CANTON, Mass., June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NEI (NASDAQ:
NEI), a leading provider of application platforms, deployment
solutions and lifecycle support services for software technology
developers and OEMs worldwide, today announced that Lightspeed
Systems, Inc. has selected NEI to manufacture its new Bottle Rocket
school network filtering appliance. Utilizing NEI's solution design
and system integration services, Lightspeed Systems was able to
develop and launch its Bottle Rocket appliance in less than 60
days.
The Lightspeed Bottle Rocket is a high-speed, scalable network
appliance that performs affordable web filtering for small to
medium-sized school networks. Purpose-built for school district
systems that require robust filtering capabilities, the Bottle
Rocket delivers an easy-to-use single point of management for
educators and their IT staff. The Bottle Rocket is based on
Lightspeed Systems' award winning Web Filter, preloaded on an NEI
appliance and made plug-and-play ready for installation and
seamless operation with existing school networks. The appliance
uses the industry's most advanced processing and storage components
to deliver Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA)-compliant
network filtering and reduced data rate latencies with scalable
expansion capability.
"NEI helped us bring the Bottle Rocket to market in a matter of
weeks," said Rob Chambers, vice
president of product development at Lightspeed Systems. "It was
important to Lightspeed that we work with a company that had
considerable experience and expertise in appliance development and
could address both the hardware and software issues that we knew
would arise during this process. We chose a company that we were
sure could deliver the results we needed to hit our market window.
NEI's system integration expertise allowed us to aggressively
accelerate our go-to-market schedule and launch a reliable platform
for our Web Filter software. Their manufacturing resources and
support services allowed us to deliver a more effective design,
increasing the competitiveness of our product and the value we are
able to deliver to our target customers."
"This program is another excellent example of how NEI helps our
customers leverage our deep integration capabilities to improve
appliance performance over diverse legacy networks," said
Jeff Hudgins, vice president of
marketing at NEI. "Our Life Cycle Engine for Application Deployment
(LEAD) model is perfectly suited to help software developers
deliver and support a more powerful, affordable appliance solution
to meet their schedules and competitive performance criteria."
The Bottle Rocket appliance is based on NEI's S-1200R3 platform,
incorporating Intel's advanced Xeon® (Sandy
Bridge-based) microprocessor. Lightspeed plans to expand
this line of products using this technology with two more models
later this year. For additional NEI product information, please
contact NEI sales.
About NEI
NEI is a leading provider of server-based application platforms
and lifecycle support services for software developers and OEMs
worldwide. Through its expertise and comprehensive suite of
solution design, system integration, application management, global
logistics, support, and maintenance services, NEI is redefining
application deployment solutions to provide customers with a
sustainable competitive advantage. More than a decade of
appliance innovation with the ability to provide physical, virtual
and cloud-ready solutions makes NEI one of the most trusted
software deployment partners in the industry. Founded in
1997, NEI is headquartered in Canton,
Massachusetts, with facilities in Plano, Texas and Galway, Ireland, and trades on the NASDAQ exchange
under the symbol NEI. For more information, visit www.nei.com.
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For additional information, contact:
Jill Colna or Laura Nelson
SVM Public Relations
401-490-9700
jill.colna@svmpr.com
laura.nelson@svmpr.com
SOURCE NEI