The netFLEX® platform is, and has always been, a multi-vendor optical transport domain network controller. Learn more by watching (and listening to!) the new LightRiver Demo-Jam, the "netFLEX Circle of Life" If you enjoyed LightRiver's first netFLEX Demo-Jam on the netFLEX Circuit Analysis Tool, you're in for a treat as you check out the second in [...]
CRN's Tech Elite 250 List Recognizes Highest Achieving Solution Providers in Vendor Certifications Congratulations are yet again in store for the amazing LightRiver, the premier optical network integration solution provider for next generation, multi-vendor, Factory Built Networks® and netFLEX®, Transport Domain Orchestration Software solutions. CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named LightRiver to its [...]
Every problem has a solution and every solution has an outcome, however in most cases the time it takes to get from the problem to solution and outcome is extensively time consuming. That’s where LightRiver’s netFLEX® Circuit Analysis Tool (CAT)TM comes into play. When a service impact in the optical transport domain occurs today, technician time [...]
LightRiver COO Travis Ewert Talks to Telecom Ramblings' Rob Powell in This Week's Industry Spotlight In case you missed it yesterday, be sure to read Telecom Ramblings' latest "Industry Spotlight," which features Travis Ewert, Chief Operating Officer of LightRiver and expert on network automation. Per the article, "The rise of SDN and network automation has created [...]
LightRiver’s netFLEX® is Award Recipient in 2019 Lightwave Innovation Reviews Program 2019 has been an amazing year already for our friends at LightRiver! Following its exciting PTC'19 win for the Best Network Intelligence Innovation award, today the company announces it has been recognized as an award recipient in the 2019 Lightwave Innovation Reviews program for netFLEX [...]
LightRiver takes home the 2019 PTC Innovation award for 'Best Network Intelligence Innovation' Much excitement was in the air at the PTC'19 Innovation Awards Gala held yesterday evening as ten organizations received the honor of accepting awards in recognition of their important technology innovations. Of those ten organizations, we are proud to especially recognize our esteemed [...]
A virtual Who's Who of IT experts and providers will share best practices and trends in cloud computing, unified communications, and IT resilience at FirstLight's Cloud Connect Summit on Thursday, November 15th at the Westchester Country Club in Rye, New York. Don't miss the next in FirstLight's growing Cloud Connect Summit series! Attending the event will [...]
LightRiver is the proud recipient of the 2018 TMT News Award for Best Next-Gen Optical Communication Technology Provider - USA & Most Sophisticated Telecom Network Deployment Product The Telecoms Awards 2018 rewards the most respected businesses in the ever-growing industry; all of whom rely on the innovations in the communications industry to ensure they can connect [...]
Multivendor Optical Domain Controller Upgrade 3.8.0 Boosts DWDM & Ethernet Visibility LightRiver Software, a pioneer and leader in multivendor optical network automation and control, has expanded its RedHat Linux Server features set, DWDM and DCI capabilities and Carrier Ethernet enhanced visibility. The company's new netFLEX® software release 3.8.0 leverages the most widely deployed server OS to [...]
20-Year Milestone Marks an Exciting Time of Expansions, Enhanced Service Offerings, and Innovation Happy anniversary to The LightRiver Companies, the premier optical network integration solution provider for next generation, multi-vendor, Factory Built Networks® and netFLEX®, Transport Domain Orchestration Software solutions! This month, the company is celebrating its 20-year anniversary. Founded in 1998, LightRiver offers a multi-vendor [...]
Coming on the heels of LightRiver’s acquisition of Unique Computer Services, which included the industry-leading product, netFLEX®, is the announcement of a newly accessible encrypted wavelength feature within the software. If you aren’t familiar with netFLEX®, the product enables transport network operators of all shapes and sizes to efficiently provision and manage anything from just a [...]
Another well-deserved award for LightRiver Technologies, Inc., the leader in Factory Built Network® design and commissioning of multi-vendor packet optical networks. Technology Media Telecom (TMT) News has awarded LightRiver as the Best Next-Gen Optical Communication Technology Provider for 2017. The TMT News Award recognizes LightRiver’s Factory Built Network® solution as the USA’s “Most Sophisticated Telecom Network [...]
In follow up to LightRiver’s news earlier this week about working with NV Energy on a critical network build, LightRiver announces today its new partnership with Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL). As partners, LightRiver and SEL will offer communication networking technology, solutions, and services that deliver the performance and security required for demanding industrial control system [...]
LightRiver Technologies, Inc. has prided itself on Factory Built Network® design and commissioning, and has engaged with many leading companies. Another such project was noted today with the announcement that NV Energy Inc., headquartered in Las Vegas, selected LightRiver to perform a significant network build. NV Energy is the largest Nevada utility, providing a wide range of energy services to [...]
As a leader in Factory Built Network® design and commissioning, LightRiver Technologies is excited to join a project that brings together the industry’s leading innovators - Telecom Infra Project (TIP). TIP is an engineering-focused initiative, co-founded by Facebook and operators such as Deutsche Telekom, to reimagine the traditional approach to building and deploying telecom network infrastructure. [...]
Fiber optics date as far back as the Roman times with the use of glass inside fibers, and has evolved with various advancements along the way such as the optical telegraph in 1790’s by the Chappe Brothers and the optical telephone system in 1880, patented by Alexander Graham Bell. It’s hard to imagine that a fiber [...]
