Tiara's Virtually Dynamic

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Tiara Networks solidifies its leadership position in edge networking by announcing today the addition of standards-based OSPF and RIPv1/v2 routing as well as VLAN tagging and forwarding to the Tiara Operating System (TiOS(TM)). Due to its superior scalability and robustness, OSPF is fast becoming the most widely accepted routing protocol for large enterprise and service provider installations. With the proliferation of RIP and RIP-only devices in the enterprise, service providers are finding RIP support a necessity for customer premises equipment. By adding OSPF and RIPv1/v2, Tiara Networks extends its next-generation access and aggregation solutions to enterprise and service provider customers who have come to rely on dynamic routing as an integral part of their network architecture. "Tiara's mission has always been to enable service providers and enterprises to quickly and profitably roll-out their broadband service strategies," said Paul Smith, president and CEO of Tiara. "The dynamic routing and VLAN enhancements to Tiara's software suite continue our tradition of leveraging standards-based technology to provide high performance, cost-effective solutions." Also shipping with the current release of TiOS(TM) is Tiara's standards-based 802.1Q VLAN tagging and forwarding implementation, making Tiara Networks the first router vendor to support tagging and forwarding on both LAN and WAN interfaces. Tiara Networks Inc.