net.com Adds Significant Multicast and VPN Support to SCREAM Platform
November 17 2004 - 8:01AM
PR Newswire (US)
net.com Adds Significant Multicast and VPN Support to SCREAM
Platform ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- net.com
(NYSE:NWK) announced today the general availability of SCREAM
release 3.1, featuring the addition of IP multicast functionality,
advanced IP-VPN (virtual private network) support and upgraded
platform security. IP multicast enables the efficient delivery of
video content and broadcast television services across DSL access
infrastructures. SCREAM can now support the simultaneous
multicasting of individual video streams to residential IPTV
customers -- a market that Datamonitor, a provider of business
intelligence, projects will grow to 15 million subscribers by 2007.
SCREAM is the only subscriber management platform in the broadband
video space to offer both ATM and IP multicast support, thereby
fulfilling a number of key roles in network based content
distribution. SCREAM 3.1 also delivers MPLS IP-VPN (RFC 2547)
functionality to service providers looking to migrate their DSL
access infrastructures from ATM to IP. Using virtual route
forwarding (VRF) for Layer 3 VPN support presents a simplified
alternative to tunneled hand-off mechanisms (L2TP), and also
enables Internet and applications service providers to offer tiered
IP quality of service (QoS) guarantees to their subscribers. When
deployed in these subscriber management applications, SCREAM can
also be used to provide network based IP-VPN solutions for
enterprise customers. These IP-VPNs can use a full range of routing
protocols, including BGP, OSPF, RIP and EIGRP (widely deployed in
private enterprise networks). This allows seamless migration from
an enterprise-owned to a network-based, VPN model. According to
Infonetics Research, worldwide VPN service revenues totaled $18
billion in 2003, and are expected to grow to over $30 billion in
2008. Infonetics research indicates that for every $1 spent on VPN
products, roughly $10 are spent on VPN services, indicating a
tremendous opportunity for service revenue growth for carriers and
service providers worldwide SCREAM 3.1 also includes the
introduction of high speed OC48/STM16 interfaces to provide both
ATM and packet over SONET (POS) uplinks. This reinforces SCREAM's
position as a key edge component in the evolution of ATM to IP
transport networks. Finally, SCREAM has upgraded platform security
in response to requests from enterprise, carrier and government
customers. Broad enhancements were made to meet the most stringent
U.S. government and defense security requirements while allowing
operators to flexibly deploy any security policy to their own
organizations. About net.com Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.,
doing business as net.com, develops and delivers service creation
platforms for broadband, Internet protocol telephony, and
multiservice networks. An architect of the networking industry,
net.com has been supplying service providers, governments and
enterprises around the world with bulletproof networking technology
for more than 20 years. net performance. net results. net.com.
NOTE: SCREAM is a registered trademark of, and net.com and the
net.com logo are trademarks of Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.
DATASOURCE: Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. CONTACT: Brenda
Ropoulos, Director of Corporate Relations of net.com, +1-510-574
2508, or cell, +1-510-414-6772, or ; or Richard M. Williams of
Zonic Group, +1-919-554-3532, or , for net.com Web site:
http://www.net.com/
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