New applications motivate enterprise customers to buy telecommunication services. Having the right infrastructure to support these applications is critical. At Hitachi we understand these new applications. They include: remote storage, server consolidation, disaster recovery, videoconference, software-as-a-service, cloud computing, peer-to-peer networking, remote imaging and many others. Our equipment has the features to support these applications.
These MEF definitions enable enterprise customers to buy service configurations that match their application needs. Support for these configuration and the required UNI and service profiles is fundamental building block. Many of Hitachi's PON offerings have been certified for MEF services as described in MEF 9 and MEF 14.
Defining and enforcing minimum bandwidth, peak burst rate, delay, delay variation and packet loss are necessary to create business services. Hitachi's access solutions offer all the parameters necessary to support business user requirements.
Management of large data and voice networks can create significant operating expenses. Over time the voice network has developed sophisticated management mechanisms. The management protocols necessary to provision, manage, maintain and restore newer packet networks are still evolving. Hitachi is committed to providing a comprehensive set management features throughout our equipment lines. The Hitachi PON solutions support IEEE, ITU-T, MEF and OIF standards and specifications. We support IEEE 802.3ah, IEEE 802.1ag, ITU-T 1731 among many others. This support insures that business services can be provisioned quickly and maintained consistently