06/06/2009 - APM a new application-centric network services for Belgacom

Ipanema Technologies, today announced that The The Belgacom Group, Belgium's reference provider of integrated telecommunication services has launched its new service: Application Performance Management (APM)

PARIS, France — June 6th, 2009 — Ipanema Technologies, today announced that The The Belgacom Group, Belgium's reference provider of integrated telecommunication services has launched its new service: Application Performance Management (APM). This new service provides enterprises with greater control of their network and application performance. IT and networking departments are increasingly called on to align with business goals and guarantee the delivery and performance of key business applications. Network managers are looking for service providers that can offer application-centric Services.

By managing the performance of applications across the wide area network (WAN), APM helps customers meet business goals, such as improving the management of a converged Virtual Private Network (VPN) or maximising the investment in other IT resources. Specific performance targets can be set for applications based on the business objectives of the company, and controlled across any IP infrastructure. The service allows optimisation decisions to be taken globally across the network, reducing risk, downtime and data loss.

APM is composed with scalable Consulting and Management Services:

Application Audit

  • Measurement in the network
  • Traffic pattern, application types, utilisation rate, etc
  • Identify application performance issue
  • Samples of reports and assessment paper

Application Optimisation and Management

  • Define and implement optimisation concept
  • Application Monitoring
  • Application-based Reporting
  • Life Cycle Management: review, change and update
  • Regular review meeting with customer

 

Application Service Level Agreement

  • Define application performance objectives (delay, jitter, packet loss and allocated bandwidth per application)
  • Define boundaries and responsibilities
  • Monitoring and report

 

     According to research carried out by analyst and consulting firm OVUM (1.) with large enterprises in North America and Europe revealed that between 65% and 80% of respondents might be willing to pay network service providers more to improve application optimisation. The areas of most interest include:

  • Improving the quality of service to guarantee performance of business critical applications.
  • Acceleration technologies to reduce WAN bandwidth and delay constraints for business critical applications.

     The Application Performance Management hosted service, a new offering from The Belgacom Group, is now available and is targeted at multi site organisations. It is highly scalable and can be implemented across thousands of sites. The Belgacom Group is utilising technology from Ipanema Technologies to deliver APM. Ipanema Technologies, through its Autonomic Networking System, offers The Belgacom Group a scalable carrier class system with a dedicated service delivery framework called SALSA that transcends their actual IP VPN service and opens a way toward a new generation of high-value services centered around what matters most to the enterprise: the performance of their business-critical applications.

The Belgacom Group said: “As traffic on the network increases, effective application management becomes crucial. APM further enhances The Belgacom Group Belgium market leading position by offering customers a modular, flexible and repeatable service with a depth and functionality on a global scale. As technology increasingly becomes network-centric, The Belgacom Group can help firms build flexibility into every aspect of their business, enabling them to thrive in the digital networked economy.”

 

“There is a real market opportunity for service providers and telcos that are able to offer their clients and prospects application-centric services that address the performance challenges they face whilst maximising the network asset. By building visibility, management and optimisation services into its offering, The Belgacom Group enables enterprises in Belgium to take an application-centric approach to networking, giving it a real edge in meeting customers’ needs,” said Michel Agopian, Vice President Europe, Ipanema Technologies.

 

 

 

About Belgacom

The Belgacom Group is Belgium's reference provider of integrated telecommunication services

Bolstered by its long-standing experience as Belgium's incumbent operator and its capacity for innovation, the Belgacom Group, thanks to its subsidiaries, is able to provide all its customers, regardless of their profile - whether private or professional, company or institution - with a comprehensive range of offers and solutions in fixed and mobile networks.


The Belgacom Group offers a complete quadruple-play solution that integrates fixed and mobile telephony, Internet and television. It is committed to meeting the expectations of its professional and residential customers, and innovates in order to anticipate their future needs, drawing on the latest technological developments. With a view to closing the digital gap, the Group is also committed to promoting electronic services and providing a wide range of innovative applications.
For more information, visit http://www.belgacom.com

 

About Ipanema Technologies (www.ipanematech.com)

Ipanema develops next-generation solutions enabling any large enterprise to have full control over their global network. Ipanema’s unique patented technology guarantees business application performance for each user, no matter where or when. We simplify network operations. We reduce costs. In a nutshell, we guarantee critical application performance and make a 1000 site network feel like one.

Ipanema is used extensively by many large telecom operators as well as by large multinationals across all market segments, including banking and finance, public sector, energy, pharmaceuticals, automotive, IT and others.