Local, state and federal government agencies collect, process, and store incredible volumes of data.  Shrinking budgets drive the requirement for higher efficiency and centralization of server, storage and network resources.  At the same time, employees and citizens expect the network to enable and deliver higher levels of self-service with rapid response times.  This is driving the need for a resilient, high-performance Ethernet metro network to support and scale voice, video and data applications.

Matisse Networks’ EtherBurst networks provide a secure means to move and share data between datacenters located across a government campus or metropolitan area. Often government agencies find that they have an existing SONET/SDH network and a pressing need to support additional Ethernet traffic that far exceeds the capacity of the existing TDM-based backbone. EtherBurst can be deployed on existing SONET/SDH networks to provide efficient scaling of Ethernet applications without disrupting the installed base of applications.

EtherBurst virtualizes optical metro-wide networks by combining the any-to-any connectivity of Ethernet switching with the enormous bandwidth of wave division multiplexing (WDM). Conventional WDM systems only provide dedicated point-to-point connectivity resulting in wasted, underutilized bandwidth. In contrast, EtherBurst packetizes optical transmissions requiring less hardware and less energy.  Network administrators provision Ethernet VLANs rather than point-to-point optical wavelengths using the same tools used to manage Ethernet switches within a datacenter, significantly decreasing operating expense that would otherwise be required to managing WDM Layer 1 network. 

For additional information, click on any of the following:

Virtualizing the Metro-Wide Enterprise Network
Virtualizing Storage Over Distributed Metro Networks
Building Municipal Service Delivery Networks
EtherBurst System Overview
Scaling SONET/SDH Networks for Ethernet Traffic