ArrowPoint Communications Launches Asia/Pacific Operations; Former Nortel Executive to Head New ArrowPoint Regional Headquarters in Singapore.WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 1999-- ArrowPoint Communications, the pioneer of Web switching Using a Web switch to route Web traffic to the server that can process it most efficiently. See Web switch. solutions that optimize Web response time and Web site reliability, today announced the launch of its Asia/Pacific headquarters in Singapore. The company also announced the appointment of Douglas Ferguson as director of Asia/Pacific operations. Asia's eight million Internet users will grow to more than 54 million by the year 2002, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. International Data Corporation (IDC). Seventy five percent of Asia's largest companies (the "Asia 1000") have a World Wide Web presence, and the region has overtaken Europe in development of information age infrastructures, stated the IDC. "According to The Economist, The Economist, The Weekly magazine of news and opinion, founded in 1843 and published in London, generally regarded as one of the world's preeminent journals of its kind. Pacific Rim's Internet and e-commerce growth rates Growth Rates The compounded annualized rate of growth of a company's revenues, earnings, dividends, or other figures. Notes: Remember, historically high growth rates don't always mean a high rate of growth looking into the future. are among the highest in the world, often twice as high as that in America," said Christopher Lynch Christopher Lynch is an Executive Director of BHP Billiton Ltd and member of its board since January 2006. He was subsequently appointed as Group President of BHP Billiton's Carbon Steel Materials division in April 2006. , ArrowPoint's vice president of sales, marketing and support. "Asia represents a potentially explosive market opportunity for ISPs and Web Hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. companies who cite unreliable security and insufficient network infrastructure as obstacles to the more rapid spread of e-commerce. ArrowPoint's Web switching solutions provide a critical enabling technology that Asian customers are eager to embrace." Heading Asian operations, Ferguson brings 16 years of experience in sales management within the voice and data communications industries to ArrowPoint. As director, Asia Pacific for Nortel Micom since 1994, he built a $14 million per year business. Prior to Nortel Micom, he held various sales management positions with Information and Telecommunications Services, BIS Banking Systems Ltd., and Motorola Codex codex Manuscript book, especially of Scripture, early literature, or ancient mythological or historical annals. The earliest type of manuscript in the form of a modern book (i.e. . He lived in Hong Kong from 1989 to 1994, and has lived in Singapore since 1994. Ferguson brings extensive experience with communications carrier and large enterprise customers, and will develop ArrowPoint's distribution channels with leading distributors, resellers and original equipment manufacturers throughout the Pacific Rim. ArrowPoint's CS-100 and CS-800 Content Smart(tm) Web Switches provide a front-end for Web server farms or cache clusters, maximizing server resources and optimizing cache performance of Web caches. ArrowPoint's Web switches dynamically direct specific content requests to the best site and best server at that moment, avoiding busy or overloaded sites. Because ArrowPoint's products have the unique intelligence to differentiate content based on universal resource locator Universal Resource Locator - Uniform Resource Locator (URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. ) and cookies, they are the only solution to provide policy-based prioritization for premium content requests or preferred users and tailor quality of service accordingly. This enables Web hosting companies to offer tiered services, and ensures their ability to meet service level agreements (SLAs). ArrowPoint's Asia/Pacific regional headquarters are located in Singapore at the following address: ArrowPoint Communications, Level 36 Hong Leong Building, 16 Raffles Quay, Singapore 048581. The telephone number is (65) 321-8918. About ArrowPoint ArrowPoint Communications has pioneered Web switching, the next generation networking Next Generation Networking (NGN) is a broad term to describe some key architectural evolutions in telecommunication core and access networks that will be deployed over the next 5-10 years. technology that optimizes Web response times and reliability for a consistently positive user experience. ArrowPoint's products are used in a broad range of applications, including electronic commerce, Web publishing, Web caching and value-added Web hosting services. The company is headquartered in Westford, Mass., with regional offices based in Alton, Hampshire, United Kingdom and Singapore. For more information, call 978.692.5875 or visit the company Web site at www.arrowpoint.com. |
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