Fanfare/Agilent Partnership

by David Gehringer (DavidG) on 03-12-2009 03:09 PM - last edited on 03-12-2009 03:09 PM

This week Fanfare announced a partnership with Agilent.  (For more information, read the press release, EE Times coverage, or TMCnet coverage.)  We are pleased to welcome Agilent to our partner ecosystem and are looking forward to working with them -- but it is really our mutual customers who will benefit the most from this partnership.

By working together, we will be able to provide a tight integration between iTest and the Agilent N2x.  Many customers value the Agilent N2X for its strong protocol coverage and ability to test at scale in the core, edge, and access segments of the network.  The Agilent N2X has robust coverage of core routing protocols, as well as MPLS and access protocols -- strengths that help customers validate multiplay services and measure QoS.  For joint customers, this partnership will produce a more complete solution for automated testing, analysis, and defect resolution.

With the addition of Agilent, Fanfare now has partnerships with the "big three" test equipment providers, thus reinforcing our vendor-agnostic approach to product development.  We have a growing list of partners worldwide, and many ongoing conversations with potential new partners, so expect to hear of more partnership announcements as the year goes on.  And if you have any suggestions of companies to add to our partner program, be sure to let us know!

David Gehringer has served as Fanfare's vice president of marketing since 2006.
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