Master Agent Agreement Announced Between Ipanema and Secureway Networks

By Shamila Janakiraman, TMCnet Contributor

Ipanema (News - Alert) Technologies specializing in WAN Governance and application-centric VPN services announced that it has inked a master agent partnership agreement with Secureway Network Distributors, a security and networking distributor in the Middle East.

The agreement entails Secureway to represent Ipanema Technologies as their Value Added Distributor or VAD for the GCC countries. It will also provide local expertise, support and services for service providers, system integrators and value added resellers by leveraging Ipanema’s portfolio of technologies to build advanced governance and application-based virtual private network or VPN services.

The Autonomic Networking System provided by Ipanema has been the enabling technology for Wan Governance managed services offered by major global service providers such as OBS, Cable and Wireless, Swisscom (News - Alert), BT, COLT, Belgacom, Telecom Italia and many others.

In a release Fari Boustantchi, CEO of Secureway Group said, “Due to the special cost structure and geographical positioning of UAE and the GCC countries, WAN Governance and WAN Optimization are increasingly sought after by savvy enterprises looking to reduce risks, manage the data explosion and its associated cost implications. We see this as highly complementary to our existing security business."

Commenting on this partnership Reza Mahdavi, President of Ipanema Technologies said, “WAN Governance has finally arrived in the Middle East. Having been deeply involved in building the initial network infrastructure in the GCC countries while responsible for managing emerging developing countries at CISCO, I am very happy to also be a part of launching the technology that puts the intelligence on top of those networks.”

Mahdavi added that this was an important development for Ipanema which he will highlight at the Telecom World Middle East besides discussing the need for going beyond MPLS by providing the required visibility and autonomic control for today’s advanced networks.

“Our launch at this event is a great opportunity to exchange ideas and to develop relationships with regional service providers,” Mahdavi added.

The present enterprise environment scenario necessitates the implementation of strategic IT transformation initiatives which dramatically increases the pressure on the network. Desktop virtualization, unified communications, Web applications, video streaming, telepresence, hybrid networks and the evolution to cloud computing require predictable, real-time, optimized and controlled network performance. The WAN has become a strategic asset to provide these and thereby enhance enterprise productivity.

(source: http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/master-agent/articles/108981-master-agent-agreement-announced-between-ipanema-secureway-networks.htm)