Feb, 2002 : Inkra's Profit Center Architecture in Trials

📅 February 21, 2002 - Inkra Networks (inkra.com), a Silicon Valley-based companywith engineering offices in Burnaby, announced yesterday that its VirtualService Architecture (VSA) is now in trials by more than half a dozenservice providers around the globe, including RoundHeaven Communications,Deutsche Telekom, Exodus, and Savvis Communications.

These and other managed service providers are testing Inkra's Profit Centermanagement and provisioning software suite, and are awaiting delivery of theInkra hardware platform. Inkra's VSA forms the basis of a new, dynamic,profitable service delivery model, the company said. "Service providers withdata center architectures built on a pile of discrete appliances have noeasy way to automate service creation and configuration changes, and theyface continually rising capital and operational costs as their businessgrows," said Sanjay Dhawan, president and CEO of Inkra Networks, "WithInkra's VSA, providers can quickly and cost-effectively provision, manage,and scale services for hundreds of customers or applications without thecost or complexity of discrete appliances. Finally, data center operatorscan have the performance and security of dedicated appliances along with thesimplified management and reduced costs of a shared system."
By virtualizing hardware under a unified management system, VSA enablesrapid service additions or changes that are non-disruptive to customers.
Robert Offley, president and CEO of RoundHeaven said, "We have been testingInkra's Profit Center management suite for more than a month and are pleasedwith its automation capabilities that promise to help us keep operationalcosts under control. Further, Inkra's HardWall technology is an importantinnovation. Even as we're realizing the time and cost savings from a morecentralized, automated approach to service delivery, our customers can beassured that we will be able to deploy our Internet Commerce, Intranet,Extranet and Disaster Recovery Solutions quickly and reliably."
Inkra's HardWall technology mimics the performance characteristics ofdedicated appliances, providing separation for each customer'sconfiguration. Inkra's Profit Center management suite provides highautomation, allowing service providers to reduce provisioning andconfiguration change times and increase customer responsiveness. The ProfitCenter management suite includes interfaces to leading service providermanagement and billing systems, allowing service providers to use existingsystems.