Dec, 2001 : IP Metrics Introduces High Availability Consulting

📅 December 7, 2001 - IP Metrics Software (ipmetrics.com), a provider of highavailability software for networks, today launched a new professionalservices team focused on helping clients maximize network fault tolerance.The practice, called the High Availability Consulting Group, will work withIP Metrics' enterprise clients to design, develop and implement end-to-end,high availability networks.

"Traditionally, companies focused their fault tolerance efforts only on theserver," said David Wilbanks, CEO of IP Metrics Software. "But you are onlyas strong as your weakest link. By concentrating solely on the server, thenetwork is left exposed to costly downtime due to faults within the network.IP Metrics' High Availability Consulting Group is important because it takesa holistic, layered approach to identifying and eliminating end-to-endnetwork failure points."
IP Metrics' High Availability Consulting Group helps enterprise companiesarchitect, develop and implement high availability enterprise networks, thecompany says. In addition to consulting, the team of networking experts cancustomize IP Metrics' software, NIC Express, to meet the unique availabilityrequirements of a client. The High Availability Consulting Group takes amulti-layer approach to network fault tolerance by teaming tools like NICExpress that protect the physical layer of the network with other highavailability tools that provide protection up through the application layerof the network.
IP Metrics has helped numerous financial institutions, governmentdepartments, military agencies and publishing companies achieve higherlevels of network fault tolerance in demanding network environments.Representative IP Metrics clients include Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley,Wells Fargo Bank, Raytheon, The Dallas Morning News, The US Navy and SanMateo and Dade Counties.

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