CreditReport.com Installed Brocade Networking Solution

Brocade announced that CreditReport.com, a leading provider of credit information services, installed a comprehensive Brocade Ethernet and Fibre Channel networking solution to help ensure business critical performance and reliability as well as to help lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and increase return on investment (ROI). An e-commerce enterprise that depends on network uptime for its business, CreditReport.com uses a Brocade network to help enhance the service experience for thousands of consumers accessing important credit information and other Internet-based offerings.

The network adds redundant failover functionality at the core switch level in addition to application traffic management and load balancing, and high-end network routing. Brocade also provided entirely new core network operation located at a different distributed data center to help provide redundancy, backup and reliability.

CreditReport.com deployed Brocade NetIron MLX Series routers designed for fully redundant routing and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) peering with the company’s ISP to enable greater communications efficiency. Brocade ServerIron application delivery switches are installed to assist with redundant load balancing of internal and external user network traffic to optimize business application performance and Website responsiveness for customers. Brocade FastIron SX switches are used at the core switch level, and are designed to provide fully-redundant 10 gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) server connectivity and internal back-end routing for maximum bandwidth and resilient operations. Finally, fully redundant Brocade 5000 Switches help ensure reliable and high-speed Fibre Channel access to the storage area network (SAN).

“In today’s environment of scrutinized technology spending, it is absolutely important that IT infrastructure provide true business value through enhanced productivity, improved performance, and overall cost savings,” said Kevin Golchin, director of IT, CreditReport.com. “Using a Brocade networking solution enables us to provide high-quality and reliable Web-based tools and services to customers as well as to our own employees. Brocade’s end-to-end solution features unique functionality and efficiency that have helped us expand our network capabilities without unnecessary operating costs in the near- and long-term.”

Support quality and availability was also a key factor in the company’s deciding to go with Brocade. Rajabi continued, “Brocade is extremely responsive and its customer service and support has gone the extra mile to make sure our business operations and network are at peak efficiency. These excellent service and support experiences prove going with Brocade was the right business decision.”

“Today’s enterprises make technology decisions to solve business problems; CreditReport.com is a prime example of an organization that is leveraging advanced networking to improve business initiatives,” said Marc Randall, senior vice president, product and offerings, Brocade. “CreditReport.com’s business model depends on solid network performance and reliability to deliver seamless Internet-based services to customers. Brocade’s comprehensive networking solution allows the company confidence in these mission-critical applications as well as industry-leading efficiency for internal cost savings.”