Brocade has launched Brocade NetIron CER 2000 Series compact multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) router, featuring industry-leading hardware-based routing capacity, in a compact 1U form factor with two 10 GbE uplinks. Unmatched in its combination of throughput, compact size and efficiency, the NetIron CER 2000 enables service providers to more broadly, rapidly and cost-effectively deploy high-margin business virtual private network (VPN) and IP voice,
video, and data services while helping to reduce their cost per megabit.
Combining industry-leading forwarding capacity with strong price/performance value, the NetIron CER 2000 addresses the needs of service providers that are facing increased edge and aggregation routing demands and are nearing the “revenue footprint” and performance limitations of their current networking infrastructures. It does so by helping to significantly decrease both capital and ongoing maintenance costs while also helping to generate new revenue from value-added service offerings.
“As we reported in August, we think that in spite of the downturn, and in part because of it, uptake of IP MPLS VPN and Ethernet services is growing at a healthy pace as companies seek to increase efficiencies and decrease costs,” said Michael Howard, Co-Founder & Principal Analyst of Infonetics Research. “Organizations are looking to control WAN costs despite rising bandwidth needs and are turning to Ethernet and managed Layer 2 and Layer 3 services, where service providers can help stabilize costs, prioritize critical applications, and increase capacities. The Brocade NetIron CER family helps fulfil a need in this environment, with MPLS-based services support, good port density in a small form factor, and low cost.”
The NetIron CER 2000 enables service providers to offer wire-speed Carrier Ethernet services such as E-LINE, E-LAN, and E-TREE services with its multicast and Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities to support triple-play applications. The router will be available in the first quarter of CY 2010 in six models, including fiber and copper configurations.
