Alcatel, Paris bases Internet firm announced its new 10-gigabit Ethernet core switches of its new Omni Switch family. 10 gigabit Ethernet switches are fast becoming the new standard for companies and providers offering VoIP services.



The OmniSwitch 9000s are part of company’s enterprise switch family which also includes stackable and modular edge switches. According to company’s officials; the OmniSwitch 9000 will not only deliver high flexible solution for future but with improved security, smart performance for today’s networked application which includes Internet Telephony, video conferencing and other applications.



Built on a new architecture, switches provides high resiliency and security features through the Alcatel Operating System (AOS), combined with Broadcom’s Ethernet semiconductors.



“By combining the strong features and capabilities of our AOS with the most advanced Ethernet switch silicon solutions available in the market today from Broadcom, the Alcatel OmniSwitch 9000 family is able to support the convergence of voice, video and data and other applications at the best price available today,” said Eric Penisson, vice president of marketing and software engineering for Alcatel’s network infrastructure activities.



The Alcatel OmniSwitch 9000 family features a completely redundant configuration starting at $23,995.



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