Case Study: Top 3 U.S. Cable Company

Challenge

A major US broadband operator finds its Internet infrastructure under constant attack from its user-base. Its new, extremely expensive core IP router platform is unable to defend itself and needs to be replaced immediately.

Solution

TorreyPoint engineers collaborate with cable company staff to provide an exhaustive competitive test plan based on very specific multicast, video, security, QoS and management requirements for a nation-wide IP/MPLS core. TorreyPoint engineers act as staff augmentation in vendor test scenarios and help establish a clear technology winner. TorreyPoint engineering deploys for initial roll out support of new core routing platform and hands the remaining project over to client's architecture and operations staff.

Benefit

The customer gains a clear-eyed, marketing-free assessment of competing IP and MPLS core routing products. The customer's architecture group and TorreyPoint engineers test both products to the point of failure. The customer team is deeply involved in every step of the process but can delegate specific testing detail to TorreyPoint or to vendors. At deployment, TorreyPoint engineering is used to transfer production knowledge to operations staff and to act as escalation in initial deployments.

Result

An intelligent architecture is planned. The correct product is deployed. The network is more adaptable, intelligent and secure.