December 5 , 2005 09:00 AM US
Corente Gives Restaurant Chains Greater Control of Application Networks to Enhance the Customer Experience and Reduce Cost
Corente's Application Without Boundaries™ (AWB) provides restaurant chains and other food service retailers an enterprise class applications network
NEW YORK, NY—December 5, 2005—Corente, Inc., a provider of integrated software-based services for the secure delivery and control of distributed business application networks, today announced a new offering designed to provide food service retailers the same applications infrastructure benefits at the store level that are available for large corporations. Corente's Applications Without Boundaries™ (AWB) enables restaurant chains to automate the end-to-end delivery, control and visibility of all their store applications. As a result, restaurant chains can eliminate the need for on site personnel to install and maintain their applications network infrastructure, while having a secure, stable and flexible foundation for growth.
"As retailers and restaurant chains introduce technologies like broadband, wireless, RFID and VoIP, there is a growing need in the industry to simplify the management of these complex applications and networks," comments Jeffrey Roster, research vice president at Gartner, Inc. "Solutions are emerging to meet this need so that retailers and restaurant chains can focus on more critical business issues."
With Corente's AWB™, restaurant chains can add new "smart store" applications like digital signage and generate new revenue streams by providing services such as WiFi and video gaming. Additionally, the powerful administration and policy control capabilities of Corente's AWB™ enables organizations to tune the network so that it automatically adjusts to meet the bandwidth priority of various applications throughout the day. This permits critical applications such as POS to have the resources they need, when they need them.
In addition to improving the delivery and management of applications, Corente AWB™ offers restaurant chains the following benefits:
Enhanced customer experience. AWB's™ ability to monitor, alert and report on the performance of networks, servers and applications in real-time increases application uptime and enables service personnel to focus on the customer experience.
New applications. Corente allows new applications to be quickly, easily and cost-effectively deployed to all restaurant locations. These include digital video surveillance, gift cards, training, appliance monitoring, kiosks and wireless POS.
Converged voice, data and video over broadband. Many restaurant chains are upgrading their application networks to broadband. AWB™ can reduce this expense by enabling multiple applications to be prioritized and efficiently carried over a single broadband connection.
Accelerated time-to-value, streamlined operations and lower total cost of ownership (TCO). AWB™ provides a flexible architecture, automated software upgrades and self-healing, autonomic computing capabilities that allow restaurant chains to easily deploy and manage distributed applications and networks without the need for a dedicated IT staff.
Software-as-Services model. Structured and priced like a utility, AWB™ lets restaurant chains minimize capital expenditures and upfront costs.
"Retailers and restaurateurs big and small are investing in IT to more efficiently manage their businesses and improve the overall experience for their customers," said Jim Zucco, CEO of Corente. "Corente provides a complete management, security and control environment for the smart store. We can dramatically decrease the complexity and cost of rolling out new applications and services and at the same time give corporate headquarters an increased level of visibility, monitoring and assurance of applications and network services at each store."
To learn more about Corente's Applications Without Boundaries™, please visit http://www.corente.com or call 866-700-4021.
About Corente
Corente is a provider of integrated software-based services for the secure delivery and management of distributed business applications and diverse networks. Corente's Applications Without Boundaries™ service enables enterprises to focus on their core business activities by reliably and securely managing their distributed applications infrastructure. Corente is a privately held company, with investments from Vantage Point Venture Partners and Sofinnova Ventures. With customers in over 50 countries, Corente is headquartered in New York with offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, and San Jose.
