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Critical Links Joins Intel® Enabled Server Acceleration Alliance
Intel ESAA Provides the Avenue for its Member OEMs to Deliver Reliable, High-Quality Critical Links Solutions to Customers Worldwide
Southampton, UK, July 5th, 2007 – Critical Links, an international networking technology company, announced today that it has joined the Intel® Enabled Server Acceleration Alliance (Intel® ESAA). Critical Links’ membership will enable the delivery of easy-to-manage, cost-effective software solutions to OEM members of the Intel program.
According to Mr. João Carreira, Critical Links’ CEO, "Entering the Intel ESAA program is part of our strategy to deliver the edgeBOX solution through OEMs and select channel partners around the world. We are now able to offer the most complete data, voice and IT services solution to SMEs on the latest high-performance Intel-based server platforms. Intel ESAA allows edgeBOX to be readily available to more end-users and channel partners which simplifies our route to market and offers a wider variety of hardware choice.”
The award winning edgeBOX multi-function business gateway consolidates data, voice and IT services for small and medium sized businesses, and is distributed through channel partners (VARs, Systems Integrators, Service providers and OEMs) worldwide in the UK, Spain, Brazil, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa and Thailand among others.
Intel ESAA is a collaborative alliance between Intel, independent software vendors and independent hardware vendors that streamlines technical certification and validation of reliable, high-quality, server solutions to end-user customers.
“Adding Critical Links to the Intel ESAA program represents a significant revenue opportunity for the channel and a way to expand the benefits of their solutions to a larger number of companies worldwide,” said David Brown, Marketing Director for Intel’s Enterprise Platforms and Services Division. “We are very pleased with the increased number of validated Intel server-based software solutions that are being offered through the Intel ESAA program.”
About Critical Links
Critical Links (www.critical-links.com) is an international networking software company and provider of edgeBOX, a converged multi-function device or business gateway targeted at SMBs and Enterprise Branch Offices. edgeBOX is available in a wide range of scalable hardware platforms, including standard servers, and has the best feature to price ratio in the market, making it the ideal choice for cost savvy SMBs. edgeBOX typically replaces 4-7 single-function devices required to deliver an equivalent set of services, fully remotely managed, with significantly lower TCO. Telecom Service Providers and Managed Services Providers offer edgeBOX as a service to their SMB customers.
Critical Links is a wholly owned subsidiary of Critical Software SA, established in 1998, with over 200 employees and a presence in the UK, USA, and Portugal. The company is CMMI Level 3 compliant and has a reputation for producing mission and business critical networking and telecoms solutions for the telecoms, public sector, industry, aerospace and defence markets, with customers such as Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Infineon Technologies, NASA, EADS and ESA.
About Intel® ESAAIntel® Enabled Server Acceleration Alliance (ESAA)
Intel ESAA is an alliance in which Intel®-based server solutions are validated and certified by independent hardware and software vendors to provide an interoperable, supported solution stack. The program is designed to increase the server solution offerings of its member OEMs and resellers. For more information on the Intel ESAA program, visit http://www.intel.com/go/esaa
For more information:
Carlos Taveira;
Critical Links Marketing Communications;
Email: carlos-taveira@critical-links.com
Southampton, UK, July 5th, 2007 – Critical Links, an international networking technology company, announced today that it has joined the Intel® Enabled Server Acceleration Alliance (Intel® ESAA). Critical Links’ membership will enable the delivery of easy-to-manage, cost-effective software solutions to OEM members of the Intel program.
According to Mr. João Carreira, Critical Links’ CEO, "Entering the Intel ESAA program is part of our strategy to deliver the edgeBOX solution through OEMs and select channel partners around the world. We are now able to offer the most complete data, voice and IT services solution to SMEs on the latest high-performance Intel-based server platforms. Intel ESAA allows edgeBOX to be readily available to more end-users and channel partners which simplifies our route to market and offers a wider variety of hardware choice.”
The award winning edgeBOX multi-function business gateway consolidates data, voice and IT services for small and medium sized businesses, and is distributed through channel partners (VARs, Systems Integrators, Service providers and OEMs) worldwide in the UK, Spain, Brazil, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa and Thailand among others.
Intel ESAA is a collaborative alliance between Intel, independent software vendors and independent hardware vendors that streamlines technical certification and validation of reliable, high-quality, server solutions to end-user customers.
“Adding Critical Links to the Intel ESAA program represents a significant revenue opportunity for the channel and a way to expand the benefits of their solutions to a larger number of companies worldwide,” said David Brown, Marketing Director for Intel’s Enterprise Platforms and Services Division. “We are very pleased with the increased number of validated Intel server-based software solutions that are being offered through the Intel ESAA program.”
About Critical Links
Critical Links (www.critical-links.com) is an international networking software company and provider of edgeBOX, a converged multi-function device or business gateway targeted at SMBs and Enterprise Branch Offices. edgeBOX is available in a wide range of scalable hardware platforms, including standard servers, and has the best feature to price ratio in the market, making it the ideal choice for cost savvy SMBs. edgeBOX typically replaces 4-7 single-function devices required to deliver an equivalent set of services, fully remotely managed, with significantly lower TCO. Telecom Service Providers and Managed Services Providers offer edgeBOX as a service to their SMB customers.
Critical Links is a wholly owned subsidiary of Critical Software SA, established in 1998, with over 200 employees and a presence in the UK, USA, and Portugal. The company is CMMI Level 3 compliant and has a reputation for producing mission and business critical networking and telecoms solutions for the telecoms, public sector, industry, aerospace and defence markets, with customers such as Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Infineon Technologies, NASA, EADS and ESA.
About Intel® ESAAIntel® Enabled Server Acceleration Alliance (ESAA)
Intel ESAA is an alliance in which Intel®-based server solutions are validated and certified by independent hardware and software vendors to provide an interoperable, supported solution stack. The program is designed to increase the server solution offerings of its member OEMs and resellers. For more information on the Intel ESAA program, visit http://www.intel.com/go/esaa
For more information:
Carlos Taveira;
Critical Links Marketing Communications;
Email: carlos-taveira@critical-links.com