CentrePath and IP Networks Partner to Offer Management Services for Optical and Storage Networks
Posted on: Tuesday, 25 October 2005, 12:00 CDT
CentrePath, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent management solutions for optical and storage networks, today announced a partnership with IP Networks, Inc., a provider of high bandwidth optical, Ethernet and IP services throughout metro San Francisco and Silicon Valley. With the partnership, IP Networks is able to expand the company's portfolio of bandwidth solutions moving beyond traditional carrier-based service offerings. By integrating CentrePath's Magellan technology and service, IP Networks can now provide a cost-effective service for the management of customers' optical and storage networks. IP Networks has an impressive customer base that crosses virtually every vertical market, ranging from Fortune 15, to federal government, to medium and large enterprises.
"We looked at several potential partners to help introduce a suite of managed services that was complimentary to our core competencies and CentrePath was the ideal partner for our customer base," said Gary George, President of IP Networks. "Our all-optical network already transports mission critical applications between enterprise, data center and carrier POP locations at great than 99.999% availability. Integrating CentrePath's Magellan technology and service capabilities is a natural extension for the management of the infrastructure for high-bandwidth applications."
"Customers of all sizes and across all vertical industries are leveraging optical and storage networks as a real opportunity to reduce costs and recapture control and flexibility of their infrastructure," said Jim Sullivan, CEO of CentrePath. "We're excited to be teamed with IP Networks to provide a comprehensive approach to customers who want reliable, available and cost-effective optical and storage networks."
CentrePath will be exhibiting in Booth C-3 at Storage Networking World from October 24th through October 27th in Orlando, Florida.
About CentrePath
CentrePath helps organizations build and manage their optical and storage networks. Through the delivery of intelligent management solutions, CentrePath improves service availability while reducing the ongoing costs associated with the management of these critical networks. CentrePath's solutions meet the stringent requirements of business continuity, replication, and other mission-critical environments where voice, IP and data are converging on a single network. CentrePath is located in Waltham, Massachusetts. For more information, visit www.centrepath.com, email info@centrepath.com, or phone 1.781.902.5100.
About IP Networks
IP Networks, Inc. (IPN), partnered with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), one of the nation's largest utilities, to build and operate a legacy free, all-optical telecommunications network serving Northern California. Optimized for delivering the most advanced telecommunications solutions, IP Network's network satisfies the demand for affordable enterprise building access with the ultimate in service flexibility. For more information: visit our web site at www.ipnetworksinc.com, email info@ipnetworksinc.com, or call 1.415.430.0700.
CentrePath and Magellan are registered trademarks of CentrePath, Inc. All other brand and product names contained in this release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
Source: Business Wire
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