BT introduceert vandaag een nieuwe dienst waarmee organisaties zes prioriteiten aan kunnen brengen in dataverkeer op geconvergeerde netwerken met behulp van Class of Service (CoS). Door data in zes verschillende prioriteiten te verdelen, worden de prestaties van applicaties gegarandeerd.
Intelligente netwerken die voorrang kunnen verlenen aan bedrijfskritische applicaties, zoals ERP, toepassingen voor IP-telefonie en streaming video, zijn van steeds groter belang. De zes CoS-niveaus zorgen voor een lagere Total Cost of Ownership en een betere prestatie van applicaties.
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Voor meer informatie kunt u contact opnemen met:
Marlies Roest
PR manager BT Benelux
Tel: 020 203 8898
mailto:marlies.roest@bt.com
Leoni Janssen of Diana Budding
Edelman
Tel: 023 554 2030
mailto:nl@edelman.com
http://www.edelman.com/nl
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April 27, 2005
BT LAUNCHES NEW SERVICE TO BOOST CUSTOMER NETWORK PERFORMANCE
Best-ever level of traffic prioritisation future-proofs corporates' networks
BT today announced the launch of a new service to enable business customers worldwide to prioritise their voice, multimedia and data traffic as they run simultaneously over converged networks. The new Six Class of Service Differentiated Services Code Point (6 CoS DSCP) service guarantees the performance of applications by prioritising communications into six distinct classes of service, thereby future-proofing corporates' networks.
Sandra O'Boyle of analyst house Current Analysis, said: "Classes of Service and intelligent networks that can assign priority to critical applications are important as more businesses start to run time-sensitive voice and video over MPLS IP VPNs. BT´s move to support six Classes of Service across its network raises the market standard. It will appeal to customers that require strong guarantees from service providers that critical IP applications will perform well before they hand over the keys to their network."
The new product integrates the DSCP industry standard to help meet customers differing quality of service (QoS) requirements. DSCP is tailored specifically for modern networks and enhances QoS solutions by enabling customers to choose the performance level needed on a per packet basis by marking the DSCP field within the packet IP header to a specific value. This is an enhancement of BT's previous 3CoS offering and has been introduced to support the increased use of sophisticated applications such as enterprise resource planning (ERP), IP Telephony and streaming video applications.
Aaron McCormack, vice president of Global Products at BT, said: "In today's digital networked economy, business is becoming increasingly reliant on sophisticated real-time data applications and more companies are exploring advanced IP voice and video communications. Through its new 6CoS DSCP offering, BT can support customers' desires for converged information and communications technology, and help them prepare for their medium to long term future application requirements. Its capability also strikes the right balance between the restrictions of 3 or 4 Class models and the complexity of having more than 6 levels of class of service."
BT's 6CoS DSCP model also offers greater flexibility and scalability, allowing customers to burst between classes without the need for complicated configurations. The increased transparency in marking packets enables customers to implement this scheme more easily within their own environment which lowers the total cost of ownership (TCO) and improves the performance of applications. For example, customers can fine-tune their network to meet the needs of their voice and data applications, and can opt to have a dedicated multimedia class to support video.
Unlike services offered by some of its competitors, BT's new 6CoS DSCP model runs throughout the core and the edge of the network. Running 6CoS DSCP in the network core enables businesses to be more confident in the performance of their time-critical applications, even in the case of unexpected or sudden changes in core network traffic profiles. The applications network maintains prioritisation even in the event of a failure by re-routing prioritised traffic even in failure situations.
About BT
BT is one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions serving customers in Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific. Its principal activities include IT and networking services, local, national and international telecommunications services, and higher-value broadband and internet products and services.
BT consists principally of three lines of business:
- BT Retail, providing a comprehensive range of communications and related services to more than 20m UK consumers and businesses.
- BT Wholesale, providing network services and solutions within the UK to more than 600 fixed and mobile operators and service providers including the provision of broadband and private circuits.
- BT Global Services, providing IT and networking services to meet the needs of multi-site organisations globally. BT Global Services operates in more than 130 countries and also offers international carrier services.
In the year ended 31 March 2004, BT Group's turnover was £18,519 million with profit before goodwill amortisation, exceptional items and taxation of £2,013 million.
BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York. British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt