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To: Lerxst who wrote (6929)	8/11/1998 1:37:00 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Respond to of 6980

"Bay Unveils Policy-Based Networking Services" informationweek.com Monday, August 10, 1998 Bay Unveils Policy-Based Networking Services Plans ay Networks today unveiled a road map for delivering a set of products that allows customers to deploy and manage network policies. Policies are rules recognized by network management software and network devices for customizing bandwidth to applications or groups of users. Cisco and 3Com, Bay's major competitors, already have policy networking strategies, as do several smaller vendors. Bay's offering will be folded into its Optivity network management line, and will be called Optivity Policy Services. The products, which will start rolling out in mid-1999, will include a policy server, which validates requests for network service against policy information stored in a network directory. The line also will incorporate a Web-based user interface and Bay's existing NetID IP-address management software. Another piece will be configuration software for configuring the various devices in a network with policies. Initially, Bay will focus on delivering policies that can be configured just on a per-application basis. "That's what our customers are asking for now," says J. Craig Easley, director of product marketing. "We want our customers to walk with policy networking before they run." In the later stages--late 1999 through early 2000--Bay will provide support for policies that can be dynamically reconfigured based on user groups or on the network topology and current usage. --Monua Janah Back to NewsFlash Send Us Your Feedback Top of the Page Home \| Career \| Financials \| Date Book Resource Centers \| Shop Talk \| Search