Tailoring 100G for Metro Networks     by Stephan Rettenberger        Topics: Main | VoIP | Wireless | Undersea Cables | Security | IPTV | MSOs | CDNs  | Ethernet | Mergers  | Financials  | People  | Europe | Canada | China | Japan | Korea | India | Latin America | Archive   Virtela Launches Cloud-Based Application Acceleration Service            Tweet Virtela, which provides global managed network services through partnerships with 500+ carriers, introduced a virtualized application acceleration service for enterprises that promises performance boosts of up to 25x without the upfront investment of acceleration hardware. Specifically, Virtela's virtualized acceleration service leverages the network cloud instead of dedicated hardware appliances at each branch office. Virtela is operating 50 Local Cloud Centers (LCCs), distributed around the world in close proximity to end users, to accelerate applications immediately, near the content source. The service applies caching, compression, higher layer communication protocol and other application optimization techniques to reduce application chattiness, resulting in the 5-25x performance boost. Virrtela said its service can be activated instantly in more than 190 countries at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions. The service is just $5 per day per branch office location. For example, a 20-branch-office network that follows a traditional device-dependent approach would cost $200,000 in year one, compared to $36,000 with Virtela's cloud-based model - five times less. The new service accelerates applications between any location - headquarters, data centers, branch offices, mobile workers and partner sites - anywhere in the world. Some of the performance gains include: 7-25x for Microsoft Windows File Sharing (e.g., Microsoft Office) 5-17x for Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes Email 5-13x for ERP/CRM Applications (e.g., Siebel, Oracle, Salesforce.com) 6-10x for Web-based Collaboration (e.g., Microsoft SharePoint, Oracle WebCenter) 10-25x for Data Backup and Storage (e.g., EMC, NetApp, Amazon EC2) Virtela is backing its price/performance claims with an application response time guarantee: "if customers do not experience faster response times, they do not pay - and Virtela will pay them 250% of their service charge." http://www.virtela.net 08-Jun-10     No video on this topic yet.. contact us to present your views. Recent Service Provider News Sprint Says Network Vision On Track, LTE by Mid-Year 2/8/2012 AT&T's U-verse App for iPad Offers Wi-Fi Streaming on the Go 2/7/2012 Verizon and Redbox Target VOD 2/6/2012 Hong Kong Completes 2.3 GHz Spectrum Auction 2/6/2012 Sprint Unveils iDen Decommissioning Sites with 4G Rollout Underway 2/4/2012 AT&T and Orange Expand Cisco Telepresence Interconnectivity 2/2/2012 U.S. Cellular to Launch LTE Next Month 2/2/2012 India's Supreme Court Cancels 122 Telecom Licenses for 2G 2/2/2012 Facebook Connects 483 million Users per Day -- 48% YoY Growth 2/1/2012 Belgacom Offers Alcatel-Lucent’s Application Assurance 2/1/2012 eircom Seeks Investors or Buyer 2/1/2012 Verizon Wireless and Comcast Launch Joint Marketing 2/1/2012 AT&T Announces Executive Line-up Reshuffle 1/30/2012 Clearwire Completes $300 Million Bond Sale 1/27/2012 Verizon Expands Network in Africa and the Middle East 1/26/2012 > More news...   Search  this site   Search the Web Get Your Column Published Tailoring 100G for Metro Networks by Stephan Rettenberger The "Flattening Effect" and Network Intelligence by Terence Martin Breslin, CEO, and Andy Huckridge, Director of Marketing Focus on a Premium Mobile User Experience by Ray Greenan Service Delivery Networking: The key to 4G Network Success by Ray Vinson What Operators Still Need in Next-Generation Transport by Jimmy Mizrahi It's Time for Mobile-specific Encryption Policies by Brian Tokuyoshi Buy a Subscription Unsubscribe Update email address Our Videos Advertising & Sponsorships Promote a Whitepaper See Back Issues Contact Us