Afore Accelerates and Secures Storage and IP Business Services

Based in Ottawa, ONT, Canada, AFORE Solutions, Inc., in the design and delivery of technology solutions for the networking industry, unveiled its Business Ethernet Services solution for the ASE3300 network optimization appliance.

AFORE’s Business Ethernet Services solution accelerates and optimizes enhanced storage and IP business services delivered over Metro Ethernet networks providing a 400% increase in network throughput while reducing the cost of interconnecting key locations by up to 50%. The solution delivers performance improvements which yield a typical return on investment measured in months.

“Ethernet private lines and Metro Ethernet services have become a key transport technology for service providers and enterprises driven by the need for higher bandwidths and improved economics,” said Jonathan Reeves AFORE’s Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer. “AFORE’s Business Ethernet acceleration solution dramatically increases the throughput, security and WAN extension options for IP/Ethernet and Fiber Channel based Enterprise applications over Metro Ethernet networks. This reduces the cost, improves the quality of service and delivers new enhanced business service capabilities.”

Applications for the ASE3300 include optimizing & securing Ethernet links between enterprise locations on high capacity domestic and international routes as well as improving the performance of IP/MPLS connections between service provider POPs (Points of Presence). It is ideally suited to evolving managed service offerings such as disaster recovery, hosted cloud computing, virtualization and extended distance FC, FCoE & iSCSI storage services. AFORE’s solution also provides unique optimization capabilities for Ethernet networks used for broadband wireless applications based on 3G, 4G,WiMAX and private microwave technologies.

AFORE’s Business Ethernet acceleration solution builds upon the company’s low latency EtherPACK data compression, EtherCORRECT network error recovery, EtherSECURE encryption and JumboSLICE jumbo frame fragmentation technologies to reduce the cost and increase the throughput, performance and security of enterprise and service provider networks. The solution is transparent to all Layer 2 and upper layer protocols enabling plug and play operation in a wide variety of network scenarios.