Central Bank of West African States Selects Xpress as Their Infrastructure Management Platform.TEWKSBURY, Mass. -- One of Africa's leading banks implements HighStreet Networks Xpress(TM) to monitor and control their complete computing infrastructure. HighStreet Networks, a leader in next generation network management solutions, today announced that it has delivered the latest version of Xpress(TM) to BCEAO BCEAO Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (Central Bank of West African States) (Central Bank of West African West Africa A region of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea. It was largely controlled by colonial powers until the 20th century. West African adj. & n. States) for management and control their entire computing infrastructure. HighStreet Xpress(TM) is a next-generation management and control solution for managing hybrid networks In communications, a network made up of equipment from multiple vendors. including tradition network equipment, satellite network equipment, servers, applications, and the facilities where they reside. HighStreet Xpress(TM) uses industry-standard cutting-edge technologies that integrate dispersed components into a seamless distributed network management and control solution. BCEAO's computing infrastructure provides for central banking application access, intranet and Internet access See how to access the Internet. , video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. and remote teaching. The complete infrastructure at headquarters and 25 remote branches is monitored and controlled from the headquarters site using both central Xpress(TM) servers and Xpress(TM) servers at the remote sites. Full redundancy is provided with the addition of a back-up Xpress(TM) server at the central site able to take over monitoring and control of any other servers that may become unavailable. "HighStreet Network Xpress(TM) is ideally suited to manage and control worldwide hybrid networks, systems and facilities such as BCEAO's infrastructure," said Dick Andersen, VP of Sales and Marketing at HighStreet Networks. "We know that Xpress(TM) will continue to help BCEAO maximize the availability and security of their local and remote infrastructure resources while minimizing costly site visits and remote troubleshooting efforts." "We're really pleased with the way HighStreet Networks' Xpress(TM) is being implemented at our 25 sites," said Abdoulaye SECK, IT Director at BCEAO. "Xpress(TM) smoothly and easily integrates into our environment. Using Xpress(TM) we'll be able to provide a level of monitor and control unparalleled in our history. Xpress(TM) monitors and controls everything necessary for us to insure we are delivering the services our partners count on." HighStreet Networks Xpress(TM) combines an open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced based platform with advanced Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. to deliver off-the-shelf fault resolution, configuration management, performance management and security management functionality to manage a broad range of infrastructure devices and systems. Xpress(TM) can even manage devices not previously networkable such as spectrum analyzers, environmental control systems and other devices with serial management ports, providing a complete monitoring and control solution. ABOUT HighStreet Networks HighStreet Networks builds next generation system and network management products. These products intelligently interface to traditional network equipment, systems and servers, satellite network equipment and the facilities housing them, delivering comprehensive network, system and service level management using state of the art technology and Internetworking tools. Based in Tewksbury, Massachusetts Tewksbury (pronounced IPA: /ˈtʊksbɛriː, ˈtʊksbriː/) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 28,851 at the 2000 census. , HighStreet Networks is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. that has raised venture funding from Egan Managed Capital and Inflection point Inflection Point An event that changes the way we think and act. -Andy Grove, Founder of Intel. Notes: For example, the fall of the Berlin Wall was an inflection point in global politics and the commercialization of the Internet was an inflection point in technology. Ventures. For more information visit HighStreet Networks at www.highstreetnetworks.com. About BCEAO The Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) is the common central bank of the eight (8) member states which form the West African Monetary Union (WAMU WAMU Washington Mutual WAMU West African Monetary Union ). BCEAO is a public international institution whose headquarters are located in Dakar, Senegal. Besides the sole right of monetary signs issue which it enjoys throughout the member states of the Union, the Central Bank is responsible for: -- the pooling of the Union foreign exchange reserve; -- the management of the monetary policy of WAMU member states; -- the keeping of the accounts of the member states Treasury; -- The definition of the banking law applicable to banks and financial establishments within the WAMU. www.bceao.int HighStreet Networks and Xpress are trademarks of HighStreet Networks, Inc. All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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