Monday, 19 November 2007

Malaysian Govt Awards WAN Contract to Exinda

Government Integrated Telecom Network (GITN) has awarded Exinda Networks a contract as part of the Malaysian government’s bandwidth management project that involves deploying Exinda wide area network (WAN) optimization appliances at more than 700 networked government sites over the next two years in a bid to provide quick, efficient and reliable services to its citizens.

The two year contract is said to worth more than USD 1.1 million and is seen as the largest ever for Exinda.

GITN is the official network service provider for the Malaysian government. It manages the network that supports the government and its rapidly growing economy.

Exinda Networks’ WAN optimization appliances will ensure that network applications are responding quickly to end user requests. The appliances classify, prioritize and compress network traffic while controlling non-essential traffic such as recreational Web applications. WAN optimization will help GITN reduce network operating costs by maximizing its network investment.

“GITN’s bandwidth management project is one of the industry’s largest WAN optimization deployments,” said Con Nikolouzakis, chief executive office of Exinda Networks.

“The contract award reflects Exinda’s ability to deliver technology and service on a broad scale. We will provide excellent customer service and technical support to accomplish the project goals,” he added.

Software upgrades for a select number of Exinda x700 appliances will enable GITN to accelerate mission critical applications on the optimized network. GITN will also use Service Delivery Point (SDP), an Exinda Web-hosted software-as-a-service for centrally managing all the appliances deployed throughout the network via a Web browser. SDP will simplify the installation and maintenance of these devices to achieve optimal application performance.

“The bandwidth management project is a very important initiative for GITN,” a GITN spokesperson said in a prepared statement.

Exinda Networks is a global supplier of Unified Performance Management that integrates WAN optimization, application acceleration, application visibility and application response time measurements for enterprise, government and service provider clients.

Founded in 2002, Exinda's mission is to ensure optimal and consistent application performance over the WAN and reduce network operating costs. Exinda has more than 1,000 customers in more than 35 countries around the world.