Mu Dynamics announced this week BT is using the Mu-4000 Service Analyzer to support the evaluation and testing of proposed services on the UK’s Defence Fixed Telecommunications Service (DFTS) network.
The Mu solution automates the detection, isolation and elimination of a range of weaknesses in IP services, applications, and underlying networks. BT chose the Mu-4000 based on its systematic ability to quicken the reliable deployment of new services from initial vendor and equipment evaluation through systems integration and testing, according to a press statement.
“With Mu’s Service Analyzer we are able to baseline the reliability of every vendor and potential system prior to making a purchase decision, proactively detecting any problems that could lead to disruption or downtime in our production networks,” said Matt Graff, BT’s defense account manager. “The automated analysis performed by the Mu-4000 is far more comprehensive than any manual process or point product solution we have evaluated to date, and this will be critical to BT as we implement our next generation of real-time network infrastructure and services.”
BT began operating the DFTS network in 1997, and the contract was renewed in 2005 to take it to 2012. The network supports a broad range of services to 230,000 users at the Ministry of Defence (MOD), who place more than 750,000 VPN calls a day and send two million e-mails per week through the DFTS Enterprise Gateway Service.
Under the MOD’s Defence Modernization Program, BT is in the process of introducing a new core network which aims to enhance services while reducing tariffs paid by the MOD.
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