Securing the Network's Leading Edge

Securing the Network’s Leading Edge
Expedient Communications drives innovation forward, with enhanced cloud throughput and security
powered by 10GBASE-T and Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapters.
Customers considering cloud-based services need assurances about
performance and security. CIOs and IT Administrators alike must
reconsider long-standing trade-offs between those two requirements
and apply new approaches to reconcile them. Expedient Communications
is at the forefront of innovation that helps meet that challenge. Often,
when customers encounter challenges building a private cloud or
integrating with a public cloud, they nd that Expedient has not only
faced similar obstacles, but has ultimately engineered a solution.
Expedient helps businesses safely and efciently benet from new technologies as
they arise, even when those advances may be outside the realm of the end-customer’s
expertise. Expedient’s capabilities and focus on technical innovation allow customers to
focus on their core business while still beneting from technical advances such as cloud
computing. Collaborative work with Intel helps Expedient pass the benets of next-
generation network building blocks on to its customers.
Advanced Managed Services
and Improved Data Availability
from Expedient
Expedient provides cloud services,
data center co-location, and a full array
of managed services to thousands
of clients. The company’s eight data
centers across the eastern and mid-
western United States deliver secure
and redundant facilities to fully manage
critical applications, backed by the power
of an extensive, award-winning Ethernet
network. Expedient also maintains a
significant focus in cloud computing,
particularly in the area of infrastructure
as a service. The company’s ongoing
collaboration with Intel feeds the spirit
of innovation at Expedient, which keeps
the company and its customers a step
ahead of the competition.
CUSTOMER CHALLENGES EXPEDIENT SOLUTIONS AND BENEFITS
• Deliver security in private clouds,
without performance impacts from
pervasive encryption
• Intel® Advanced Encryption Standard New
Instructions (Intel® AES-NI) accelerate
encrypt and decrypt performance,
providing security without compromise
• Increase network throughput to support
expanding data-access needs and system
memory
• 10GBASE-T drives up bandwidth to
10 gigabits while controlling costs with
cost-effective copper cabling and support
for connections up to 100 meters
• Reduce network complexity and cost
from large numbers of cables, possibly using
different mediums
• Intel® Ethernet 10 Gigabit Converged
Network Adapters reduce power, cabling,
and related costs, and include advanced
I/O virtualization features that support all
major hypervisors
CASE STUDY
Intel® Ethernet 10
Gigabit Converged Network Adapters
Expedient Communications
Authors:
Waseem Ahmad
Parviz Peiravi
Sreeram Sammeta