Paris, France and Herndon, VA, USA. June 15, 2010 — InfoVista (Euronext IFV-FR0004031649), a provider of proactive service assurance software systems, reports that Telkom, Africa’s largest integrated communications provider, has adopted InfoVista’s systems for Application Performance Management to ensure optimal application performance and bandwidth requirement management. As a National Supporter for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Telkom has committed to support the broadcast of all games during the month long event, and enable the interconnection of important event venues, including the 10 World Cup stadiums, broadcast compounds, media centres, the International Broadcast Centre, and the FIFA headquarters locations.
Telkom is among the first service providers to take Carrier Grade application acceleration to market in Africa. Leveraging Cisco’s Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) and Network Analysis Module (NAM), InfoVista’s system enables Telkom to deliver uninterrupted coverage of the event and seamless connectivity throughout. Additionally, Telkom plans to offer application acceleration as a service to its VPN enterprise customers, allowing them to reduce operating expense for bandwidth and increase return on investment.
“InfoVista is proud that Telkom has chosen our solution to provide the critical visibility and reporting needed to ensure application performance for this historic World Cup event,” said Pete Shah, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations at InfoVista. "This validates the unified application and network performance management approach brought by InfoVista to the business service provider market, already adopted by major communication service providers around the globe."
The football World Cup is the largest single sporting event in the world with a cumulative audience of more than 26 billion. The 2010 FIFA World Cup, which is taking place from June 11 – July 11, is the first to be held on the African continent.
