HOD HASHARON, Israel,
October 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ,
TASE: ALLT), a leading global supplier of service optimization and
revenue generation solutions for fixed and mobile broadband
operators and cloud providers, and MRV Communications™, Inc.
(NASDAQ: MRVC), a global provider of innovative packet and optical
solutions, announced today collaboration to demonstrate an
SDN-enabled virtual Customer Premises Equipment (vCPE) solution for
bringing application awareness to service providers access
networks. Initiated and validated in Orange Labs, the proof of
concept demonstration (PoC) will take place at the Layer 123 SDN
& OpenFlow World Congress on October
14-17, 2014 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
"An application-aware SDN approach provides greater business,
technological and operational benefits when compared to traditional
service concepts," said Sylvain
Desbureaux, Network Expert, Head of Anticipation
Projects at Orange. "It improves service delivery
and consistency and enables immediate activation of services
without any truck roll or forklift upgrade at the customer
premises. As part of our ongoing Orange Lab research on SDN
application-aware solutions, we are aiming to reduce time-to-market
for new services, cut operational costs and provide a better
user-experience to our business customers."
Allot and MRV have partnered to respond to Orange needs by
introducing an innovative solution for delivering application
awareness at the access network that combines a centralized traffic
detection function (TDF), programmable business customer premises
equipment (CPE) and an OpenDayLight SDN controller to enable
stringent SLAs by setting per-application priority and dedicated
bandwidth, and enforcing them starting at the customer premises and
throughout the network.
"Allot is the first to introduce a virtual Traffic Detection
Function enabling application-aware SLA management at the customer
premises and network edges via SDN," said Jay Klein, CTO
at Allot Communications. "This PoC
proves that Allot, together with partners like MRV, can help
service providers improve service delivery and consistency, cut
operational costs, reduce time to market and monetize the benefits
NFV and SDN bring."
"MRV continues to develop innovative solutions that address the
real-world challenges of our customers. The joint demonstration at
SDN & OpenFlow World Congress will showcase how MRV's
OptiSwitch® solutions can help service providers, like Orange,
revolutionize the control and visibility of applications on their
network," said John
Golub, Vice
President Global Product Line Management,
MRV Communications.
To view a live demonstration at the Layer 123 SDN & OpenFlow
World Congress, visit the ONF Showcase Area located in the event's
exhibit hall.
About Allot Communications
Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: ALLT) is a leading
global provider of intelligent broadband solutions that put mobile,
fixed and cloud networks at the center of the digital lifestyle and
workstyle. Allot's DPI-based solutions identify and leverage the
business intelligence in data networks, empowering operators to
analyze, protect, improve and enrich the digital lifestyle services
they deliver. Allot's unique blend of innovative technology, proven
know-how and collaborative approach to industry standards and
partnerships enables network operators worldwide to elevate their
role in the digital lifestyle ecosystem and to open the door to a
wealth of new business opportunities. For more information, please
visit http://www.allot.com.
About MRV Communications
MRV Communications is a global provider in converged packet and
optical solutions that empower the optical edge and network
integration services for leading communications service providers.
For more than two decades, the most demanding service providers,
Fortune 1000 companies and governments worldwide have trusted MRV
to provide best-in-class solutions and services for their
mission-critical networks. We help our customers overcome the
challenge of orchestrating the ever-increasing need for capacity
while improving service delivery and lowering network costs for
critical applications such as cloud connectivity, high-capacity
business services, mobile backhaul and data center connectivity.
For more information please visit http://www.mrv.com.
Forward Looking Statement
This release may contain forward-looking statements, which
express the current beliefs and expectations of Company management.
Such statements involve a number of known and unknown risks and
uncertainties that could cause our future results, performance or
achievements to differ significantly from the results, performance
or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Important factors that could cause or contribute to
such differences include risks relating to: our ability to compete
successfully with other companies offering competing technologies;
the loss of one or more significant customers; consolidation of,
and strategic alliances by, our competitors, government regulation;
lower demand for key value-added services; our ability to keep pace
with advances in technology and to add new features and value-added
services; managing lengthy sales cycles; operational risks
associated with large projects; our dependence on third party
channel partners for a material portion of our revenues; and other
factors discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's
annual report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Forward-looking statements in this release are made
pursuant to the safe harbor provisions contained in the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements are made only as of the date hereof, and the company
undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise.
Allot Communications Contact:
Allot Communications
Maya Lustig | Director of
Corporate Communications
+972-9-7616851 | mlustig@allot.com
Merritt Group, Inc.
Melissa Chadwick | Merritt
Group, Inc.
+1-571-382-8513 | chadwick@merrittgrp.com
MRV Media and Analyst Contact:
Ashley Baster
+1-(919)435-9112 | PR@mrv.com
SOURCE Allot Communications Ltd.