Tolly Group Tests Show Wide Lead of Trapeze Networks over Cisco
PLEASANTON, Calif., November 17, 2008 – Today, The Tolly Group, a leading global provider of third-party validation services for IT vendors, has published a report showing Trapeze Networks (NYSE: BDC) offers its customers wireless networks that recover from failures 800 times faster than Cisco.
Specifically, the Tolly report says that Trapeze Networks, “delivers sub-second fail-over using Trapeze’s clusters wireless controller approach, while a comparable Cisco solution results in network downtime of 9 to 12 seconds.” The report goes on to say Trapeze Networks “exhibits less that 0.1 seconds recovery without interrupting applications, while the Cisco solution drops both FTP and VoIP sessions during recovery.” Trapeze Networks is making the report available free-of-charge and it can be downloaded here.
“In the real world the question isn’t ‘if’ a network component fails but ‘when’ and Trapeze Networks has an answer that satisfies the most demanding situation,” said Ahmet Tuncay, Trapeze Networks' chief technology officer. “The Tolly Report tells the tale. Trapeze Networks instantaneously recovers from a network failure, faster than the blink of an eye, and fast enough so critical applications never have the chance to fail.”
Resilience: The Key Issue for Wireless
During the past year, there’s been much speculation about when – and
how – wireless networks will become a viable alternative to wired
networks. Resilience was identified as a gating factor as far back as
2003 in the Communications of the ACM,
the world's most prestigious computer science publication. And recently
the manager of network services at Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center,
part of Duke University Medical Center, (Duke University, a Cisco
customer), was quoted
in Network World saying, “I believe that once the WLAN is as reliable
as wired access, you will begin to see enterprises move away from wired
infrastructures, based on cost savings alone...” The good news for Duke
University and Cisco customers around the world is that their wait for
reliable wireless access is now over.
NonStop Wireless™ for the Always On Enterprise
NonStop Wireless, introduced in the spring of this year, is an innovation delivered in Trapeze Mobility System Software™
(MSS). MSS is the distributed wireless operating system that runs on
Trapeze’s wireless LAN equipment and delivers the benefits of Trapeze’s
Smart Mobile™
architecture. MSS runs on all Trapeze equipment, from access points to
controllers and is backwards compatible across the company’s entire
product line.
Industry Analysts Praise Trapeze Networks' Nonstop Wireless
According to Stan Schatt of ABI Research:
Trapeze edges out its competitors with respect to resilience and high availability. The company’s “Non-Stop Wireless” is more than a slogan. Its use of virtual cluster controller functionality is highly innovative. Each controller contributes capacity resources to a community of controllers; and that means no impact on sessions should a controller go down. It also means that content is balanced automatically if a controller ceases operation.
And according to Michael Brandenburg of Current Analysis:
Customers of other WLAN vendors should consider Trapeze when looking to upgrade the existing WLAN. …Trapeze pulls out all the stops for its NonStop Wireless strategy. (http://tinyurl.com/trapeze-CA)
Customers Cast the Deciding Vote
Even more compelling than the kudos from leading analysts are the wins
Trapeze Networks is achieving due to NonStop Wireless. For example, Draeger Medical,
an international leader in medical equipment, recently certified
Trapeze Networks equipment to wirelessly connect its patient monitoring
equipment used in hospital intensive care units. Top-tier schools
around the world including University of Minnesota, University of Utah and Aberdeen University rely on Trapeze Networks as do massive hospitals such as Belfast Royal and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare.
Trapeze Networks: Putting the Networking in Wireless Networking
“Security, performance, compatibility, ... these are just table stakes
for wireless networking and are inherently tied to standards and the
progress made by merchant silicon companies that supply every WLAN
vendor,” said Tuncay. “Trapeze Networks has made wireless networking as
easy to design and manage as wired networking and – with the advent of
NonStop Wireless – we've made wireless networking just as reliable.”
About The Tolly Group
The Tolly Group is a leading global provider of third-party
validation services for vendors of IT products, components and
services. The company is based in Boca Raton, Florida, and can be
reached by phone at (561) 391-5610, or via the Internet at
http://www.tolly.com or sales@tolly.com.
About Trapeze Networks
Trapeze Networks, a Belden brand, is a leading provider of
enterprise wireless LAN equipment and management software. Trapeze was
the first company to introduce NonStop Wireless - delivering unmatched
reliability to the enterprise wireless LAN and its solutions are
optimized for companies requiring mobility and high bandwidth such as
healthcare, education, and hospitality. Trapeze delivers Smart Mobile™
providing scalable wireless LANs for applications such as Voice over
Wi-Fi, location services, and indoor/outdoor connectivity.
