BTI and Dakota Supply Group Partner to bring Packet Optical Solutions to Mid Western US

Provider of innovative products and experienced service solutions is latest member of BTI Systems’ Partner Program

Ottawa, Canada – 22nd April, 2009 // BTI Systems, a global supplier of Intelligent Service Edge solutions for the delivery of high-bandwidth, multi-protocol services, today announced Dakota Supply Group (DSG) as a new value added reseller joining BTI’s Partner Program.

Established in 1898, DSG provides products and solutions for the communications and various other industries. They will supply BTI’s complete product portfolio, giving service providers the ability to quickly build out and scale networks with the BTI 7000 Series Packet Optical Edge platform and the BTI 700 Series Carrier Ethernet Access family of products.

“Our aim is to deliver new products and services that will help our customers grow their businesses,” said Leigh Trosen, Group Manager, DSG. “Our customers are looking for high value technologies that create innovative and immediate revenue-generating capabilities.”

“We are delighted that DSG has joined out partner program. They have an excellent and established reputation for providing comprehensive solutions to service providers in the region,” said John Bournazos, Director of Business Development and Channel Partners, BTI. “The company’s reputation for innovative products, experienced employees, outstanding service and a total quality management approach to every transaction mirrors our own and we are excited that together we can bring new and differentiated networking capabilities to the Mid Western market.”

The BTI Partner Program enables value added resellers and system integrators to provide carrier grade Packet Optical solutions with a WDM infrastructure to deliver voice, video, data, and storage connectivity solutions. Partners have access to leading engineering support, state-of-the art network planning tools, and opportunity registration. Existing partners are located in EMEA, North America and APAC (visit http://www.btisystems.com/partners for list). To find out more about the BTI Global Partner Program, please contact marketing {at} btisystems(.)com.

About BTI Systems
BTI Systems addresses increasing demand for Ethernet services, greater optical capacity, dynamic networking, and management simplicity in service provider and enterprise networks. Expanding the capacity of a single fiber up to 320Gbps, BTI’s Intelligent Service Edge solutions enable high capacity wavelength and packet-based services such as video, storage, wired data, wireless data and voice, and media to the network edge. Incorporating state-of-the-art technology BTI products are engineered for very low power consumption to reduce carbon footprint in central offices and data centers. The BTI portfolio consists of The BTI 7000 Packet Optical Edge, the BTI 700 Ethernet Access, and the NETSTENDER Series. Key capabilities include packet switching, software-provisionable multiprotocol client service interfaces, CWDM/DWDM, optical multiplexing, amplification, and dispersion compensation. End-to-end management of the BTI Network is provided by the proNX™ Management Suite.

For more information contact:
Gillian Colan-O’Leary
Marketing & Communications Specialist, BTI Systems
gcolanoleary {at} btisystems(.)com