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Geojit deploys Brocade's switching infrastructure

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NEW DELHI, INDIA: Geojit BNP Paribas, a financial services provider, has joined hands with networking company Brocade to deploy a new networking infrastructure at its Kochi headquarters.

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Geojit will deploy Brocade's BigIron RX-8 Ethernet switch, which provides up to 384 non-blocking Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) or 128 10-GbE ports in a compact chassis with 1.92 Tbps of total switching capacity.

“The network is obviously the operational backbone of our business and after several years of strong growth, we were beginning to experience constraints in our existing infrastructure,” said A Balakrishnan , CTO of Geojit BNP Paribas. “Brocade was able to offer us a very compelling value proposition with its campus and data center networking solutions. It provided a scalable foundation, with low-latency performance for our continued development of services delivered through Internet, mobile, call center and branch office channels.”

The new network is capable of 1,100 wire-speed Gigabit Ethernet access ports. It will enable Geojit BNP Paribas to connect all access switches directly to the network core, reducing it total cost-of-ownership and eliminating latency caused by having an aggregation layer, says a release.

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Moreover, Brocade 48-port FastIron Workgroup switches have been deployed to provide network access and power-over-Ethernet within Geojit BNP Paribas' head office and call centre, while 48-port Brocade FastIron LS switches are used for server connectivity within the data centre.

Both these platforms provide wire-speed Gigabit Ethernet performance, with FastIron LS switches to the core upgradeable to 10-GbE.

“Geojit BNP Paribas has established itself as a leader among the thousands of stockbrokers operating in India,” said Rajesh Kaul, regional sales director for Brocade India. “With the implementation of the new Brocade switching infrastructure, it now has a superior networking foundation with which to drive quality-based competitive advantage and scale its operations while maintaining a low network management overhead.”

Geojit BNP Paribas is today the country's third largest retail stockbroker with more than 6,33,000 clients, Rs 11,027 crores ($2 billion) worth of assets under management and a national network of over 540 offices, the release adds.

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