Equant IP VPN Interconnects 100 Locations of Allianz Group.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2002 Secure Private Network Delivers Financial Reporting to Munich-Based Insurance and Financial Services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Group from 68 Countries Worldwide Equant (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ENT ENT ears, nose, and throat (otorhinolaryngology). ENT abbr. ear, nose, and throat ENT ear, nose and throat. ENT Ears, nose & throat; formally, otorhinolaryngology ) (Euronext Paris Euronext Paris is France's securities market, formerly known as the Paris Bourse, which merged with the Amsterdam and Brussels exchanges in September 2000 to form Euronext NV, which is the second largest exchange in Europe behind the London Stock Exchange. : EQU EQU Equipment EQU Equilibrium EQU Equate (assembly language directive) EqU Equivalent Unit EQU Extremely Qualified User EQU Estimated Quarterly Usage EQU Equal to EQU Equation ), an industry leader in IP and data services to multinational businesses, has completed a major portion of its recent multimillion dollar contract to provide Allianz Group an IP Virtual Private Network interconnecting 100 corporate sites on five continents. Allianz Group is a global leader in property and casualty insurance, life and health insurance, and asset management. Equant already has integrated 75 Allianz locations with its customized Equant IP 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. solution, which supports several corporate applications, including an intranet with a corporate directory, Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. and other groupware such as an application for stock and bond trading. In addition, Allianz is using managed firewalls, remote access with IPSec encryption as well as project and service management. The network will carry all Allianz Group financial reporting to Munich-based Allianz Holding. Allianz Group selected Equant for its extensive geographic coverage. Equant offers network availability in more than 220 countries and territories, while Allianz has sites in 68 countries across the globe. The new contract expands the successful relationship begun in 1999 between Equant and Allianz Group, which includes Equant LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. Access with Dial on Demand routing On Demand Routing (ODR) is a simple routing protocol for hub and spoke networks. ODR uses Cisco Discovery Protocol to send and receive network information and is available only on Cisco routers. (ODR can also stand for Octal Data Rate. and Private Dial for mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings . "We needed a service provider who could give us a seamless, reliable, secure network around the world," said Markus Schroder, manager of Infrastructure Development and Operations of Allianz. "Equant not only gives us the coverage we needed, but it also offers the best technology in the market and the service plans to back it up." "Equant is very pleased that a prestigious, blue-chip multinational like Allianz Group is placing its trust in Equant," said Michel Picaud, senior vice president of Central and Eastern Europe The term "Central and Eastern Europe" came into wide spread use, replacing "Eastern bloc", to describe former Communist countries in Europe, after the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1989/90. , Middle East and Africa, Equant. "We believe an agreement of this size and scope exemplifies Allianz's confidence in Equant's stability and our ongoing ability to provide reliable and secure high-speed connections to leading global companies." Equant IP VPN offers unmatched geographic coverage with unlimited any-to-any connectivity in a private and secure network with guaranteed quality of service. Equant IP VPN is implemented with transmission speeds of up to 155 Mbps at the highest quality level. The service is protected by Service Level Agreements for transit delay, packet loss and jitter A flicker or fluctuation in a transmission signal or display image. The term is used in several ways, but it always refers to some offset of time and space from the norm. For example, in a network transmission, jitter would be a bit arriving either ahead or behind a standard clock cycle . Five classes of service, the most in the industry, are available for the transport of different types of applications, including both on-net and off-net voice and video transmission via IP. About Equant Equant (NYSE: ENT) (Euronext Paris: EQU) is a recognized industry leader in global data and IP network and integration services for multinational businesses. The Equant network has unmatched seamless reach, connecting key business centers in 220 countries and territories, with local support in 191 countries and territories. Building on more than 50 years of experience in 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. , Equant serves thousands of the world's top companies with the industry's most extensive portfolio of managed network services, including the market-leading IP VPN used by more than 600 global businesses. Equant, a member of the France Telecom Group, consistently leads industry surveys in corporate user satisfaction. About Allianz Allianz Group is a global leader in property and casualty insurance, life and health insurance, and asset management. The Group has more than 180,000 employees in 68 countries around the world. This release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements related to Equant that involve risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned that these statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future results or events. Readers are referred to the documents filed by Equant with the SEC, specifically the most recent filing on Form 20-F, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including, among other things, risks relating to Equant's history of operating losses, the unpredictability of growth in Equant's markets, Equant's rapid growth, changing technology, uncertain and changing regulatory restrictions, Equant's international operations, dependence on suppliers, network security issues, competition, and volatility of Equant's stock price and risks relating to the combination with Global One. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to Equant on the date hereof, and Equant assumes no obligation to update such statements. |
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