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WWW. CVXEXPO.TMCNET .COM 1 7 www.bekabusinessmedia.com DAY 1 Lanner, Creanord Collaborate on Carrier-grade Service Assurance H elsinki, Finland-based Lanner Electronics, a leader in the design and manufac- turing of whitebox solutions for network computing and intelligent edge, announced that the company has formed a partnership with service assurance expert Creanord, aiming to assist carriers and service providers with a comprehen- sive solution for advanced, segmented and distrib- uted L2 to L7 Performance Assurance in metro and access networks. Empowered by Intel technologies and engineered by Lanner and Creanord, the CreaNODE 500 Mini Probe hardware platform is palm-sized but still packed with compute performance and connectivity required in large scale mesh network monitoring, among other performance monitoring use cases. The joint solution is optimal for active latency monitoring for core and transit networks, where detailed networking visibility, assurance flexibility and absolute precision are needed, said the companies. Some of the joint end-to-end active assur- ance solution highlights include a complete set of one-way and two-way continuous measure- ments; L2 to L7 service activation testing and troubleshooting, precise microsecond level measurements, centralized TrueTCP RFC6349 management with real-time visualization and historical reporting and localized SNMP high- frequency data collection for granular band- width management in distributed environments. “Service assurance in distributed network environment has become more important than ever for ensuring quality of experi- ence,” said Jeans Tseng, general manager and vice president of Lanner Telecommuni- cation Business Unit. “The seamless inte- gration of the Creanord active assurance software and Lanner network appliance provides a complete solution of 24×7 network service visibility, helping carriers and service providers manage SLAs and diagnose perfor- mance issues effortlessly.” p