Nortel Alteon Hardware

Nortel Networks Alteon Application Switches put an end to the brute force approach of application delivery and optimization. The Alteon Application Switch is a multi-application switching system designed to allow enterprises to prepare their network for business applications and maximize the return on their existing investments in servers and networks through application intelligent traffic management, integrated application support, and sophisticated security features. The switches also allow service providers to efficiently enable differentiated services for their enterprise customers.

Nortel Application Switches deliver application availability, performance and security by balancing and accelerating traffic and by giving IT Managers control over their network.

Nortel Application Switches integrate routing and switching by forwarding traffic at layer 2 speed using layer 4-7 information. They are designed from the ground up to optimize networks for application performance. Built around the Nortel’s patented, distributed processing Virtual Matrix Architecture, these switches provide uncompromising performance and value. With virtualization support, the Nortel Application Switch allows service providers to efficiently enable differentiated services for enterprise businesses.

Application Switches are commonly used in server farms, data centers, web hosting sites or wherever availability, performance and security are required. Nortel's Application Switches have been optimized to work with applications from leading vendors including Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, and SAP.