August 14, 2009
AscenFlow M3000 series delivers WAN Traffic Management solutions enabling enterprises to enhance workforce efficiency while reducing carbon footprint
Taipei, Taiwan – Xtera Communications, a leading supplier of enterprise-class traffic management products, announced the release of the AscenFlow M3000-series WAN Traffic Management appliances. The M3000-series products are the most powerful 1U form-factor appliances in the market, offering up to 1 Gb/s throughput and up to 8 GbE interfaces including 4 fixed 1000TX ports and 4 ports that support 1000TX, 1000SX or 1000LX SFP modules.
AscenFlow is a comprehensive enterprise WAN traffic management solution, using Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology to accurately identify and control hundreds of Layer 4 and Layer 7 protocols and applications, as well as shaping traffic based on many other parameters. AscenFlow offers unmatched network transparency as well as bandwidth management and traffic shaping, ideal for controlling bandwidth accessed simultaneously by thousands of users. AscenFlow High Availability (HA) mode adds a layer of network protection with fully redundant hot-standby operation.
The M3000 series consists of the M3050 which supports 500Mb/s of total network traffic throughput and the M3100 supporting 1Gb/s throughput. The M3050 can be easily upgraded in-service to the M3100 should bandwidth requirements increase.
AscenFlow M3000-Series systems are already installed and operating in production networks in Germany and China.
The AscenFlow M3000 family also reflects Xtera’s commitment towards the development of green technology. The M3000 cuts power consumption by 35% in comparison with other devices of similar performance and hardware specifications. This latest development reduces costs, energy use and carbon emissions, while improving performance. The M3000 series highlights Xtera’s dedication towards providing clean solutions that are sustainable, economically viable, and environmentally sound.
While Internet use and the demand for bandwidth continues to rise, enterprises are experiencing a difficult economic climate and are constantly looking to reduce their costs, simplify their network environments and meet the needs of their users without wasting resources and money. With the AscenFlow M3100, customers can control what protocols get priority bandwidth on their network. Delay sensitive traffic like VoIP or video conferencing is guaranteed bandwidth. Mission-critical traffic, like ERP, VPN or a virtualization application, is maximized while recreational and unnecessary traffic such as YouTube, social networking or BitTorrent is minimized, shifted to off-hours use or blocked completely. Unlike WAN Optimization solutions, AscenFlow M3100 is not required at every location, but only where you need to specifically manage traffic flows.
“The AscenFlow M3000-series continues our price and performance leadership in the enterprise DPI/traffic management market,” said Steve Robinson, General Manager of Xtera WAN Traffic Management Division. “This new product family assures the network performance of your mission critical applications while controlling malicious and recreational traffic, improving response times and reducing required bandwidth. The M3000 series is a significant addition to our WAN Traffic Management product portfolio, which has been deployed in over 30 countries on all 6 continents.”
About Xtera Communications
Xtera Communications specializes in network infrastructure that delivers the highest capacity, reach and density. Our long-haul, Submarine, Metro and WAN technologies together with our deployment expertise drive customer success and long term value.
Xtera offers an extensive portfolio of Optical Transport solutions for long-haul, regional, metropolitan and sub-sea networks, and WAN Traffic Management solutions for both enterprise and telecom companies.
With deployments in four continents, Xtera’s Optical Transport portfolio helps service providers worldwide reach new markets via new deployments, and extends the life of their existing network assets with cost-effective upgrades. Xtera‘s innovative WAN Traffic Management solutions offer customers the best price/performance in network optimization.
Xtera delivers compelling advantage to its customers by maximizing network capacity, reach and value.
For more information, please visit www.xtera.com