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Case Studies

Manufacturing

Formed Fiber Technologies

"Formed Fiber Technologies is North America's largest and most innovative manufacturer of needle-punched non-woven fabrics and polyester staple fibers.

Our Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system services two other sites where the manufacturing process is 24X7/365.  In the past, when a problem occurred on our WAN, the remote sites slowed to a crawl – additional resources were necessary to back-fill information, and shipments were delayed, costing the corporation valuable time and money.

To overcome wasting resources, we performed research on available products, and found that the Elfiq Link Load Balancers were not only affordable, but would support our unique requirement for a meshed secure VPN infrastructure, and Voice over IP throughout the enterprise.

During the planning and implementation phases of our deployment, the highly qualified Elfiq Networks’ support team provided us with the knowledge and understanding of the devices, as well as with flexible implementation schedules that would cause the least disruption to our manufacturing process.

Since implementation, our network has been up and running, even during two scheduled WAN maintenance windows.

I am very pleased with the products and support that I have received from Elfiq Networks and would recommend them to any industry that requires high WAN availability."

Mr. Tom Rydzewski, Network Engineer
Formed Fiber Technologies, Inc., Maine, USA


Bath Fitter

"I would like to express our extreme appreciation of Elfiq support services during the Elfiq configuration.

Their commitment and patience to properly explain their technology for an optimal configuration is extremely appreciated.

We are glad to have made the choice of selecting your product, and appreciate it more now."

Mr. Alain Henein, Network & Help-Desk Manager
Bath Fitter, Tennessee, USA


BTI-Hellas

"BTI-Hellas was established in 1984 as a branch of the Dutch registered company, which belongs to Corporate Express (ex Buhrmann NV), one of the biggest suppliers for office and graphic arts products in the world.

In 2006 Corporate Express generated sales of EUR 6.3 billion, with close to 19,000 employees working from about 350 locations in 20 countries. BTI Hellas is the leader in graphic arts supplies in Greece for over 30 years, being the leading value added reseller of printing equipment and related services, supplies and spare parts.

Our network environment is complex because simply our nature of activities are 24/7. I would like to congratulate Elfiq for the integration and stability of the Elfiq Link Load Balancer solution in our production IT infrastructure."

Dr. Iordanis Tsafaridis, IT Responsible
BTI-Hellas A.E.E., Greece


Zarlink Semiconductor

"Zarlink Semiconductor is impressed with the performance of the LB-2000." 
"... your technical team was very knowledgeable of your product. They were of great assistance installing and configuring the boxes. I appreciated their time and support to make this project proceed smoothly."

Mr. Raymond Yee, Manager, IT Communications & Network Services
Zarlink Semiconductor, Canada


Lantic Sugar

"Founded in 1915, Lantic Sugar is a leading refiner, processor, distributor and marketer of sugar products in Eastern Canada. Lantic is a member company of the Rogers Sugar Income Fund, the largest refined sugar producer in Canada.

Our day-to-day activities require that we have a reliable Internet connection for real time access to sugar pricing on the commodity stock market as well as failover access to our backup system in Toronto.

The Elfiq Link Load Balancer has made our Internet connection extremely reliable so we can continue operations without fear of an interruption."

Mr. Joel Gonidec, IS Manager
Lantic Sugar, Canada


Corlab Group

"Our daily activities heavily use huge numeric files and their transfer with our customers via the Internet. This explains the saturation of our T1 link. The possibility to add low cost DSL/cable links to increase bandwidth is very attractive to reduce our monthly fees.

 We confirm that the installation of the Elfiq product was easy and took less than two hours, including your Elfiq expert’s explanations."

"...We have estimated the Return on Investment (ROI) of this project to be less than 12 months."

Mr. Jean Delisle, President
The CORLAB Group, Canada

ADS

 "...the installation of the Elfiq balancer inside our environment was straightforward, without the need for any configuration changes to our firewall or our telecommunication links. The Link LB also supported our wireless Internet links without any problems.

 Your product allows us to insure the highest possible level of availability and quality of service to our users and their productivity by maximizing the usage of our telecommunication links."

Mr. Pierre Robitaille, IT Director 
ADS Inc., Canada