Prolabs invests in the data centre

Issued by hardware.com
Johannesburg, 08 Aug 2016

Prolabs launch.

Prolabs, the world's leader of compatible transceivers, has reaffirmed its commitment to the local channel at an exclusive reseller event, held at the Palazzo Hotel, last week.

"The event was a great success," comments Gail Holt, MD of official Prolabs distributor, Hardware.com. "The advantages of Prolabs' broad range of data centre accessories, including transceivers and DAC/AOCs, were clearly communicated to our ISP and infrastructure clients."

Prolabs products are compatible with over 56 switch vendors and 20 000 systems. The company supplies a wider range of solutions than each individual equipment manufacturer supports. Prolabs is an innovative vendor and has a lot of industry firsts. They are the only vendor that currently offers a 10GB copper transceiver, which assists in reducing the total cost of ownership in the data centre.

Prolabs is also the first vendor to offer multi-coded transceivers - a single unit that supports multiple vendors, ie, Cisco, Juniper and Avaya is one available option. Its extensive range of X2, GBIC and Xenpak offers support for legacy equipment, ports and vendors. Prolabs' range of AOC and DAC cables offers complete flexibility in that each end can be coded independently to support interoperability of multiple vendors.

"There 40G breakout cable can be coded with a certain vendor on one end, and 'breakout' into four 10GB cables coded with another vendor at the opposite end. No other company can offer this." Holt continues: "Prolabs believes that organisations should be free to choose technology solutions that are the best fit for their business, without paying inflated prices. They provide fibre and data centre providers freedom from proprietary connectivity."

Prolabs

Prolabs is a manufacturer and vendor of compatible network and connectivity products. The extensive range supports over 50 vendors/OEMs and includes multicoded optics, 10G Copper SFPs, WDM transceivers and bi-directional transceivers offering extended ranges (up to 160km). Prolabs multivendor DAC/AOC cables allow connections to different vendors' equipment and therefore avoids vendor lock-in. Muxes/Demuxes and media converters are also supplied.

Distinguishing itself from others in the market, Prolabs provides end-to-end services, including sourcing, coding, testing, customisation, responsive support and ongoing expertise. The company has significantly expanded its R&D capabilities and is now at the forefront of technology development.

With the rise of open source, Prolabs is challenging OEM dominance with superior products and service. Customers can save money with no loss of quality and reliability and reallocate scarce resources to critical infrastructure upgrades.

Hardware.com

Hardware.com is an official Prolabs distributor and supplies the complete range of cost-effective compatible products. All products are fully supported by their comprehensive portfolio of professional services. These services are designed to assist clients throughout every stage of a project and are fully tailored to suits the organisations requirements.

Services include supply of demonstration and POC equipment, installation and pre-configuration, technical and support training, onsite technical support and assistance, as well as 2nd tier support contracts.

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