Allot Introduces Turnkey Next-Generation IP Service and Creation Solution -- The Virtual Bandwidth Manager.Business Editors SUPERCOMM 2000 Booth No. 8458 ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2000 A Last Mile QoS Solution -- No Customer Premise Equipment Required 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 introduces an industry first -- an innovative new service capability for service providers -- the Virtual Bandwidth Manager Software that can prioritize communications by allowing high-priority traffic to use more available bandwidth in the network than lower-priority data. For example, real time video can be given more bandwidth than file transfers. (VBM VBM Value Based Management (shareholder based approach to managing companies) VBM Valence Band Maximum VBM Virtual Beit Midrash VBM Visual Backward-Masking VBM Vietnamese Baptist Mission ), a last mile QoS solution with no customer premise equipment required. Allot's policy-based IP provisioning solution for delivering, guaranteeing and billing for next-generation IP services just got better. Now, service providers can further differentiate themselves from the competition while increasing revenue potential by offering customers virtual bandwidth management Controlling the traffic flow in a network. See bandwidth manager. as well as tiered services Tiered services is business jargon for providing a service (such as telecom connectivity or cable channel service) according to separate, incrementally distinct quality and pay levels, or "tiers." The term has current usage in the debate over network neutrality. . With VBM, the bandwidth management equipment is located at the ISP's network edge, enabling them to provide complete, policy-based, self-provisioned Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to their customers. Customers can define and monitor their own policies without investing in capital equipment. Even though the bandwidth management devices are shared by hundreds of business customers, each can specify its own traffic management preferences as though a bandwidth shaper is actually on site. "We are extremely pleased to offer a product like Virtual Bandwidth Manager, which provides such significant benefits to both IP providers and their corporate customers," said Azi Ronen, vice president of marketing for Allot Communications. "We consider Virtual Bandwidth Manager to be a technological breakthrough. It's just like having the policy enforcement equipment on-site. It provides a complete turnkey solution for next-generation IP service creation for the service provider." The Virtual Bandwidth Manager clears up the consistent traffic congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. on the Last Mile and becomes a QoS solution by achieving policy commonality com·mon·al·i·ty n. pl. com·mon·al·i·ties 1. a. The possession, along with another or others, of a certain attribute or set of attributes: a political movement's commonality of purpose. between the ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. and enterprise networks. In addition to the virtual bandwidth management service, ISPs will be able to offer their customers tiered services, traffic guarantees, bandwidth on-demand and usage-based billing. Integration with leading customer care and billing systems will ensure smooth integration of the solution into most ISP environments. "Allot's solution is what ISPs need now," stated Mike Jude, senior analyst at Enterprise Management Associates. "In order to survive in the competitive ISP environment, they need to find new revenue-generating services. Virtual bandwidth management is definitely one of the more important services they can offer to business customers." New versions of Allot's NetEnforcer(TM) policy enforcement and bandwidth management device and the NetPolicy(TM) network management and policy server product complete the integration of Virtual Bandwidth Manager into its policy-based IP, customer management and billing systems. Allot's NetEnforcer gives providers the power to intelligently shape bandwidth and deliver systemwide service level guarantees based on the needs and priorities of the customer. Its hardware-based bypass technology ensures 100 percent availability and redundancy. NetEnforcer Version 3.5 supports two levels of traffic classification: the upper level for Service Level Agreement pipes between the customer and the service provider, and the lower level for further defining customer traffic preferences within the pipes. NetPolicy(TM) enables networkwide, policy-based customization provisioning and monitoring of the NetEnforcers. NetPolicy Version 2.1 allows secured self-provisioning by the customer to a "Virtual Bandwidth Management" of his or her pipe. It allows the customer to make changes to the lower-level traffic parameters and monitor the traffic. Allot's NetEnforcer Version 3.5 and NetPolicy Version 2.1 will be available and shipping in 4th Quarter 2000. This Virtual Bandwidth Manager capability will start at $17,500. About Allot Communications Allot Communications, founded in 1996, develops, manufactures and markets policy-based networking solutions. Allot is dedicated to a structured policy-based approach to ensure quality and availability of network services, resources and applications. The company's products improve performance and ensure the quality of mission-critical and time-sensitive applications running on IP networks. In 1998 Allot was recognized by Data Communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. as a "Top 25 Hot Startup" and earned a 1999 "Hot Product of the Year" award. Allot Communications has offices in Tel Aviv Tel Aviv (tĕl əvēv`), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest , Israel; Sophia Antipolis Sophia Antipolis is a technology park northwest of Antibes and southwest of Nice, France. Much of the park falls within the commune of Valbonne. Created in 1970~84, it houses primarily companies in the fields of computing, electronics, pharmacology and biotechnology. , France; Tokyo; Randers, Denmark; Munchen, Germany; London; 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 ; Norcross, Ga.; and Burlingame, Calif. The company sells and markets its products worldwide through OEMs, distributors and direct channels. For more information about Allot Communications, visit the company on the Web at www.allot.com or e-mail to sales@allot.com. |
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