The explosive growth in bandwidth, computing and storage capacity resulting from new video and storage applications has led to a “data center crisis” (HP, 2008), with corporations spending $200 billion a year (IDC, 2007) on IT staffing alone to manage their networks. A survey of IT managers reveals that employees spend 19% of their time dealing with network connectivity issues, and according to BICSI News, “up to 70% of network downtime is attributable to cabling problems. The automated management of the massive numbers of physical fiber optic interconnections at the foundation of today’s high bandwidth data networks is the next step in network automation and virtualization. Telescent offers hardware and software systems to fully automate provisioning, validation, testing and mapping of the physical network layer-0.

Telescent has developed virtualized fiber optic layer-0 interconnect systems featuring automated monitoring, mapping and control (optical switching) functionality. The system combines fiber optic automated patch-panels, an RFID overlay system for automated physical connectivity tracking, optical monitors and network management software tools.

To assist organizations in automating their physical network, Telescent offers software development and integration services in the following areas:

• Automated Layer-0 Network Engineering, Design, Software Engineering and Integration for Telecom and Datacom Networks
• Process Automation of Layer-0 Network Management
• Development of Systems to Automate Provisioning, Optical Test and Validation
• Development of New Physical Layer Network Architectures to Increase Availability, Agility, and Operational Efficiency