Allot Communications Expands its High-Availability NetEnforcer QoS Appliances.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NetWorld+Interop 2003 Las Vegas Booth #4053 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2003 New product for high-end customers shatters industry performance and pricing benchmarks Allot Communications, a premier provider of policy-based networking solutions, today announced a new addition to its high-availability NetEnforcer(R) line of QoS appliances. The NetEnforcer AC-802 breaks through the current 200 Mbps performance barrier for Quality of Service (QoS)/traffic shaping appliances by supporting throughput up to 310 Mbps and allowing service providers and enterprises to deploy QoS and Service Level Agreement (SLA (1) (StereoLithography Apparatus) See 3D printing. (2) (Service Level Agreement) A contract between the provider and the user that specifies the level of service expected during its term. ) management services at higher rates than ever before. Network service providers, ISPs and data centers are facing exponential increases in their traffic load, in part due to the increased popularity of Peer-to-Peer (P2P See peer-to-peer and point-to-point. ) file sharing applications such as KaZaA and Gnutella, which can consume up to 80 percent of their available bandwidth. In many cases, providers find themselves serving non-subscribers who are accessing P2P files from paying customers. The NetEnforcer AC-802, equipped with the latest application layer seven classification and QoS control techniques, allows them to monitor and control traffic, increasing the customer satisfaction and containing network costs. Similarly, enterprise IT managers can control the performance of their network, prioritize mission-critical applications, such as Enterprise Resource Planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ), Customer Relationship Management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ) and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and limit non-critical traffic, such as File Transfer Protocol A communications protocol used to transmit files without loss of data. A file transfer protocol can handle all types of files including binary files and ASCII text files. See Kermit, Zmodem and FTP. (FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to ) and P2P. "Forward thinking service providers need new ways to attract and retain customers and to increase average revenue per user (ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) A calculation often used to determine the overall value of an application. It is also used to rate particular customers, especially in the wireless space, by comparing someone's account to the overall average. )," said Eran Ziv, president, Allot Communications. "Allot's networking devices allow carriers to control, or even reduce, their bandwidth costs and offer innovative new services such as usage-based billing and tiered rate plans. The NetEnforcer AC-802 marks yet another 'industry-first' milestone in our constant effort to evolve our product lines to meet the needs of high-end enterprises and service providers." The NetEnforcer AC-802 supports network traffic speeds up to 310 Mbps with fiber or copper gigabit interfaces. It features an additional Ethernet port for out-of-band management which enables IT managers to isolate network users from the management functions of the NetEnforcer, thereby enhancing network security and device performance. An LCD and keyboard on the front panel of the device ease configuration and display basic system information. The NetEnforcer AC-802 is available immediately. About Allot Communications Allot Communications' policy-powered networking initiative offers bandwidth management solutions for enterprises and IP service providers that improve application performance, reduce network costs, and enable the deployment of delay-sensitive applications. In enterprise networks, Allot's solutions allow network managers to enable quality of service (QoS) by linking business policies to specific network actions that improve users' productivity and contain networking costs. In service provider networks, Allot's QoS and service level agreement (SLA) enforcement solutions maximize return on investment (ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). ) by managing over-subscription, throttling P2P traffic and delivering tiered services and classes of service. Allot Communications has regional offices in the USA, France, Japan, Singapore and Israel. Allot is represented worldwide through OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and distributor channels. Visit Allot on the Web at http://www.allot.com. |
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