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Article: Route-control gear gets smarter; New software features enable more sophisticated routing decisions.(RouteScience Technologies' RouteScience Operating System 2.0 and Proficient 's Policy Engine)(Product Announcement)
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- Network World
- Article date:
- July 29, 2002
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With an eye toward helping customers reduce Internet connectivity costs, RouteScience Technologies and Proficient Networks are adding features to their route-control equipment that lets the equipment weigh the shifting costs of ISP connections to choose the best link.
These route-control server appliances sit on LANs at customer sites that have multiple Internet connections, and they determine which one is best - taking into account price, how close customers are to exceeding the usage they have contracted for and how well each link is performing.
RouteScience is introducing new features with Version 2.0 of its RouteScience Operating System (RSOS 2.0), ...