Fast Growing Retailer of Youth Apparel Banks on Vanguard Networks for New Store Network

Foxboro, Mass., September 27, 2010— A fast growing, young women and men apparel store chain banks on Vanguard Networks to migrate to a flexible, high performance store network

The mall-based specialty retailer of casual and active apparel for young women and men has deployed Vanguard Networks VG 3460 Access Service Gateway to their 900 stores.

Faced with rapid sales growth and constant innovation, the stores were held back by its low speed Frame Relay network. The VG 3460 will support existing applications like human resources, inventory, POS, and new ones to enable associates to access product, promotional and customer information wirelessly. The new network is IP MPLS based with the VG 3460 providing integral T1 connective and dial up back up to maintain store uptime. As the new wireless project gets implemented, the VG3460 can be upgraded with an embedded security suite to protect the corporate network from Denial of Service and other attacks that may originate in the wireless domain.

The new VG 3460 is a high performance, modular access service gateway that supports a full portfolio of WAN and data daughter cards thus enhancing investment protection and provides maximum configuration flexibility for future growth. With embedded stateful packet inspection firewall and multiple encryption options, it ensures the highest levels of security without sacrificing throughput performance. Standards-based interoperability with voice enabled IP networks reduce toll and long distance charges. The voice gateway allows connectivity to the traditional telephone network and also supports SIP applications like Hosted VoIP, SIP Trunking, and advanced calling features, without requiring a PBX at the store.

“The retailer had deployed VG 320 and VG 340 store routers several years ago and was very satisfied with the reliability of the products and the support offered by Vanguard Networks, said Rudi Willems, Vanguard Networks CEO. “We are very pleased with this upgrade, and we are looking forward to contributing further to their growth without any worries about the reliability of the network or its ability to handle the new demands at the store.”

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Vanguard Networks offers a portfolio of advanced multi-service and IP telephony gateway solutions for retail branches and both small and large financial institutions through service providers and partners worldwide. Further information about Vanguard Networks is available at www.vanguardnetworks.com

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