Allstream, Tata Communications to demo "elastic" bandwidth across multiple carrier networks at MEF GEN14

TORONTO – Allstream and Tata Communications will team up this week to demonstrate an innovative "elastic" Ethernet proof-of-concept at the Metro Ethernet Forum's GEN14 conference in Washington, D.C. Taking place November 17 - 20, 2014, MEF GEN14 is the global gathering of the Carrier Ethernet (CE) community, defining the future of network-enabled cloud, data, and mobile services powered by the convergence of CE 2.0, software defined networking, and virtualization technologies.The proof-of-concept will show the orchestration of on-demand bandwidth across carriers using interfaces based on MEF's recently ratified MEF47 Carrier Ethernet Services for Cloud Implementation Agreement. Open standards promise to accelerate the availability...