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APconnections' Multi-core Technology Ramps Speed to Two Gbps

By Vivek Naik, TMCnet Contributor

APconnections reportedly announced that its multi-core technology will soon be able to power its flagship product, NetEqualizer (News - Alert), to deliver digital transfer rates of up to two Gigabits per second (Gbps).

 

"We've always been dedicated to the continued development of our products," said Art Reisman (News - Alert), chief executive officer and co-founder of APconnections, in a statement. "The network optimization industry and IT field are constantly changing and network administrators are presented with new challenges on a regular basis. It's our job to make sure those challenges are met."

 

Officials at the company said that this technology upgrade is the latest in the series of the technology savvy product line that has been released in a steady stream since its inception in 2003 when NetEqualizer, presumably version 0.0, was its first offering and such was the vision and impetus of the product that even the name ‘NetEqualizer’ dominates APconnections’ Weblink address, which has the World Wide Web dot (www.) and dot commercial domain (.com) on either side of it.

 

"Our goal is to make sure all NetEqualizer models are meeting users' needs and industry demands," Reisman said. "Therefore, we do our best to make any updates and upgrades as accessible as possible."

 

The company said that old and current customers, with previous versions of NetEqualizer, have always been accommodated in their technology improvement plans and they can access the upgrades via the NetEqualizer Software Subscription (NSS) program, which has a nominal loyalty-based fee structure that guarantees no additional licensing costs.

 

The solution has now evolved to a plug and play bandwidth control and Wide Area Network and Internet optimization appliance that is flexible and scalable, claim official sources. It has a live bandwidth reprioritization tool that assesses packet stream blockages and immediately diverts traffic into freer bandwidth zones to keep digital discourse continuous, with little or no latency, and in strict accordance to Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

 

This 2 Gbps announcement comes just seven months after the companymovedto 1 Gbps speeds, and prior to that it had a max speed of only 350 Mega (M) bps via its NE-3000. In April, a NetEqualizer model was introducedfor Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) and snall business users to support 10 Mbps of traffic and 100 users, with potential room for expansion. 

Vivek Naik is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Vivek's articles, please visit his columnist page.

Edited by Amy Tierney