Iptivia Granted Fifth Patent for Service Fidelity Solution - Provides Real Time Visibility into Monitoring Converged IP Services

July 10, 2007; 06:23 AM
Iptivia, a leading provider of IP service assurance solutions to enterprises and service providers, today announced that it has been awarded its fifth patent in managing and deploying the real time requirements of next-generation, mission-critical IP networks. This patent's unique qualities involve the way that routing knowledge combines with traffic measurement information obtained from a small number of monitoring points located at the edge of the network.

According to Roch Guerin, co-founder and chief scientist of Iptivia, "Such a combination enables a complete and accurate picture of not only how much traffic is flowing on every network link, but also where that traffic is originating, and who is contributing what amount. This lightweight and non-intrusive solution provides Iptivia's new level of IP assurance that we call service fidelity."

Using Iptivia's patented techniques, network operators and engineers can gain real time visibility to traffic flow generated by video, voice and high speed data applications. They can more accurately monitor customer service level agreements (SLAs) and more rapidly detect service-affecting incidents caused by unexpected path changes or congestion. When used with the powerful route analytics capabilities of Iptivia's RouteDynamics product, the patented technology facilitates the means to analyze the impact of network failures so that network operators understand if and how business-critical services are affected as traffic flows are re-routed.

Dr. Inder Gopal, co-founder and chief executive officer of Iptivia, believes that the business benefits of leveraging Iptivia's patented technology to resolve limitations of traditional traffic monitoring are significant. According to Dr. Gopal, "With Iptivia's Service fidelity solutions, our customers will see decreases in the traditional costs associated with activating traffic monitoring at strategic choke points as well as in the capital expenses to deploy added capacity to ensure adequate margins. They will experience reductions in the time it takes to troubleshoot and trace back root causes, and declines in the length and frequency of service disruptions. What's more, they will see an improvement in the accuracy of network provisioning."

Unlike current tools and processes, Iptivia's Service Fidelity Solution addresses traditional traffic monitoring problems that involve requiring packet probes or activating the router's traffic monitoring on all links. Such problems include the higher costs of deploying and activating the necessary equipment or functionality on each individual link requiring traffic monitoring; the often intrusive nature of this monitoring which degrades performance of the traffic being monitored; the processing and warehousing of large amounts of data that each monitored link generates; and the lack of visibility into how traffic patterns on different links are associated with each other.

About Iptivia:
Founded in 2005, Iptivia is the first company to deliver service fidelity through its groundbreaking technology based on real-time service path visibility. Originally developed in 2001, Iptivia holds five key patents for its advanced technologies. Iptivia's ability to deliver this new and essential level of IP service assurance enables service providers to cost-effectively deliver optimal end-user experiences for video, voice, and other real-time IP applications. Iptivia's customers include wire line and wireless carriers, cable operators, as well as other converged service providers. Iptivia is privately held; founders are Inder Gopal, Robert Nault, Raju Rajan and Roch Guerin.