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2007-10-07
Stockholm & Berlin, 8 October, 2007
Operax, the leading vendor of dynamic Resource and Admission Control solutions for
IP service quality, announces today a number of new initiatives at the IEC Broadband
World Forum Europe. With these initiatives, Operax will be able to continue to build on its success with customers and partners to meet the demands for Next-Generation Networks.
The announcements includes:
- Operax Resource Controller 3300 - for single service deployments such as IPTV and VoD in non-IMS and pre-IMS environments.
- Defines the Policy Management category for resource and policy-based admission control as dynamic Resource and Admission Control
- Rename of Operax products - Operax Bandwidth Manager 5500 to Operax Resource Controller 5500; Operax Bandwidth Manager 5700 to Operax Resource Controller 5700; Operax Resource Manager becomes Operax Command Resource Controller
Operax Resource Controller 3300
Operax Resource Controller 3300™ is a new dynamic Resource and Admission Control product for rapid deployment for single services such as IPTV and VoD in non-IMS and pre-IMS environments. It provides per session and per subscriber QoS guarantees across broadband access, aggregation and edge networks – while allowing efficient resource utilization.
Many pre-IMS services have the same needs for quality assurance and efficient network utilization as those for IMS. For example, IPTV and other VOD services deployed in pre-IMS architectures are extremely bandwidth-hungry despite efforts to curtail their demands through the use of new encoding and other techniques. To specifically address the near-term demand from carriers to support single-services in pre-IMS architectures, Operax has developed Resource Controller 3300. This is a dynamic topology and resource aware solution that can make intelligent admission decisions for any type of next-generation service. To assist in easier deployment at lower cost it is provided with pre-configured templates and selected interfaces. Built on the same technology as Operax Resource Controller 5500, migration to full multi-service IMS can be readily achieved.
Operax Resource Controller 3300 minimizes network integration and start up costs whilst providing functionality normally found in much larger scale products. Feature packs are also available to meet specific service requirements and to allow operators to further optimize deployments.
Dynamic Resource and Admission Control
Policy Management is one of the most exciting categories of solution element for Next-Generation Networks; Operax is taking the initiative to help better describe the role and purpose of this type of solution and offering a new description: dynamic Resource and Admission Control to replace ‘Bandwidth Management’.
Operax Resource Controller 5500, Operax Resource Controller 5700 and
Operax Command Resource Controller
As part of the initiative to bring clearer definition to the Policy Management category and to support the new definition of dynamic Resource and Admission Control, Operax renames its products Operax Bandwidth Manager 5500™ to Operax Resource Controller 5500™, and Operax Bandwidth Manager 5700™ to Operax Resource Controller 5700™ with effect from Monday 8 October 2007. Operax solution for tactical military IP networks, Operax Resource Manager™ becomes Operax Command Resource Controller™.
“Our research shows that there is a growing interest in the whole policy space, but also some confusion because this is a complex area,” said Graham Finnie, chief analyst at Heavy Reading. “There is a clear need to distinguish resource and admission control from other kinds of QoS techniques.”
Richard Lowe, CEO Operax, stated: "We think it is important for the customers and partners to be able to see the clear role of different Policy Management components and that their availability and capabilities can be very different. Dynamic Resource and Admission Control, as manifested in Operax's solutions is mature and available today and readily deployable in a number of customer and partner-friendly options."
"Policy Management is an important emerging category of application," stated Akshay Sharma, Research Director, Gartner Dataquest. "Efficient assurance of Quality of Service for all types of service in Next-Generation Networks will help ensure service providers obtain a return-on-investment as new services and network resources are deployed."
Media contacts:
Caterine Lindwall
Press Office Operax
+46 8 410 239 00
press@operax.com
About Operax
Operax is an independent software vendor offering innovative solutions for dynamic Resource and Admission Control in IP-based telecommunications. Operax products provide efficiently guaranteed Quality of Service for operators of multi-vendor, multi-service commercial, civil and military networks.
To maximize Returns on Investment in broadband fixed and wireless pre-IMS and IMS networks, providing guaranteed Quality of Service, while minimizing capital and operational costs, is a key capability. It is essential for the successful commercial deployment and operation of new services, such as IPTV, VoIP and Fixed Mobile Convergence.
Operax continues to make extensive contributions in standardization forums. With 22 patents granted or pending, Operax product technologies assure revenue bearing services, ensure emergency calls, and support essential users and services for vital communications networks.
Founded in 2000, Operax is a privately held company with headquarters in Stockholm and offices in Boston MA, London, Rome, and Luleå - Sweden. The company is owned by Nordic Venture Partners, Innovacom, Nomura and Emano, along with its founders. For more information, visit www.operax.com.
About Dynamic Resource and Admission Control
Dynamic Resource and Admission Control solutions are network resource and topology aware applications that make real-time admission control decisions on behalf of applications and reserve network resources - thus ensuring IP service quality guarantees, and the more efficient use of network resources. Dynamic Resource and Admission Control solutions also mean the application and transport layers do not need to be 'aware' of each other, thus reducing costs and time of new product and network resource deployment. This approach to Policy Management has a number of benefits which include: improving revenue potential and customer loyalty for premium IP services by ensuring they are delivered effectively; allowing networks to run at higher contention rates and thus reduce capital and operational expenditure; allowing the agile and rapid deployment of new IP-based services such as IPTV.
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