Polaris deploys Brocade switching infrastructure

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Polaris Financial Technology upgraded its campus and data centre network with new switching infrastructure from Brocade.

Polaris offers solutions for core banking, corporate banking, wealth and asset management and insurance.

“We work in an environment which is highly critical, real-time and runs 24X7X365, this makes our network even more vital and spurred the need for a revamp of our campus and data center networks,” said Shashi Mohan, CIO & CTO, Polaris. “The solution proposed by Brocade answered our need for increased performance and security while offering greater scalability, flexibility and a 30 percent better total cost-of-ownership compared to the present system.”

Brocade FastIron SX Series switches have been deployed to form 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) IP core.

Within the Polaris data centre FastIron SX 800s have been deployed to handle physical and virtual server access while Brocade's FCX Series and FWS series switches connect workstation and IP phones.

The FCX series supports 10GbE uplinks to the core network and up to 48 GbE Power-over-Ethernet access ports per switch while the FWS series provide 1GbE uplinks and 48 GbE Power-over-Ethernet access ports per switch.

"Companies across the globe recognize the critical need for a more dynamic, reliable, and  scalable network infrastructure for their on-going success. Brocade's  commitment  to  unmatched  simplicity,  drives  OpEx savings and non-stop   networking  in  order  to  meet  such  stringent  service  level agreements," said Rajesh Kaul, director, Brocade India.