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To: JakeStraw who wrote (179)	5/30/2002 8:19:15 AM
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Infonet Applies for Network Performance Monitoring Methodology Patent for Automated Service Level Agreements New Method Provides More Predictable SLAs and Reduces the Complexity and Cost of Managing a Network biz.yahoo.com EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2002-- Infonet Services Corporation (NYSE:IN; FSE:IN), a leading supplier of global communications services to multinational enterprises, today announced that its Network Performance Monitoring Methodology for Automated Service Level Agreements (SLAs) has been selected to become part of Infonet's active intellectual property patenting program. As part of this program, Infonet conducts an internal review and selects from its rich service portfolio those technology offerings that warrant the added protection patents provide. Infonet filed a provisional patent application for the Automated SLA system incorporating the methodology in the U.S. Patent office in 2001 and also filed a patent application in the European Patent Office in 2002. The SLA patent application covers a new methodology that enables the company to obtain an accurate measurement of the performance on such metrics as availability, delay and loss from any site to any other site, measured by monitoring the links between adjacent sites. In addition, this new capability allows us to increase the accuracy of the performance metrics for meeting and exceeding SLA performance and is available for all Infonet services that use: Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Frame Relay, Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) and Internet Protocol Virtual Private Networks (IP VPNs). By measuring performance metrics on network trunks between adjacent sites and customer access lines, instead of measuring every end-to-end path, the need to install measurement equipment at each network and customer site is eliminated. So, for a fully meshed network with 100 sites, where every site is connected to every other site, this technique requires the monitoring of only a few hundred links instead of the approximately 5,000 paths in a 100-site meshed topology. In addition, this tangible measurement provides Infonet with the distinct advantage of offering competitive performance metrics, which are backed by Service Level Agreement (SLA) guarantees. By using this new method, Infonet will have the means to provide customers with more accurate and reliable performance measures. According to Yankee Group analyst Sandra Palumbo, "Gathering accurate network performance metrics is critical to ensure that a network is not only functioning properly but functioning optimally. Reliable and accurate network statistics are important tools in improving network performance and reducing overall network management costs and complexities." "Our Network Performance Monitoring Methodology represents a large, quantifiable competitive edge for our clients," said Ami Varsano, Infonet's Senior Principal Systems Engineer. "These patent applications validate the culmination of many years of research, analysis and dialogue with over 200 clients, and will provide our clients with strong service level agreements that generate substantial return on investments."