ACC (Ericsson) announcement:
September 15, 1998 -- SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--Sept. 15, 1998--Advanced Computer Communications (ACC), a
leading provider of network-access solutions, Tuesday announced that its award-winning Virtual Port Service Management
(VPSM) software tool supports port management of third- party remote-access server (RAS) platforms, thereby providing
integration with legacy point-of-presence (POP) equipment and enabling a migration path to next-generation multiservice
solutions.
To service providers, this translates to protection of initial capital investments, reduced operating costs and quick time to
market for value-added services such as Internet telephony, virtual private networks (VPNs) and real-time service-level
management.
Integration With Third-Party Platforms
Introduced in early 1998, VPSM is a real-time, Web-based service- management tool that enables service providers to
cost-effectively and profitably offer VPNs to corporations and other service providers by selling dial-in services, such as
modem pool leasing.
VPSM allows service providers to centrally manage all ports provided by a network of remote-access servers as a virtual pool
of resources that can be dynamically assigned to subscribers.
Because network availability is based on virtual ports distributed across multiple POPs rather than physical ports tied to a
specific location, VPSM enables providers to oversubscribe their services, broaden their coverage and increase their customer
base.
Because there is no limit to the number of ports that can be managed in the virtual POP, VPSM allows providers to seamlessly
scale to higher densities as their dial traffic demands increase.
Since VPSM uses standards-based Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service (RADIUS) messages, it can maintain and
enforce subscription-quota limits for ports on RADIUS-compliant third-party network-access servers (NAS) across the
network.
This allows providers with multivendor environments to benefit from VPSM's scalability, centralized management and
intelligent, real-time resource provisioning, while enabling wholesale subscribers, both ISPs and corporations, to enjoy optimum
network performance, port availability and guaranteed quality of service.
Easy Migration Path to Differentiated Services
As alternate providers, such as competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), expand their offerings from traditional dial to
value-added services, VPSM works in conjunction with ACC's Tigris family of multiservice integrated access platforms to
speed time to market and simplify management of profitable differentiated services, while delivering the scalability, density,
reliability and performance requirements demanded by service providers to meet growing customer expectations.
Operating in concert with Tigris, VPSM enables quick deployment and cost-effective administration of such diverse
technologies as voice over IP, fax over IP, GSM mobile, xDSL, Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) management and Quality
of Service (QoS) as a centralized, service-oriented solution.
By replacing a legacy NAS with a Tigris, service providers gain the benefits of ACC's exclusive Call-by-Call technology, which
enables intelligent and dynamic allocation of DSP resources on a per-call basis without having to dedicate interfaces or
dimension networks for specific access protocols.
With Call-by-Call, providers can offer wholesale Internet access, outsourced corporate access, traditional Internet access and
any combination of dial-up and leased line services from a single Tigris chassis, without dedicating resources to specific
applications. Call-by-Call also allows providers to dynamically utilize network configurations throughout the day as traffic
patterns change.
By upgrading their remote-access servers to Tigris, providers also attain the benefits of a carrier-class architecture, including a
shelf built to NEBS specifications, system-control redundancy, hot-replaceable cards, load-sharing power supplies and
redundant cooling fans -- all features designed to minimize costly network downtime.
As a provider's business grows, Tigris accommodates increasing traffic demands by delivering high-capacity traffic to the ATM
backbone and offloading data traffic to the Internet via support for Signaling System Number 7 (SS7).
Pricing and Availability
VPSM pricing is based on number of virtual ports and starts at $4,995. VPSM is available now.
VPSM Interoperability Testing
ACC has conducted interoperability testing with NAS products and RADIUS servers from the leading remote-access vendors.
To learn more about VPSM interoperability testing, contact Tuan Le at 805/961-0669 or e-mail tuan@acc.com.
About Tigris
The Tigris family of integrated access concentrators combines dial-in and dedicated access with wide-area networking and
superior routing. The family is composed of three-, seven- and 11-slot access platforms and a series of optional dual 10/100
Mbps LAN, universal WAN, multifunctional DSP resources and T1/E1 modules.
The NEBS-compliant platform consolidates equipment and access lines, maximizes network flexibility, simplifies management
and maintenance, and ensures reliability.
Tigris is the only remote-access concentrator that gives carriers and Internet service providers a comprehensive solution to
meet their customers' Quality of Service (QoS) requirements.
To maximize traffic throughput under congested link conditions, Tigris uses ACC's exclusive Express Queuing feature to assign
priority levels to traffic according to Layer 3 protocol type, source and destination address. The company takes this a step
further with Fast Path Queuing, which allows users to specify the link path based on traffic type and/or address.
Additionally, Tigris speeds up modem training by creating modem service profiles that pair dial-in users with their modem
specifications. Modems can be set for specific connectivity speeds, maximum speeds and compression.
About ACC
ACC is a leading manufacturer of integrated remote-access and internetworking products that provide cost-effective solutions
for service providers and corporate enterprise networks. ACC leads the industry in the development of virtual private network
technologies and solutions designed to address emerging applications for both public and private networks.
ACC's products are sold worldwide directly and through strategic channel partners. ACC is a Newbridge affiliate.
Advanced Computer Communications has headquarters at 340 Storke Road, Santa Barbara, Calif. 93117; telephone
805/685-4455; fax 805/685-4465; e-mail info@acc.com; World Wide Web acc.com. |
