11/19/2009 - SALSA V6, Ipanema's new version of TELCO and Managed Service Providers platform

SALSA V6 provides a breakthrough in terms of scalability, flexibility and usability. Ipanema Technologies, the leader in integrated WAN Optimization, Application acceleration and Application Performance Management solutions, announced the availability

PARIS, France — November 19th, 2009 — Ipanema Technologies, the leader in integrated WAN Optimization, Application acceleration and Application Performance Management solutions, today announced the availability of its new release of the SALSA platform, Version 6.

SALSA (Scalable Application Level Service Architecture) is unique in the WAN Optimization sector, enabling the delivery of truly scalable, fully flexible, multi-tenant (many customers) WAN Optimization, Application acceleration and Application Performance Management services by Telcos and Managed Service Providers. It provides all the necessary features and reporting to deliver WAN GOVERNANCE™ on enterprise networks.

In the last few years, SALSA has been selected by many major providers such as Alterlab, Belgacom, BT, C&W, OBS, Reliance, Swisscom, Tata, Telecom Italia, Telindus, etc to support their industrialized application-centric service offerings. Building on this unique experience acquired with these innovative blue-chip companies, Ipanema is launching version 6 of the SALSA platform, bringing Among many enhancements, SALSA v6 provides breakthrough performance in the following areas:

Scalability

  • Managing networks of any size - handling practically unlimited numbers of sites
  • Managing any number of customer networks on one fully scalable architecture


Flexibility

  • Centralized user authentication and authorization
  • Automatic load balancing across the SALSA server farm


Usability

  • Multilevel web portal for very large networks and hierarchical organization
  • Innovative AQS (Application Quality Score) maps for unified application performance management


 “At Ipanema we strongly believe that the technology now exists to deliver application control, optimization and acceleration benefits as a standard service from Telcos and specialized managed service providers on top of the network. This is why we will continue to invest so strongly in the development of the centralized SALSA platform.” explains François Lecerf, VP Engineering at Ipanema Technologies. “The rationale for Telcos is to provide industrialized services over a multi-tenant architecture, where the cost of deployment and operation of the service will dramatically decrease as the number of customers increases. SALSA has already revolutionized this market and with SALSA v6, we have reached a level of scalability and integration that makes the deployment of such application-centric managed services possible at whatever scale our partners require, from a regional service provider to the largest domestic or international Telco”.

See the video on SALSA V6.0


About Ipanema Technologies
(www.ipanematech.com)
Ipanema develops next-generation solutions enabling any large enterprise to have full control over their global network. Ipanema’s unique patented technology guarantees business application performance for each user, no matter where or when. We simplify network operations. We reduce costs. In a nutshell, we guarantee critical application performance and make a 1000 site network feel like one.
Ipanema is used extensively by many large telecom operators as well as by large multinationals across all market segments, including banking and finance, public sector, energy, pharmaceuticals, automotive, IT and others.

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