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"Ixia was able to develop an end-to-end test solution with Bell Canada's R&D team that helped more than just Bell Canada; Ixia also packaged it and added the solution to its portfolio. Ixia's relationship with Bell Canada has enabled it to display many of its key products in a production environment. It has also placed it ahead of the curve and made it a leader in partnering with a service provider to deploy IP services." Vanessa Alvarez, Associate Analyst, Enabling Technologies, Yankee Group |
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"PBT/PBB is an important new part of the Carrier Ethernet solution over switched Ethernet. Many service providers are evaluating PBT/PBB as a cost effective mechanism to leverage their switched metro Ethernet network and offer back haul for access networks, extend L2/L3 VPNs, and point-to-point (ELINE) services. Equipment manufactures and service providers need to evaluate the functionality, scalability, and resiliency before deployment." Michael Howard, Principal Analyst, Infonetics Research |
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"Service providers deploying IPTV can't treat video as just another data stream. The sensitivity of video and the high demands of consumers require video quality of experience to be measured in both traditional quantitative terms as well as more observational perceptive terms." Vince Vittore, Senior Analyst, Yankee Group |
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"An enormous market opportunity exists for vendors of all types in connection with the adoption of next generation networks and IMS. IMS is a complex architecture requiring a high level of implementation expertise. Addressing the complexities that IMS introduces to a carrier's network will be an important factor to the success of IMS." Tom Valovic, Program Director, VoIP Infrastructure, IDC |
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"NAC is a crucial security element of an anywhere network. But there are many moving parts and it's crucial to thoroughly test a NAC framework's efficacy prior to deployment. Thorough pre-deployment testing identifies unforeseen security vulnerabilities that administrators can address before it results in unauthorized access to sensitive systems and data." Andrew Jaquith, Program Manager, Enterprise Security, Yankee Group |
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"As enterprises continue down the path of network convergence, they are placing tremendous demands on the network, such as the ability to carry traffic from real-time communications and quality of service. By rigorously testing networks before full-scale deployments, organizations can make sure that convergence projects turn out as intended and the user experience doesn't suffer." Matthias Machowinski, Directing Analyst, Enterprise Voice and Data, Infonetics Research |
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"Convergence is a key trend in enterprise networking. Network equipment vendors are integrating video, voice and data in their networking solutions; as well as integrating security into their networking devices. This new level of connectivity means that rolling out a new service can have far reaching and unintended effects, such a new video application affecting voice call quality or network security. Failing to conduct pre-deployment testing that accurately emulates real-world conditions can lead to performance and security failures resulting in potential loss of revenue, security breaches, the inability to conduct business, and impact brand perception." Zeus Kerravala, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Research, Yankee Group |
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"The IPv6 market is dynamic and evolving. Mobile IPv6 is the next phase of this evolution. In the past, IXIA has been actively involved in the market transition from IPv4 to IPv6, participating in key industry projects such as Moonv6, etc. The company is once again playing a leading role in the market's move to Mobile IPv6 with the introduction of the first conformance test suite able to manage the market transition for both wired and wireless networks. IXIA is committed to advance this market and I believe we can expect additional announcements in the near future." Jessy Cavazos, Industry Manager, Test & Measurement, Frost & Sullivan |
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"Consumers of video services are extremely demanding, and service providers must be able to measure and monitor the quality of the actual video stream being delivered to the end user. The ability to test Quality of Experience on real video traffic is an important step forward for the IPTV market." Vince Vittore, Senior Analyst, Yankee Group |
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"As service providers move to offer subscribers high definition video over IP, the current MPEG-2 standard to deliver HD video is going to be prohibitive in terms of bandwidth. As such, service providers will need to validate more efficient codecs such as MPEG4, H.264 and VC-1." Jeff Heynen, Senior Analyst, Infonetics Research |
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"Networks today are put under enormous performance pressures, as the complexity of services and applications increases concurrently with traffic load and scale. Additionally, networks are being called upon to transmit increasingly sensitive information. The robustness and security of the networks and the equipment therein must be assured." Vince Vittore, Senior Analyst, Yankee Group |
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"3G video telephony is a growing market, but one with unique challenges. For these services to be successful, it is vital to maintain and improve service quality in order to gain mass market acceptance. Aspects such as interoperability of the handsets and shorter call setup times are essential to meeting user's expectations of the video playback experience." Richard Webb, Directing Analyst, Wireless, Infonetics Research |
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"A central test management tool is a great way to help automate and simplify the testing process in today's market where the need for integrated and complex regression testing is absolutely paramount to ensuring service quality and benefit from the lowest cost of ownership. Ixia has provided the industry with a 'must-have' to deploying Triple Play services." Vanessa Alvarez, Associate Analyst, Enabling Technologies, Yankee Group |
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"3G video telephony is a growing market, but one with unique challenges. For these services to be successful, it is vital to maintain and improve service quality in order to gain mass market acceptance. Aspects such as interoperability of the handsets and shorter call setup times are essential to meeting user's expectations of the video telephony experience." Richard Webb, Directing Analyst, Wireless, Infonetics Research |
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"Ensuring the highest quality of experience prior to implementation of VoIP and IMS will be a key factor in the success of these technologies. IxVoice Lite provides a cost effective, yet comprehensive opportunity to conduct the necessary level of testing required to ensure that new IP-based services meet customer expectations." Brian Partridge, Senior Analyst, Yankee Group |
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"As service providers scale and deploy their Triple Play networks, they will quickly be confronted with the impact of millions of web surfers hitting the network at the same time that thousands of IPTV subscribers tune into their favorite programming. The ability to efficiently assure both Quality of Service on the network and Quality of Experience for their subscribers prior to rolling out these new high volume services could provide carriers a competitive advantage." Jeff Heynan, Senior Analyst, Infonetics Research |
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"Automated testing is becoming increasingly important to service providers as they work to roll out and scale new services. As new products and software release updates are deployed, there is the need to develop a set of well known validation tests that can be defined, executed, and then reliably repeated in the future. Manual testing incurs significant resource and time overhead and is difficult to scale as networks grow." Mark Bieberich, Senior Analyst, Yankee Group |
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"Corporate traffic continues to grow unabated, still doubling in many carrier networks each year; corporations are seeking solutions with greater headroom that provide more bandwidth at a smaller price per bit, and the natural answer is Ethernet. In addition service providers are deploying metro Ethernet to satisfy customer demand and to simplify their networks so they can carry the fast growing data traffic while handling TDM traffic." Michael Howard, Principal Analyst, Infonetics Research |
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