WarpSpeed Communications Monday
released Automation Interface, a connection manager designed to enable
enterprises to meet their networks’ peak bandwidth demands by using simple
XML messages to automatically invoke one or more dedicated T-1
connections.
The Automation Interface connection manager employs XML to simplify
access to WarpSpeed’s Bandwidth@WarpSpeed T-1 service. WarpSpeed’s service
delivers a flexible, cost-effective way for companies to achieve
high-bandwidth, point-to-point communications on demand without investing in
expensive and static leased lines, a statement released by the company
said.
The WarpSpeed network is claimed as the first nationwide broadband
network to employ
XML as a control mechanism for switching private bandwidth connections.
WarpSpeed’s Automation Interface aims to provide superior
quality-of-service without affecting applications’ quality-of-service
experienced by other users and applications running over the company’s
network at the same time.
When the Automation Interface ceases, it sends another XML message to the
Bandwidth@WarpSpeed service to immediately release the T-1 connections. The
Automation Interface can also be used to invoke additional bandwidth
automatically for specific users, during specific periods of time, or in
response to network congestion. It thus terminates the connection when it is
no longer needed.
Virtually any application can use WarpSpeed’s Automation Interface to
access the Bandwidth@WarpSpeed service without alteration by “wrapping” it
in a script. Developers can download various sample applications from
WarpSpeed’s developers’ Web
site that
illustrate several techniques for embedding the setting up and tearing down
of
WarpSpeed T-1 connections in their own applications.
WarpSpeed’s breakthrough Bandwidth@WarpSpeed service combines the
cost-effectiveness and flexibility of virtual private networks with the
quality-of-service and security of leased lines. The WarpSpeed service
delivers on-demand, usage-based, pay-as-you-go bandwidth for a variety of
real-time, data-intensive applications.
This enables midtier to large
organizations to invoke additional bandwidth automatically through simple
XML messages or manually at the touch of a button. WarpSpeed also allows
customers to disconnect from the WarpSpeed network as soon as they no longer
need its services, requiring them to pay just for what they use.