LuPriore@cosinecom.com; or Jay Nichols of
Sterling Communications, Inc., +1-408-395-5500, or
jnichols@sterlingpr.com, for CoSine Communications Inc.
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