CoSine Communications Awarded $20 Million Purchase Order from Pan-European IP Service Provider AduroNet.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2000 AduroNet Chooses CoSine's Solution for Rollout of Pan-European IP Services, Enabling European Customers to Realize Exceptional Value from Advanced Internet Technologies CoSine Communications, the leading provider of managed, network-based IP Service Delivery Platforms, announced today that it has been awarded a $20 million purchase order from AduroNet. Through the innovative use of advanced IP technologies, AduroNet enables companies to evolve to a new way of doing business in Europe. AduroNet is installing CoSine IPSX 9000(TM) switches in regional Points-of-Presence (POPs) linking, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Milan, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Munich, Vienna, Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. and the US for service rollout in the third quarter of 2000. The CoSine platform will connect AduroNet's Enterprise customers to the network, providing these customers with an open, ongoing source of network-based value-added services. AduroNet will deploy the CoSine InVision(TM) Service Management System (SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. ) in its London and Frankfurt Mega-POPs to centralize the management and accounting of its SP customer base. "AduroNet is uniquely positioned to enable our partners -- regional service providers throughout Europe -- to deliver innovative IP solutions to European businesses at a significant cost advantage," said Reynie Ortiz, co-founder, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AduroNet. "To that end, AduroNet is creating the most advanced, most efficient IP services network in Europe, using the latest technology from Silicon Valley, such as the CoSine solution. "CoSine's value proposition for IP service delivery is perfectly suited to our model: low provisioning and support costs, quick time to market, and a continuous stream of high-margin IP services. This order underlines our commitment to introducing the most advanced services into Europe, which we believe is the most robust and rapidly evolving Internet market in the world." "AduroNet is taking the concept of 'next-generation network' to a new dimension, beyond best-of-breed infrastructure to best-of-breed services," said Dean Hamilton Dean Hamilton (born 13 February 1961 in Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian actor and director. External links , CoSine president and CEO. "With CoSine's assistance, AduroNet has achieved a new economy of scale in its network with a highly efficient, highly redundant design and an unprecedented integration of equipment and software. Using the CoSine solution, AduroNet can enable regional Service Providers to offer European businesses the global reach of the Internet with the security and performance of private networks at a substantially reduced cost." New Opportunities for European Small and Medium Enterprises Until now, high-value services such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) have been priced out Priced out The market has already incorporated information, such as a low dividend, into the price of a stock. of reach of the 6 million Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) across Europe. Their choices were thus limited to dial-up Internet access See dial-up. or expensive private lines. The CoSine-AduroNet solution allows the SME (1) (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise) See SMB. (2) (Subject Matter Expert) An individual who is well-versed in the policies and procedures of a particular department or division. sector to fully participate in the Internet economy and to enjoy the same level of service, application support, and security as larger companies. The flexible CoSine platform allows AduroNet to define service packages specifically to meet the needs of each local SP serving businesses in a region. While the local SP maintains the customer care and billing relationship with the end user, AduroNet provisions all CoSine services from the regional POP and delivers them through the network to the customer, minimizing installation time and costs. The result is a winning relationship for all concerned: the customer gets access to a host of new and emerging IP services at an overall reduced cost; the local SP gets to expand its service portfolio with no infrastructure buildout; AduroNet gets end-to-end visibility and control of its network and service assets. The CoSine IPSX 9000 marries scalable computing hardware with an open software architecture to enable AduroNet to deliver a wide range of third-party and CoSine-originated services to its SP customers. Today CoSine's market-leading suite of managed, network-based VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. services includes the Network Associates Gauntlet Firewall, site-to-site IPSec tunneling (virtual leased line Virtual Leased Line (VLL) is a way to provide Ethernet based point to point communication over IP/MPLS networks. In the industry, the technology is also referred to as Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS) or EoMPLS (Ethernet over MPLS). ), IPSec dial tunnel termination, Virtual Routing with support for the Border Gateway Protocol Border Gateway Protocol - (BGP) An Exterior Gateway Protocol defined in RFC 1267 and RFC 1268. Its design is based on experience gained with Exterior Gateway Protocol (EGP), as defined in STD 18, RFC 904 and EGP usage in the NSFNet backbone, as described in RFCs 1092 and 1093. (BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) The routing protocol that is used to span autonomous systems on the Internet. It is a robust, sophisticated and scalable protocol that was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). 4), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) A routing protocol that determines the best path for routing IP traffic over a TCP/IP network based on distance between nodes and several quality parameters. ) and Routing Information Protocol See RIP. 1. (networking) Routing Information Protocol - (RIP) A distance vector, as opposed to link state, routing protocol. RIP is an Internet standard Interior Gateway Protocol defined in STD 34, RFC 1058 and updated by RFC 1388. (RIP), DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary aggregation, Frame Relay to IPSec interworking (standard) interworking - Systems or components, possibly from different origins, working together to perform some task. Interworking depends crucially on standards to define the interfaces between the components. and Frame Relay over IPSec. Partnering for Success To ensure a smooth and rapid rollout of IP services, CoSine assisted AduroNet with its network design as part of its Healthy Start(SM) Professional Services program, a component of CoSine's IP Revenue Starter Kit. Under the program, CoSine also helped AduroNet integrate hardware and software from other vendors with the CoSine solution, including the integration of InVision SMS with AduroNet operations, support and billing systems. CoSine also assisted AduroNet in acquiring financing agreements Financing Agreements In the context of project financing, the documents which provide the project financing and sponsor support for the project as defined in the project contracts. for its equipment and service needs. About CoSine Communications Founded in 1998 and based in Redwood City, CoSine Communications is the leading developer of managed IP service delivery platforms for Business IP Service Providers who risk losing profitability with today's low-value Internet access services. The CoSine solution enables Next Gen Telcos, Competitive IXCs, International Service Providers and PTTs to quickly and reliably turn up value-added services to their wholesale and retail subscribers. For more information about CoSine Communications, visit the company's Web site at www.cosinecom.com or contact Suzanne Panoplos at 877/4COSINE About AduroNet AduroNet is the first company to deploy the very latest software configured, IP technology from Silicon Valley providing the lowest cost-base network in Europe. Service Providers can now deliver for the first time innovative, premium quality IP solutions for the European business market, enabling customers to realize exceptional value from advanced Internet technologies. AduroNet's Service Provider partners can offer a wider range of Internet solutions to new and existing business customers with unparalleled security, guaranteed levels of performance, minimal financial commitment and a significant reduction in cost.
AduroNet services will include:
-- Accelerated Web content, just one hop from ISPs in Europe
-- Highly secure, managed IP Virtual Private Networks
-- An optimized, business-critical platform to launch e-commerce
services across Europe
-- Voice over IP and 3G mobile services
For more information on AduroNet, please visit www.aduronet.com Note to Editors: For more details on the IP Revenue Starter Kit, see the related announcement, "CoSine Communications Announces Comprehensive Suite of Programs, Services and Tools For Expediting Value-Added IP Service Delivery," also released today. |
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