Foundry Networks and HP Offer Network Usage Management Solution

📅 October 10, 2001 - Foundry Networks, Inc. (foundrynetworks.com), andHewlett-Packard Company (hp.com) have announced a bundled solution for network usage management and accounting for service providers and carriers. The solution provides for non-intrusive usage data collection and includes the hardware, software, and services necessary to track and analyze network usage.

The bundle gives services providers a pre-integrated network usagemanagement solution for rapid deployment that is designed to be added toexisting infrastructure without impacting network performance. Customeranalysis and usage- based billing are readily supported.
"As a leader in metropolitan area networking, we are committed to formingthe technology relationships to deliver the best-of-breed solutions ourcustomers require," said Ken Cheng, vice president of marketing for FoundryNetworks. "HP Internet Usage manager software provides our customers withthe scalability and functionality they need to support new business modelsbased on realtime accounting and billing."
Foundry and HP say they worked closely to ensure that the Foundry hardwareand HP IUM software interfaces operate seamlessly and also to verifyperformance when loaded by tens of thousands of flows per second.
"Foundry provides the speed and functionality needed to enable world classusage-based billing services," said Vikash Varma, general manager, HP IUM.
The bundled offering will be available in North America through a 120-dayprogram and includes HP IUM mediation software, Foundry's VelocityManagement I module for the BigIron Layer 3 switches or Foundry's NetworkProcessing Architecture interface modules for the NetIron Internet Routers,selected HP servers, and deployment services from HP Consulting. Inaddition, an introductory license for the new HP Dynamic Netvalue Analyzersolution for realtime business intelligence is included. The bundle isavailable now through HP and Foundry's direct sales forces.