Cyan 360 Multi-Layer Software Support Systems

Cyan 360 Multi-Layer Software Support Systems

The Cyan 360 suite of multi-layer software support systems set entirely new industry benchmarks for network planning, management and verification. Delivering a full life-cycle, multi-layer approach to network operations, Cyan 360 delivers ground-breaking advancements that accelerate services innovation, while simultaneously reducing associated capital and operational expense.

Cyan 360 is comprised of CyPlan for multi-layer network planning, CyMS for multi-layer network management, and CyPortal for multi-layer SLA verification. These revolutionary software systems can operate as standalone systems, or collaboratively in a full 360 degree cycle to leverage a continuous flow of new information that improves ongoing planning, management and SLA performance.

Cyan's innovative new software approaches combine with today's powerful computing and Cyan Z-Series multi-layer aware packet-optical transport platforms to yield unprecedented gains in performance and efficiency as part of a Service Level Aware Network^SM.

CyPlan is the industry's first multi-layer network planning system. CyPlan is a cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) offering available to Cyan Z-Series customers. Standard and advanced planning capabilities range from concurrent optical and service layer network designs to revolutionary multi-layer network modeling to accurately predict the latency of services prior to network deployment.

CyPlan combines advanced multi-layer network design and planning algorithms with Google Maps integration to provide a simple and inituitive network planning resource that can be shared across the service provider enterprise. The result is a consistent, efficient and comprehensive approach to planning networks across multiple services and transport layers concurrently. Additionally, CyPlan can link with CyMS to both upload network designs to provision the network per the design as well as discover ongoing network evolution for simple and accurate incremental planning activities. The result is that planning becomes an ongoing exercise of updating and refining the network vs. a periodic exercise which quickly becomes obsolete.

CyMS is the industry's first multi-layer network management system with 3-dimensional network modeling and visualization. Complex multi-layer relationships and interdependencies are displayed in intuitive and visually compelling draphical and tabular formats. Going well beyond basic fault, configuration, accounting, performance and security (FCAPS), CyMS delivers an entirely new management experience which promises to scale the operational efficiency of existing support staff, reduce operator errors, and improve overall services performance.

Perhaps as important as the value of the information conveyed in CyMS' graphical user interface is the underlying paradigm shift that CyMS represents in terms of exploiting the power of software to tame increasingly complex networks. Cyan recognizes that operators are under increasing pressure to make existing service provider personnel more productive to support rapidly scaling network capacities and evolving services. Through innovation such as CyMS, service providers are better prepared to meet the needs of today and lead the market with superior operations for a more profitable future.

CyPortal is the industry's first cloud-based service level agreement (SLA) verification portal which can be shared throughout the service provider enterprise as well as with wholesale and retail customers. CyPortal rounds out the Cyan 360 lifecycle of software support systems with industry-leading cloud-based SLA monitoring and reporting software as a service (SaaS). CyPortal rolls up key SLA performance metrics from the Cyan Z-Series network elements as well as 3rd party devices for an end-to-end network-wide SLA performance reporting solution. The combination of a cloud-based architecture which minimizes upfront costs and a true multi-vendor monitoring service capability makes CyPortal the ideal SLA verification service for any network.
 

Embracing Multi-Vendor Network Realities

Breaking the traditional barriers of legacy equipment providers, Cyan recognizes and embraces the multi-vendor reality of today's service provider networks. As a result, CyPlan, CyMS and CyPortal have all been designed to support the integration of 3rd party products. In some cases this may include network planning, visualization, SLA monitoring, alarm correlation and possible provisioning of select CyAlliance partner system elements to provide more powerful solutions in combination with the Cyan Z-Series. In other cases it may include the visualization, SLA monitoring, and alarm management of legacy systems which service providers have capped as they grow their networks going forward with Cyan. In either scenario, Cyans revolutionary Cyan 360 software support systems provide powerful new tools to extract the most from network and personnel resources while minimizing costs.

Cyan will continue to enhance and expand the support of 3rd party products in the Cyan 360 software support systems. So please be sure to contact Cyan even if you are only interested in using Cyan 360 to improve the planning, management, or verification of existing 3rd party systems.