My TN Connection

There is no doubt that you are all familiar with QoS or Quality of Service – basically a set of provisions set up on the network to prioritize certain applications, users, or data flows to guarantee a set level of performance. Often times when we talk Quality of Service, two other terms come up as well. Those are Class of Service (CoS) and Type of Service (ToS). To the uninitiated, these two terms may appear to be describing the same thing. Through the course of this post, we will try to define each term and specify where each comes into play. (more…)

The IEEE Power & Energy Society recently held its annual General Meeting on July 25th – July 29th, in Minneapolis, MN. The topic of this year’s meeting was: “Power Systems Engineering in Challenging Times”. Being a member of the IEEE and having the event in our backyard this year offered the opportunity for Chris Koch, a Principal Architect at Transition Networks, to attend this multi-day event.

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As Transition Networks continues to expand its broad industrial portfolio, we are offering more and more fully-hardened Ethernet switches and media converters with certifications required for many varied vertical industries.

Recently, our High Port-count Industrial Managed switch, SISTM1040-262E-LRT, received GL Certification. Now, I know that we have all heard the term “GL Certified” used before. But what exactly does it mean? (more…)

Transition Networks recognizes that service providers and enterprises have varying remote management needs depending on the specific services and support they require. To meet these requirements Transition offers several different classes of remotely managed devices — ranging from basic remote monitoring, SNMP, and Full SOAM monitoring using ITU Y.1731 and 802.1ag. Transition’s Carrier Ethernet devices are built on these multiple classes of remote management for improving business agility with assured quality, maximizing your return on investment and the total cost of ownership within your network. (more…)

As an active member of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), Transition Networks wants to make everyone aware of a new white paper pertaining to Throughput on Carrier Ethernet Services.

Globalization, virtualization, and mobile computing drive a seemingly insatiable demand for bandwidth, and only Carrier Ethernet efficiently scales up to meet this demand. Customers seeking high performance business Ethernet services can now easily purchase faster Ethernet connections at 10 Mbit/s to 1 Gbit/s and beyond. But sometimes users believe they are receiving lower throughput than they expected. This perception can be due to poor application performance which is caused by factors un-related to Ethernet service throughput. Many IP and application layer factors affect a user’s application experience when utilizing an Ethernet service, most of which are under their own direct control. (more…)