Easynet Selects Riverstone's Carrier Ethernet Technology for Web Hosting Service
29 März 2005 - 5:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Easynet Selects Riverstone's Carrier Ethernet Technology for Web
Hosting Service SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 29
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Riverstone Networks (RSTN.PK) today
announced that Easynet France, the French subsidiary of the
pan-European broadband networking provider Easynet (LSE:ESY), is
deploying the company's Ethernet routers to enhance its web hosting
services. Using the Quality of Service (QoS) and security features
of Riverstone's RS 3100 access routers, Easynet can provide each
hosted web site with its own dedicated bandwidth so that individual
customers use only the bandwidth they require. As a result, users
visiting the hosted sites will experience improved performance and
security as well as reduced delays when accessing information. "Our
web hosting customers like to be able to profile their web site
traffic to determine the exact level of bandwidth they need," said
Delphine Goujon, Network Skill Center Manager, Easynet. "We took
advantage of the RS 3100's advanced features, such as fine
bi-directional shaping and Layer 2 isolation, and applied them to
the data center environment. These attributes enabled us to design
a scaleable and cost-efficient data center infrastructure that
grows when new customers come in. We also liked the RS 3100's small
footprint and good port-density, which are well suited for data
centers." The RS 3100 features two flexible linecard slots and 32
10/100BaseTX fixed RJ-45 ports, and can interoperate with
traditional data networks, allowing service providers to expand the
network's reach without changing or compromising existing SLAs.
Featuring high-performance routing and switching, and dynamic
on-demand bandwidth provisioning, the RS 3100 access routers extend
Ethernet/IP service delivery to the metro access. "End-users want
to use new Ethernet-based services, but expect similar SLA
capabilities to those provided by Frame Relay and ATM services,"
said Steve Whipps, General Manager, EMEA, Riverstone Networks.
"Riverstone's Quality of Service (QoS) solution provides these
bandwidth-tailoring capabilities and is highly scalable, allowing
multiple customers and service types to be deployed
simultaneously." Founded in 1994, Easynet is a leading pan-European
broadband networking company, providing businesses across Europe
with innovative, IP-based wide area network solutions. Easynet is
an infrastructure-based provider, with a 'pure IP' next generation
network. Easynet is focused on Europe, with deep infrastructure and
expertise across eight European countries. Easynet's fault-tolerant
networks deliver mission-critical data to a range of corporations,
either nationally or cross-border across Europe. "On the ground"
operational capability enables Easynet to provide highly skilled
pan-European technical design and project management, coupled with
a single point of contact for network management, multi-lingual
support and customer care. Riverstone Networks, Inc. is a leading
provider of carrier Ethernet infrastructure solutions for business
and residential communications services. Riverstone's Ethernet
router portfolio uniquely delivers the reliability that allows
carriers to meet the triple play -- voice, video and data --
service requirements of their customers in a cost-effective and
scalable way. Riverstone allows carriers to offer new services over
existing revenue-generating networks permitting them to evolve to a
next generation Ethernet infrastructure. Riverstone Contact: Agency
Contact: Amy Huitt Tamara Morris Riverstone Networks Fleishman
Hillard 1-408-878-6918 44 207 395 7037 DATASOURCE: Riverstone
Networks, Inc. CONTACT: Amy Huitt of Riverstone Networks,
+1-408-878-6918, or ; or Tamara Morris of Fleishman Hillard, 44 207
395 7037, or Web site: http://www.riverstonenet.com/
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