Henkel Using Ipanema’s Application Traffic Management System to Optimize WAN Application Performance
Ipanema Technologies, the leader in application traffic management systems for wide-area networks (WANs), today announced that Henkel, the internationally recognized consumer products goods manufacturer, is using its Application Traffic Management System to control Henkel’s WAN in the EMEA Region (Europe, Middle East and Africa).
The company recently migrated from Frame Relay WAN to MPLS-WAN and was looking for a bandwidth optimization solution to support its critical applications such as SAP, Lotus Notes and Voice over IP. After analyzing various solutions, Henkel chose Ipanema’s Application Traffic Management System to optimize the new network and guarantee data compression and transparency into the network.
In addition to protecting individual user sessions, Henkel now has a detailed view of data traffic, precise bandwidth planning and better management of Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Henkel can also fine-tune the Ipanema solution to optimally adjust for application prioritization and reporting. The solution is operated by T-Systems, general contractor and service provider for information and communications technology (ICT).
Henkel is very pleased with the new optimization solution. According to Steffen Gelessus, system engineer, Henkel “the use of the Ipanema system is a genuine quantum leap for us. With its finely calibrated monitoring and reporting functions, we obtain a more detailed overview of network traffic and can thus plan our capacities precisely and optimize the network.”
The switch from the old Frame Relay WAN in Europe to the MPLS-WAN occurred in 2006 for technological and cost reasons. Henkel sought out a network management system to optimize the data compression and traffic control/prioritization in the changeover to the new technology. With Ipanema, Henkel can now control the network more efficiently and offer a Quality of Service with improved granularity for applications. The Ipanema system not only meets the company’s requirements but provides dynamic, application centric bandwidth optimization within MPLS to improve the allocation of applications to the individual service classes.
As one of the most internationally active German companies, Henkel’s products are sold into the Home Care, Personal Care, and Adhesives Technologies markets in 125 countries. 80 percent of more than 52,000 employees are employed abroad. The Henkel Corporate Network comprises approximately 400 sites worldwide; the EMEA region with its most important branches in Dusseldorf and several European capitals has approximately 255 sites.
About Henkel
For more than 130 years, Henkel has been a leader with brands and technologies that make people’s lives easier, better and more beautiful. Henkel operates in three business areas – Home Care, Personal Care, and Adhesives Technologies – and ranks among the Fortune Global 500 companies. In fiscal 2006, Henkel generated sales of 12.740 billion euros and operating profit of 1,298 million euros. Our 52,000 employees worldwide are dedicated to fulfilling our corporate claim, “A Brand like a Friend,” and ensuring that people in more than 125 countries can trust in brands and technologies from Henkel.
About T-Systems
T-Systems delivers high-quality services combining information and communication technology (ICT). The company’s broad expertise in both fields makes the business customer division of Deutsche Telekom a preferred partner for multi-national corporations, small and medium-sized businesses and public institutions. Over 160,000 customers from every industry worldwide benefit from the company’s special expertise in providing integrated ICT solutions from a single source. T-Systems is the only company to offer its own complete ICT portfolio and to combine IT and communication technology to produce new solutions. In 2006, 56,000 employees in over 20 countries achieved a turnover of 12.6 billion euros. For more information, please visit www.t-systems.com.
About Ipanema Technologies (www.ipanematech.com)
Founded in 1999, Ipanema Technologies is a provider of advanced application traffic management solutions that maximize network application performance. Its solutions are utilized by organizations deploying VoIP, ERP applications and other bandwidth-hungry projects as well as those embarking on ITIL projects. Network integrators market the Ipanema system to enterprises, while telecom service providers and network managed service providers offer it as a service.
The Ipanema system is simple, automated and scalable and is unique in guaranteeing critical application performance regardless of network conditions. It enables this by providing full visibility of application flows over the network, optimizing network resources through a combination of integrated technologies and rightsizing bandwidth according to application performance objectives. Ipanema’s solutions are deployed in more than 75 countries; its customers include large organizations such as the French Army, L’Oreal, Sanofi, Europcar, Rhodia and Lexmark. Ipanema is based in France, U.S., Germany and UK.