Allot Communications Launches High Performance NetEnforcer AC-401 for Service Providers and Large Enterprises.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ISPCON ISPCON Internet Service Provider Convention (The Golden Group, Inc.) Spring 2001 BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2001 Latest Member of Award Winning Line of QoS Appliances Now Supports Thousands of Simultaneous Users Allot al·lot tr.v. al·lot·ted, al·lot·ting, al·lots 1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame. 2. Communications, Inc., a premier provider of policy-based networking solutions, announced today the availability of NetEnforcer(TM) AC-401. The new AC-401 model -- being demonstrated this week at Booth No. 739 at ISPCon -- offers large enterprise, service provider and university networks the ability to easily configure and enforce Quality of Service (QoS) policies to thousands of users. This new high performance model serves thousands of concurrent Internet traffic sessions. NetEnforcer AC-401 now enables network managers to set more than 4,000 different policies, the highest number available in QoS appliances today. Additionally, AC-401 supports up to 96,000 simultaneous TCP (1) (Transmission Control Protocol) The reliable transport protocol within the TCP/IP protocol suite. TCP ensures that all data arrive accurately and 100% intact at the other end. and UDP UDP (uridine diphosphate): see uracil. (User Datagram Protocol) A protocol within the TCP/IP protocol suite that is used in place of TCP when a reliable delivery is not required. connections, an increase of 50 percent over NetEnforcer AC-301. "As more users contend for precious network resources, it is increasingly important to manage the access and usage of traffic," said Eran Ziv, president of Allot Communications. "We are pleased to bring the new NetEnforcer AC-401 to the marketplace as it dramatically boosts the QoS classification and enforcement power available to network managers." NetEnforcer AC-401 is available and shipping today. Pricing starts at $21,000. For more information, please visit www.allot.com. About Allot Communications Allot Communications was founded in December, 1996 to deliver policy-based networking solutions that improve performance and enable the deployment of mission-critical, time-sensitive applications in IP networks. By providing flexible Quality of Service (QoS) solutions to enterprises, Allot allows network managers to direct allocation of network resources based on business priorities, and thereby to achieve higher efficiency and cost savings. Additionally, by providing 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. ) solutions to service providers, Allot enables network and application service providers to offer SLA-based services to their customers, and thus to increase their own revenue. In 1998, Allot was recognized as a "Top 25 Hot Startup" by Data Communications and was presented with the magazine's "Hot Product of the Year" award in 1999. Allot Communications has established offices in Burlingame, California; Atlanta, Georgia; Houston, Texas; New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Tel Aviv, Israel; Tokyo, Japan; Singapore; Sophia Antipolis, France; Munich, Germany; London, United Kingdom and Randers, Denmark. The company sells and markets its products 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 www.allot.com. |
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