Reliance Insurance ties up with Array Networks

BANGALORE INDIA: Array Networks Inc., a provider of application, desktop and cloud service delivery, today announced that Reliance Life Insurance, an associate company of Reliance Capital Ltd., selected Array Networks' NetVelocity link load balancing to increase application availability for its users and employees.

Leveraging existing WAN infrastructure, Array maximized server uptime for Reliance with web compression, fast switching and automated failover - optimizing the flow of real-time information to support business operations, said a press release.

"We had a need for fast switching and enhanced application throughput with asymmetric compression for our web applications," said Balram Chaudhary, IT Manager at Reliance Life Insurance. "We wanted automated recovery within 30 seconds in case of a link failure, along with visibility into the status of link health and utilization. Array's NetVelocity link load balancing product delivered these capabilities according to our requirements. The most important benefit has been the significant boost in uptime and availability of the services and applications that our users and business teams need to keep our operations running smoothly."

Array's NetVelocity link load balancing solution now provides application multi-homing, high availability, load balancing and ISP failover for Reliance's business-critical applications. As a result, Reliance benefits from fast switching and enhanced application throughput, including web compression for applications. In case of a link failure, Array delivers automated failover within thirty seconds.

"For financial services organizations such as Reliance Life Insurance, keeping operations running smoothly is critical to maintaining a competitive edge," said Sunil Cherian, vice president of Product Marketing for Array Networks.

He added that the Reliance selected Array because they provide the best value in the areas of reliability, availability, and scalability. This enabled them to efficiently build a resilient and scalable application delivery infrastructure while ensuring security.