Infonet Partners with AGT
Partnership Provides Multinationals With Complete Visibility
and Control of IP Voice and IP Video Deployments
November 6, 2002 - Infonet Services Corporation (NYSE/FSE:IN),
a leading provider of global communications services to multinationals,
today announced that it has partnered with Applied Global
Technologies (AGT) to provide leading converged networking
solutions to its clients. The combined capability will leverage
the strengths of both companies to provide global, fully managed,
integrated voice, video and data solutions.
In an era of tighter budgets and expected ROIs, the teaming
of Infonet and AGT will provide tangible measurements of a
converged networking solution, by offering multinationals
a distinct competitive advantage through the utilization of
AGT's Video Conferencing Application Services (VCAS) and professional
services. One such VCAS tool is Network Aware Scheduling (NAS).
It emulates network routing protocols, evaluates resource
capabilities, and continuously manages all scheduled events,
bandwidth, and port availability in order to ensure the conference
requested will activate as scheduled. Utilizing the tools
of VCAS, Infonet can provide competitive performance metrics
of the network and converged networking resources, pro-active
assurance of resource availability, and capacity planning,
which are backed by Service Level Agreement (SLA) guarantees.
In collaboration with AGT, Infonet can provide assessment,
design, site-survey, procurement, staging, project management,
implementation, and management of services for converged networking
solutions. By using these services, clients can benefit from
the most accurate and reliable performance measures, thereby
facilitating optimal communications.
"Infonet's leadership in delivering global IP network
solutions, such as their IP VPN Secure service, provides the
means to effectively deploy an international converged network
service solution with predictable and reliable IP performance,"
said Erik Skolnik, Vice President of Emerging Technologies,
Applied Global Technologies. "The rich-media applications
of voice, video, streaming video and collaboration are transforming
how people communicate through common interfaces (i.e. web-based
interface or Outlook). The ease-of-use and international voice
and video IP solutions directly translate to an effective
cost-savings workplace."According to Wainhouse Research
analyst, Andrew Davis, "Network Aware Scheduling (NAS)
combined with reliable and accurate network performance statistics
in a converged network environment are critical to ensure
that a network is not only functioning properly but functioning
optimally. These best practices assure the client a reduction
in cost and complexity of implementing a converged network
solution.""The combined core competencies of Infonet
and AGT provide customers a higher Return on Investment (ROI)
for value added voice and video over IP solutions," said
Kent Lowell, Senior Director, MultiMedia Services, Infonet.
"Combining AGT's experience in designing and operating
large-scale IP voice and video deployments with Infonet's
unique global IP network, offers customers a low-risk avenue
to transition their current expensive circuit switched and
ISDN networks to converged IP environments."
About Applied Global Technologies
Applied Global Technologies
is the world's only portal to reliable and worry-free video
communications with divisions in professional engineering
services, software development, integration and customer support
services. Applied Global takes the enterprise vision of fully
integrated IP networks and applies it as an effective, ROI-centered
solution for today's progressive and agile businesses.
As a one-of-a-kind outsource solution, AGT activates its wealth
of experience and skill base to develop solutions that are
unique to each customer. In doing so, its customers are able
to utilize technology to enhance business objectives without
distraction or disruption to core business priorities.
In addition to its work in the commercial marketplace, the
ten-year old private corporation provides conferencing solutions
to the Pentagon, branches of the US Military and civilian
agencies, as well as numerous federal and state government
facilities. The company's continued advancement in communications
is being felt around the world.
AGT partners with those companies that bring value to its
customers. Applied Global's current partners include: Infonet,
Tandberg, Polycom, Radvision, and VCON.
Applied Global's international headquarters is located near
NASA in Rockledge, FL with field support offices in Atlanta, Seattle,
Virginia Beach, and Washington.
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Headquarters
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