WideBand Corporation, Gallatin, announced recently that it has chosen Interop Las Vegas as the place to launch its new Intelligent Networking system. Interop is the industry’s largest and most respected enterprise IT event, taking place April 30-May 5 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.
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WideBand Corporation, Gallatin, announced recently that it has chosen Interop Las Vegas as the place to launch its new Intelligent Networking system. Interop is the industry’s largest and most respected enterprise IT event, taking place April 30-May 5 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.
The concept of an Intelligent WideBand Network has been under development for several years. The brain of these networks is a hardware device called the nMU, which stands for Network Management Unit. With an nMU installed in an organization’s network, the network manages itself. Hardware failure that would normally cripple or even completely shut down a network is sensed by the nMU, which immediately re-routes the network around the trouble spot without interruption of performance to users.
The Intelligent WideBand Networks are even able to continue to operate when a server storing critical organization data malfunctions. In that case, the nMU automatically switches all traffic over to a mirrored server that contains all of the current data, and users continue to operate while the nMU notifies service personnel of the need to repair the defective unit.
In addition to the other self maintenance functions, the nMU can also detect faults in the network cabling system. If a bad cable causes even a 1% error rate in data transmissions, the usable bandwidth of the network is reduced by 80%. This is one of the main reasons that networks rarely perform up to the designed specification. The nMU constantly monitors all of the cabling in the network. When a faulty cable is detected, the nMU informs the repair team of exactly which cable needs to be repaired and how many feet down the cable the defect is located. This is a real timesaver.
The nMU also supports a feature called "ESP" which allows it to interface with computer diagnostic equipment and engineers at WideBand Corporation. This feature immediately notifies the WideBand support team if an equipment fault occurs. Often, replacement equipment is shipped out to the customer before they are even aware that a failure has taken place.
The WideBand Intelligent Network and the nMU will be competing for the annual "Best of Interop Awards", presented by Network Computing magazine and CMP Media. These prestigious awards are given to the companies that introduce the leading products and technologies at Interop Las Vegas 2006.
As part of Interop Las Vegas 2006, WideBand President Dr. Roger E. Billings will present a technical session, which will cover methods for securing and adding reliability to networks and storage using WideBand Networking and the nMU.
WideBand will offer live product demonstrations and educational presentations throughout the show at their booth, number 2155. The exhibition runs from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on Tuesday and Wednesday and from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm on Thursday, May 2-4, 2006.
For additional information on WideBand’s Interop participation and conference session, visit: http://www.wband.com/interop