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Tellabs’ SmartCore 9200 Stands Up to the Edge – Filling in the Blanks | Sep 30, 2011 | Transport and Routing Infrastructure | Analyst: Glen Hunt Event Summary September 27, 2011 – Tellabs introduces the SmartCore 9200 Series, a content-aware IP edge router for massive scale (up to 1 Tbps/slot) and support for network applications, with the flexibility to accommodate third-party applications. The system runs Tellabs’ new GeniOS and builds on the capabilities of the 8600, 8800 and 9100 platforms to deliver a solution to meet unpredictable user service demands. Release 1 delivers scalable support for Layer 2/3 edge routing and 100G/slot. | Read Press Release | Quick Take Analytical Summary • Current Perspective: Very positive on Tellabs’ SmartCore 9200 Series router family, because the company continues to expand its footprint in the mobile backhaul, edge routing and mobile core market segments with a highly capable and flexible service aware edge solution. The system leverages the heritage of the popular 8600/8800 series routers and SmartCore 9100; but through the use of “SmartCards”, adds a scalable level of application processing in order to address capabilities such as mobile core, security, DPI, traffic classification and management, and network analytics. The system is managed by Tellabs’ 8000 INM, which manages all of the company’s gear, furthering its appeal. However, despite the reference in the platform’s announcement of terabit per slot scalability, release 1 provides the ability to deliver 100G/slot performance. • Vendor Importance: Very high to Tellabs, because the new platform represents a major step forward and a very significant investment in the company’s SmartCore technology. The new platform positions the vendor to compete at scale with the major players in the industry. Perhaps equally important as scale is the flexibility of the platform to provide a range of SmartCards, which can take on applications such as mobile packet core, DPI and security to enable fixed and mobile operators to deliver highly differentiated services cost-effectively. The system is also somewhat defensive, as it serves as a migration path for current 8800 series customers who will need greater capabilities – although the company continues to enhance that platform as well; likewise it offers SmartCore 9100 customers a higher scale mobile core evolution with greater application capabilities. • Market Impact: High on the service provider edge routing, mobile backhaul and mobile packet core markets, because Tellabs can leverage its strong presence in mobile backhaul and metro transport to compete at the service provider edge effectively. Although there are multiple solutions and architectures being proposed to service providers, a common theme is the realization that the edge will continue to be the battleground, and the service aware edge router will be the vehicle to lean on to deliver service scale and application intelligence, and to host more converged network services. As with most multi-dimensional systems, the functionality provided in the first release will enable service providers to deploy the platform to scale their edge networks with improved analytics, and follow on with applications such as mobile packet core at a later date. CLIENTS ONLY Current Perspective Competitive Strengths amd Weaknesses Response & Recommendations Buyer Actions | Client access - Full report in Transport and Routing Infrastructure | More information Top Top

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New Tellabs SmartCore® 9200 Series to deliver simpler, smarter networks

Tellabs content-aware IP edge router addresses service provider future needs

NAPERVILLE, Ill., Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Imagine a network that adapts automatically to improve a user's quality of experience. A network that provides paths to lower costs and new revenue streams. A network with the intelligence and visibility to identify user traffic and patterns.

Look no further. Driving that network is the world's first 1 terabit per slot content-aware routing platform – introducing the Tellabs SmartCore® 9200 Series.

Brave new world

The Tellabs SmartCore® 9200 Series is a content-aware IP edge routing platform that enables massive scaling, intelligence and flexibility to drive next-gen network demands. It enables a better quality of experience for users and new revenue-generating services for operators. Designed for both mobile and wireline networks, the platform is smart, simple, scalable and adaptable.

• Smart: It integrates intelligence onto each line card and distributes processing across all line cards through its unique SmartCard architecture. The platform enables application and content awareness without sacrificing speed, and provides visibility for network analytics and traffic management to drive new revenue streams.
• Simple: It consolidates network functions onto a reliable, resilient all-IP architecture. This convergence simplifies troubleshooting, diagnosing and managing Layers 3 through 7 to optimize networks and deliver a better user experience.
• Scalable: It scales logically and physically on multiple form factors. It can handle 1 terabit per slot, 11 terabits of capacity in a single chassis, and 33 terabits in a bay. The platform future-proofs networks for years to come with industry-leading capacity and scale.
• Adaptable: It helps operators identify and adapt to high-bandwidth and high-priority applications for better network efficiencies. It enables operators to quickly add new applications and services to increase revenue streams.

"The ease-of-use and portability of communication services are changing the world quickly. Operators are challenged to predict what applications are coming and how to monetize them, while competition drives greater need for capex and opex control," said Glen Hunt, Principal Analyst, Transport and Routing, at Current Analysis. "The new Tellabs SmartCore® 9200 Series combines routing and network visibility onto one scalable platform, so operators can achieve better network savings with a single, converged solution."

The world is in your hands

The Tellabs SmartCore® 9200 Series will run the new Tellabs GeniOS™ operating system. Tellabs GeniOS™ operating system enables flexibility to support third-party applications, such as security and malware programs, into the platform without additional hardware. This open, state-of-the art operating system gives operators another way to integrate new revenue streams or services into the network.

The Tellabs® 8000 Intelligent Network Manager will manage the Tellabs SmartCore® 9200 Series. The Tellabs® 8000 INM, an integrated platform that already manages all Tellabs products, simplifies network management and improves profitability through operating efficiencies. Additionally, the platform supports the integration of network functions and network self-optimization to deliver an enhanced quality of experience for users. "The Tellabs SmartCore® 9200 Series will advance smart networks to support service provider profitability and improve users' quality of experience. It includes the Tellabs GeniOS™ operating system, a new kind of operating system that is designed for flexible, future network needs," said Rob Pullen, Chief Executive Officer and President, at Tellabs. "This Layer 4-7 operating system enables an open ecosystem of vendors, network intelligence and flexibility so that our customers can achieve an unparalleled level of application engineering, traffic engineering and network performance."

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