IQUEST PARTNERS WITH AT&T AND CISCO TO LAUNCH NETWORKING BUSINESS UNIT AROUND AUTOMATED NETWORK ERROR DETECTION SYSTEM.iQuest Consultants, Inc. has introduced a new business unit that will provide corporate clients with an array of data networking solutions based around an automated error detection system. "The iQ Rack is an innovation in the networking industry that will reduce downtime by as much as 50%," said Shri Pattabhi, Vice President of Engineering for iQuest. "The iQ Rack can monitor the entire network 24 hours a day, sending an alert to a network engineers pager when it encounters an error. The diagnostic information provided by iQ Rack allows the problem to be fixed remotely, eliminating the need for an onsite service call in most cases." The iQ Rack comprises products from Cisco, Adtran and other third party manufacturers in addition to software developed by iQuest. "The increased reliance by corporations on their corporate networks and the Internet makes it more important than ever to minimize network downtime," said Kevin Outland out·land n. 1. A foreign land. 2. outlands The outlying areas of a country; the provinces. out , Vice President of Sales for the new iQuest Networking business unit. "Providing affordable proactive network management is an area of data networking that has been largely overlooked. We are filling a need that our clients tell us is critical to their business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets ." iQuest Networking offers an array of data networking services for corporations, including Network Management, Voice over IP, WAN and 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. design, Network Security, as well as services from AT&T such as Dedicated Hosting Typically refers to a single Web site that is hosted on a stand-alone server. See dedicated server. , 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. , Frame Relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. and ATM. The iQuest Networking web site is located at www.iquestnetworking.com. |
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