BalsamWest FiberNET Picks INFRAX Systems' OptiCon Network Manager

INFRAX Systems -- a provider of a series of interrelated operational management, communications and energy grid security related products and services formerly known as OptiCon Systems -- announced that BalsamWest FiberNET has picked OPTICON Network Management System as its operational support solution to meet business expansion needs.

 

BalsamWest FiberNET, a fiber optic broadband company based in Sylva, N.C., picked Opticon (News - Alert) NMS because of its advanced fault-detection, Geographic Information System or application integration and ease of implementation through INFRAX’s. For INFRAX Systems, BalsamWest FiberNET is their first customer under their new identity, INFRAX Systems. The company had announced the completion of name change procedure on Jan 7, 2010.

 

Opticon NMS, according to company officials, provides the best implementation support services and the best economics. It also features the industry’s most advanced fault-detection capabilities.

 

The breadth and depth of the application capabilities, especially its GIS integration, will identify network outages, allowing the company to improve customer service without disrupting their business operations, they added.

 

“We anticipate that we will realize the benefits that other carriers have experienced, with ONMS contributing to our profitability by efficiently impacting real business challenges,” said David Hubbs, CEO at BalsamWest FiberNET, in a statement.

 

BalsamWest FiberNET is planning to release a set of new services including a feature-rich VoIP product combined with high speed Internet service. For this, the company required a robust network management solution at affordable price.

 

Paul Aiello, CEO of INFRAX Systems, said, “The scope of the OptiCon NMS as a full-function Operations Support System integrated with GIS, Database, and Fiber Management tools that facilitate fault detection and network provisioning, provides an economical way to establish fiber-based network management services in a scalable manner.”

 

Aiello added that the functionality of OptiCon NMS will be further optimized for fiber networks in 2010.