Zumtobel Now Using WAN Performance

Zumtobel, a lighting company, asserted that it optimized the performance of its wide area network using a Business Acceleration network optimization strategy, and the Riverbed (News - Alert)-based Enterprise Application Management from Orange Business Services.

Zumtobel delivers individual lighting solutions that fulfill every requirement in regards to ergonomics, economic efficiency, environmental compatibility and is adding value in terms of aesthetics.

With business acceleration, Orange (News - Alert) Business Services claims that it offers a suite of integrated professional services and on-going management services designed to improve application performance in enterprise networks. Business Acceleration helps users see how their critical and non-critical applications behave and interact. The Riverbed-based Enterprise Application Management is a fully managed service that delivers application acceleration and WAN optimization with the option of a completely opex-based pricing model.

With the WAN optimization solution from Orange Business Services (News - Alert), Zumtobel acknowledged that it was able to cater to its growing demands in terms of application performance, available bandwidth and collaboration opportunities. Its apps are functioning faster and are no longer a stumbling block for productivity.

Key elements that are involved in Zumtobel’s WAN optimization project include the ability to consolidate regional data centers through server virtualization, along with new, modern bandwidth management, and improved application management.

“We no longer need to invest in higher bandwidths which means a return on investment of the costs associated with Business Acceleration from Orange Business Services after just 12 months. Orange Business Services gave us sound advice and position our IT landscape for the future. In the next step, we will consider unified communication and collaboration solutions with Orange Business Services that are essential for us as an international company,” said Tom Brady, CIO at Zumtobel, in press release.

Orange Business Services explained that the network and the implementation of the right tools are becoming more and more important for the performance of business-critical applications. The company’s global reach and the maturity of its IT services have given it the ability to offer multinational companies such as Zumtobel with maximum support for their global collaboration in Orange’s role as a central contact.

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