Concord, CA – November 25, 2019 – LightRiver, the premier optical network integration solution provider for next-generation, multi-vendor, Factory Built Networks®, and netFLEX®, Transport Domain Orchestration and Control Software solutions, announces today that it is the winner of the ‘Network Test and Measurement’ category for this year’s 2019 Fierce Innovation Awards, Telecom Edition. The Fierce Innovation Awards, a peer-reviewed awards program from the publisher of FierceWireless and FierceTelecom, recognized LightRiver’s intelligent Factory Built NetworkTM (iFBN) as the award-winning solution in this category. Award winners were announced in the Fierce 2019 Innovation Report released in mid-November.
LightRiver’s award-winning iFBN solution offers a turnkey approach to network implementation and provides a comprehensive suite of testing, performance management, and automated maintenance. The integration of two LightRiver products: The Factory Built Network® and netFLEX software, iFBN utilizes netFLEX Analytics to capture all critical performance data at the time of network Factory Build in an ideal environment, captured again at the completion of field installation, and then realtime thereafter from netFLEX to detect and predict network and service impairments.
“LightRiver is thrilled to end 2019 – a banner year for LightRiver with multiple industry award wins – with yet another impressive accolade; and this time for our iFBN solution,” comments Travis Ewert, Chief Operating Officer, LightRiver Software. “We look forward to seeing what 2020 has in store as we continue our focus on intelligent automation and offer innovative, next-generation, multi-vendor optical networking solutions to the marketplace.”
In 2019, LightRiver’s netFLEX solution won a series of awards including the PTC’19 Best Intelligence Innovation Award, Lightwave Innovation Reviews Award, and the Pipeline Innovation Reviews Runner-Up Award. Additionally, LightRiver was named one of the 2019 Tech Elite Solution Providers by CRN®, and recognized by Infinera as North America Partner of the Year for 2019; and by Ciena as Global Elite Partner 2019. LightRiver’s netFLEX solution was also shortlisted by Capacity’s Global Carrier Awards for ‘Best SDN/NFV deployment,’ and by MEF for its ‘Technology Solutions – Service Assurance’ award category.
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