ESCO(R) Corporation Manages Traffic Prioritization with Kentrox(R) QoS Solutions.

Protecting and prioritizing critical business applications cost-effectively

HILLSBORO, Ore. -- ESCO Corporation, a group of companies that manufactures engineered metal parts and components for industrial machinery, has eliminated bandwidth management issues using the Kentrox Q1300 QoS Appliance. The Q1300 has helped ESCO protect critical applications, monitor and prioritize traffic, provide Quality of Service (QoS), and manage WAN bandwidth.

As ESCO's Internet usage has expanded among its 3,600 employees worldwide, the company experienced bandwidth issues that affected performance for multiple Internet-based applications, such as Voice over IP and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). This time-sensitive traffic was competing with less critical traffic for the limited resources available on the Wide Area Network.

ESCO added the Q1300 QoS Appliance to the network at the critical VPN sites. This allowed them to enforce bandwidth policing and provide QoS for VoIP and other latency-sensitive applications. The Q1300 uses industry standard Differentiated Services (DiffServ) for implementing the QoS. ESCO is able to reserve a user-defined amount of bandwidth to ensure the critical applications get the priority required.

"The implementation of the Q1300 in our network was quick and easy," stated John Warren, Manager of Internet Technology & Network Security from ESCO. "The setup and operation of the device was straightforward using the simple Graphical User Interface (GUI). We already had routers in place, and fortunately, we did not need to remove or replace any equipment. We simply added it behind our existing equipment making the addition of QoS painless. The price point of the product is ideal for the policing and QoS our company requires. I'm extremely pleased with the appliance because our mission-critical applications do not suffer due to unavailable network resources. I haven't received one call regarding application performance since I've installed it. It is a quick way to provide peace of mind."

The Q1300 also provides real-time and historical graphical reports verifying that QoS is actually performing at the WAN access point. These reports can help to debug problems that have occurred in the past and can validate changes instantly. The GUI makes validating traffic by traffic class quick and easy.

About Kentrox

Kentrox is a leading supplier of high-speed network access equipment, including the recently-introduced and award-winning QoS appliance, Q-Series QoS access routers, DSU/CSUs, ATM access concentrators, and wireless base station products. Its extensive customer base includes enterprises and small-to-medium offices, carriers, wireless service providers and government entities worldwide. Kentrox is based in Hillsboro, Oregon. Contact the company at 800-733-5511 or via the Web at www.kentrox.com.