Atrion Networking Corporation Achieves Gold Partnership with Exinda

Oct. 21, 2010 - PRLog -- Warwick, R.I. – October 21st, 2010 – Atrion Networking Corporation, a leading provider of Information Technology and managed services, today announces it has become an Exinda Gold Partner. Atrion’s partnership with Exinda, a global supplier of Traffic Shaping and WAN Optimization products, will allow the Company to provide its clients with cost effective, scalable, and high bandwidth network visibility, control, and optimization.

Exinda’s unified performance management (UPM) solution brings together a suite of advanced, best-of-breed, visibility, traffic-shaping, and WAN optimization technologies into a single, easy-to-use appliance. The result of which is: improved application performance, lower network operating costs, deferment of costly bandwidth upgrades, and increased productivity by reducing the time employees spend waiting for slow applications to respond.

Additional Exinda features, including scalability to address high bandwidth environments, a Web-based/SaaS management platform, and Active Directory integration capabilities, also possess a high value for Atrion and its clients.

“Exinda’s technologies are cutting edge and one of the few network visibility and control solutions available that are truly be tailored to the client needs,” said Chris Poe, Chief Technology Officer for Atrion. “Additionally, its high bandwidth performance is especially beneficial to higher education and other business sectors that are heavily reliant upon internet services. Atrion is proud to be an Exinda Gold Partner and to provide our clients with a UPM product suite that is instrumental in meeting their AlwaysOn Imperative and assuring application performance is fused with business priorities.”

“Many organizations that have deployed first generation traffic or packet shapers are now looking to state-of-the-art unified performance management tools to address the challenges they face today and in the foreseeable future,” said Nick Gagliardi, Technical Director for Exinda. “The Atrion team has strong technical expertise and market knowledge, and we are very much looking forward to working with them to extend the value we can deliver to their clients.”

As it began to engage with Exinda, Atrion’s clients also began to request the technology. “It was a can’t-miss opportunity to listen to our clients, extend our market reach, and enhance our solution offerings,” said Poe. “A win-win all around.”

About Exinda®
Exinda is a proven global supplier of WAN Optimization and Application Acceleration products.  We have installed and maintained network deployments that exceed 1,000 devices.  The company has helped over 1,500 organizations in 55 countries worldwide to reduce network operating costs and ensure consistent application performance over the WAN.  The Exinda Unified Performance Management (UPM) solution encompasses application visibility, control, optimization, and intelligent acceleration – all within a single network appliance that is affordable and easy to manage.

Founded in 2002, Exinda is headquartered in Andover, MA and established regional offices in Canada and the United Kingdom to support the growing global demand for its products and services.  Exinda also invests heavily in ongoing Research and Development, which operates in our Melbourne, Australia facilities.

Exinda's products are distributed by a worldwide network of solution partners offering local support and services.  For more information, please visit: www.exinda.com.

About Atrion
Established in 1987, Atrion is an IT Services Provider that designs, deploys and manages business-driven information technology solutions for AlwaysOn performance. With a dedicated focus on our clients, we accelerate business productivity and growth with full-scale customized technology solutions including: consultation, project management, training and education, telephony, software and application services, equipment procurement, local and wide area networks, and managed services. Atrion’s SMB division provides small and medium-sized businesses comprehensive IT and hosting services at a competitive price point; Atrion Carrier Services offers multi-vendor voice and data, network, consulting and contract negotiation services; and Shazamm, Atrion’s interactive agency, specializes in creative multimedia, web, marketing and software development and design.

Atrion’s 1nService affiliation allows it to service companies locally and internationally. We are a Cisco Gold Partner, Microsoft Gold Partner, consecutive-year Inc. 5000 and VAR 500 recipient, and a Providence Business News 2010 Best Place to Work company. To learn how we can empower your business, visit www.atrion.net.

Contacts:
Giselle LaFrance
Manager of Media Relations
Atrion Networking Corporation
401-829-8321
glafrance@atrion.net

Melissa Delprete
Director of Marketing
Atrion Networking Corporation
401-736-6400
mdelprete@atrion.net