Faced with exponential development in demand for satellite tv for pc broadcaster and interactive TV companies, Tata Sky, one in all India’s main Direct-To-Home (DTH) satellite tv for pc broadcasters, has chosen a sophisticated networking system from Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) to considerably increase knowledge middle capability.
Tata Sky has been utilizing Brocade FCX community switches for its name middle operations. Now, as a part of a broader improve at its key knowledge middle that additionally will increase knowledge storage system capability from Brocade, the corporate is ready to deploy an environment friendly and extremely scalable Ethernet material based mostly on Brocade VDX 6740 switches and Brocade VCS Fabric expertise.
Compared to the standard three-tier switching infrastructure it is going to change, the Brocade community answer operates as a single layer and as a single digital gadget that delivers low-latency software efficiency and a a lot better consumer expertise.
“Tata Sky’s partnership with Brocade is strategic and long term. The core engineering talent and passion to deliver stands out at Brocade. We are planning to consolidate our data centers and Brocade will be our preferred networking partner. High throughput, no latency, and the highest level of automation are key features of Brocade technology that are directly relevant for our IT infrastructure,” stated Ravishanker.N, Chief Information Officer, Tata Sky Ltd.
“The explosive demand for increasingly high-resolution video content across all platforms is making the media and entertainment industry one of the hottest areas in terms of adopting new network technology,” stated Edgar Dias, senior regional director for Brocade India and SAARC. “Tata Sky will be moving straight to the leading edge with a data center Ethernet fabric that will enable it to scale its network almost effortlessly. The intelligent foundation for the increased virtualization of its data center operations will also give it the agility to better deal with spikes in service demand.”
As a part of this answer, Brocade VDX 6740 switches help the VCS Fabric expertise, which allows a high-performance switching cluster of interconnected switches which might be manageable as a single gadget. By including switches to the fabric-which is a straightforward matter of activating the 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) interconnects and powering up the devices-Tata Sky can be in a position to take pleasure in linear knowledge middle scalability in cost-effective increments.
The Brocade VDX switches are designed to help the high-bandwidth calls for of digital machine hosts, delivering a excessive density of wire-speed 10 GbE ports in a top-of-rack configuration. The low-latency port-to-port efficiency throughout the VCS material allows it to effectively handle the excessive degree of “East-West” site visitors typical of cloud knowledge facilities. The VCS material may also present Tata Sky with a really excessive degree of community automation and digital machine consciousness, serving to to vastly improve the agility of its knowledge middle operations.
About Brocade
Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) networking options assist the world’s main organizations transition easily to a world the place functions and knowledge reside wherever. (www.brocade.com)
About Tata Sky
Launched in 2006, Tata Sky is a JV between the TATA Group and twenty first Century Fox. The firm has invested in state-of-the-art digital infrastructure, partnered with international leaders to present superior expertise and set-up high-end 24×7 name facilities throughout the nation manned by multi-lingual customer support associates.
The Tata Sky model has achieved vital milestones, trade accolades and is rated because the No 1 DTH model by the ET Brand Equity 2012 most trusted model survey. Recently Tata Sky+ HD has been rated because the Product of the Year, 2013 within the DTH class. The firm at the moment has a presence in 36,000 cities with over 14.5 million connections.
For extra data on Tata Sky, go to www.tatasky.com
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