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Press ReleaseDistributors Across Western And Eastern Europe, Africa and South East Asia Sign on to Distribute NetEqualizerInternational Distributors Choose NetEqualizer for its Automated Bandwidth Control; Security and VoIP QoS CapabilitiesLAFAYETTE, Colo., Feb. 14, 2005 -- APconnections, a supplier of plug-and-play bandwidth shaping products, announced today that International distributors targeting service providers, systems integrators and resellers focused on the small-to-medium-sized (SME) business market have signed on to distribute its NetEqualizer product family. Distributors have been signed in Eastern and Western Europe, Africa, and in South East Asia. With these distribution agreements, resellers, systems integrators and service providers throughout EMEA now have access to the entire NetEqualizer product family.The distributors include Ati-Kos, based in Kosovo; Eye-Sec Distribution located in Utrecht, the Netherlands; Grupo Antea of Madrid, Spain; IT/D, headquartered in Budapest, Hungary; Netmedia, located in Helsinki, Finland; Optimal Network Distribution, headquartered in Centurion, South Africa; and, Stream Networks, headquartered in Singapore. "These distribution agreements with some of the premier providers throughout EMEA and South East Asia are validation of NetEqualizer's unique approach to solving the traffic control quandary faced by most organizations," said Rob Krol, vice president, EMEA sales, at APconnections. The recently signed distributors have selected NetEqualizer primarily for its ability to deliver automated bandwidth control. Other features that have driven adoption include the enhancement of security offerings with the ability to block and control p2p traffic and unique quality of service (QoS) capabilities that enable distributors to include NetEqualizer as part of a service provider VoIP package. "We've looked at the alternatives and decided that NetEqualizer offers our service provider, reseller and system integrator partners the best option for bandwidth control and quality of service," said Len Coetzer general manager, at Optimal Network Distribution. "No other product offered the combination of automated bandwidth control, enhanced p2p content filtering for added security and cost-effectiveness. NetEqualizer is changing the bandwidth control landscape." "Our reseller and system integrator partners throughout the Benelux region are looking for security and networking infrastructure products that both add value in the network and are cost-effective," said Rob van de Weijer, Sales Director, at Eye-Sec Distribution. "NetEqualizer's built-in traffic shaping rules take the complexity out of delivering quality of service and make true quality of service and bandwidth control available for a large market segment. In addition, its ability to block and control p2p traffic enhances our existing security offerings." "NetEqualizer adds tremendous value to our broadband and wireless internetworking portfolio," said Hassim Selahudin, general manager at Stream Networks. "It gives our partners throughout South East Asia the only truly automated solution for traffic control and for ensuring quality of service for VoIP." About NetEqualizer NetEqualizer is a plug-and-play networking appliance that delivers automated bandwidth control based on built-in fairness rules. NetEqualizer makes control decisions dynamically, prioritizing and shifting bandwidth between applications and connections as network usage rises and falls. During times of peak congestion, NetEqualizer apportions more bandwidth for latency-sensitive applications such as VoIP and business-class applications, including CRM and ERM, while still enabling non-critical data traffic such as large file downloads to traverse the network. This approach ensures user satisfaction and allows APconnections' customers to reduce both bandwidth and operational expenses. Unlike the alternatives, NetEqualizer installs in minutes and does not require the user to build and manage extensive policy libraries. The products seamlessly integrate with existing network infrastructure and do not require router upgrades or other network changes. In addition, NetEqualizer supports recognition, protection and quality guarantees for vendor-specific VoIP applications (VSVA). VSVA goes beyond merely identifying generic VoIP protocols such as SIP, H323 and RTP and allows NetEqualizer to recognize specific VoIP applications from third-party vendors and assures Net Equalizer customers that latency-sensitive VoIP traffic will not be impacted by bandwidth-intensive data traffic. Vendors currently recognized include Avaya, Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks, Siemens, Mitel Networks, Tenovis, Alcatel, NEC, Inter-Tel, Toshiba, 3Com, Shore Tel, Vertical Networks, Ericsson, EADS Telecom, Philips Business Communications and Aastra Technologies. About APconnections APconnections (http://www.apconnections.net) is a privately-held company founded in July 2003 and based in Lafayette, CO. The company develops fully-featured, cost-effective and easy-to-install and manage traffic shaping appliances based on Linux and Open Source technology. APconnections released its first commercial offering in July 2003, and since then over 1000 customers around the world have put the NetEqualizer family of bandwidth shaping products into service. NetEqualizer products can be found at ISPs, WISPs, major universities, Fortune 500 companies, SOHOs and small businesses on six continents. Media Contact: Kim Kapustka K2pr (650) 685-6342 kim@k2pr.com |
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