Fixed vendor strategies - 04/03/06

Cisco unveiled Release 7.0 of its ONS 15454 optical transport platform, including 40-Gbit/s transmission and enhanced aggregation capabilities.

Siemens claims first rank in optical long-haul dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) transport solutions. According to Infonetics, Siemens has a 21% market share.

JDSU will introduce three new Agile Optical Network (AON) products at OFC/NFOEC.

NEC has developed a signal-reshaping large-scale integrated-circuit (LSI) for 40 Gbit/s optical fiber transmission system.

Ciena has entered the Health IT market in joining the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) alliance and deploying some WAN networks for hospitals and medical centers. The Ciena solution respects the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), PACS (picture archiving communication systems) and secure information back-up standards.