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Alcatel-Lucent introduces new solutions for optimizing enterprise networks as they host real-time applications and access cloud-based servicesOct 17, 2012 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- As thenetwork needs of businesses continue to evolve -- with companies coping withincreased use of personal devices while migrating their IT infrastructures tothe cloud - Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext and NYSE: ALU) is introducingsolutions and the expansion of its partner ecosystem, designed to enhance therunning of corporate networks. Alcatel-Lucent is introducing an enhancement to its Application Fluent Network solution, providing capabilities toautomatically adjust and optimize the entire corporate network to smoothly andeffectively support mobile devices and real time applications in the local areanetwork, the data center and across the wide area network. Automation isessential to businesses of any size to meet the challenges of deliveringvirtualized, mission-critical applications securely to employees over a highperformance network - no matter where workers are accessing theseapplications. Alcatel-Lucent's Application Fluent Network is built on Alcatel-LucentEnterprise products including OmniSwitch 10k, OmniSwitch 6900 and theOmniSwitch 6850E, which have been verified as Citrix Ready® across multipleproducts from Citrix including Citrix XenApp ®, Citrix XenDesktop ®, Citrix NetScaler ®, and Citrix Branch Repeater ®. Alcatel-Lucent's Application Fluent Network detectsvirtualized applications and applies a profile-driven policy to enable thenetwork to automatically adjust virtualized workload traffic, such as virtualdesktops, to meet users' service quality demands. This solution can combineindividual user policies, the type of device and applications being used, withthe knowledge of the entire network to dynamically adjust network accesspriority and bandwidth allocation, ensuring required service levels aremet. Rohit Mehra, IDC noted: "Employees are becoming increasingly mobile and relymore on smart devices, tablets and virtual applications to do their jobs,putting substantial pressures on enterprise networks to quickly react tochanges in workload. Alcatel-Lucent, with its vision for an applicationfluent network, solves this problem by providing increased automation withinthe network, bringing many benefits to the enterprise including simplifiedoperations and being able to keep pace with the rapid and dynamic performancetuning required by virtualized workloads." In addition to announcing Citrix Ready verification for key components ofthe Application Fluent networking solution, Alcatel-Lucent is also introducingthe expansion of its data center switching 'ecosystem' program , enhancing the performance and functionality ofenterprise networks as businesses transition from traditional data centerdesigns to cloud-ready networks. The program expansion also includes newverifications with Citrix on OmniVista 2500 Virtual Machine Manager, a newsolution with NetApp and a new alliance with QLogic. These joint solutions andnew alliances expand Alcatel-Lucent's solution to help enterprises meet networkand data center requirements for automation, mobility, security, improved userexperience and cost reduction. The Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista 2500 Virtual Machine Manager is Citrix Ready(TM) forCitrix XenServer ®, XenDesktop and XenApp. The OmniVista 2500 Virtual MachineManager solution provides real-time and historical visibility of both theenterprise data center network and the location of virtual components, such asvirtual machines, within the network. This visibility of both the networkand virtual applications provides an essential tool for network administratorsto effectively troubleshoot issues with application delivery quality. Inaddition, the OmniVista 2500 Virtual Machine Manager brings provisioning,management and visibility into Alcatel-Lucent's Data Center switchingsolution's capabilities to automatically perform network adjustments inresponse to changes in virtualized workloads within and between datacenters. NetApp ,a leader in integrated data storage and data management solutions, is workingwith Alcatel-Lucent to provide a solution blueprint that leverages itsenterprise-class Hadoop architecture for improved performance in analyzing bigdata sets. The Alcatel-Lucent high performance data center networkautomatically reconfigures the network when changes are detected in virtualizedand storage resources, thereby helping reduce query response time and networkcongestion while eliminating costly manual processes QLogicCorporation , a leading provider of high performance data, server, andstorage I/O solutions, welcomes Alcatel-Lucent to its NETtrack allianceprogram. Alcatel-Lucent and QLogic together provide integration acrossapplication, network and storage environments to deliver solutions thattransform the current infrastructure to a virtualized converged network withindustry-leading I/O performance and flexibility. In a separate announcement today, Alcatel-Lucent also announced its efforts toaccelerate the arrival of a new class of "carrier cloud" solution that meetsthe performance demands of service providers. The company will deliver the Alcatel-Lucent CloudBand(TM) Management System and CloudBand Node , whichcombines the computing power and flexibility of the cloud with the highperformance, reliability and security of communications networks. The solutionutilizes Citrix CloudPlatform, powered by ApacheCloudStack(TM), a proven open source cloud platform for building, managing anddelivering highly scalable infrastructure-as-a-service clouds. The Application Fluent Network, OmniSwitch 2500 Virtual Machine Manager,CloudBand Management System and Node will be demonstrated at Alcatel-LucentBooth 203 at the Citrix Synergyevent in Barcelona , Spain, October 17-19. About Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) The long-trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governmentsaround the world, Alcatel-Lucent is a leading innovator in the field ofnetworking and communications technology, products and services. The company ishome to Bell Labs, one of the world's foremost research centers, responsiblefor breakthroughs that have shaped the networking and communications industry.Alcatel-Lucent was named one of MIT Technology Review's 2012 Top 50 list of the"World's Most Innovative Companies" for breakthroughs such as lightRadio(TM),which cuts power consumption and operating costs on wireless networks whiledelivering lightning fast Internet access. Through such innovations,Alcatel-Lucent is making communications more sustainable, more affordable andmore accessible as we pursue our mission - Realizing the Potential of aConnected World. With operations in more than 130 countries and one of the most experiencedglobal services organizations in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a localpartner with global reach. The Company achieved revenues of Euro 15.3 billionin 2011 and is incorporated in France and headquartered in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com , read the latest posts on theAlcatel-Lucent blog: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/blog and follow the Companyon Twitter: http://twitter.com/Alcatel_Lucent . Contact the Alcatel-Lucent Press Office: [email protected] ((M2 Communications disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.net on the world wide web. Inquiries to [email protected]. |