Schematic Successfully Provides 'Five 9's' Website Availability to Hosting Clients Using Coyote Point's Equalizer

Schematic Successfully Provides 'Five 9's' Website Availability to Hosting Clients Using Coyote Point's Equalizer

Equalizer(TM) Technology Provides the Reliable, Always Available Performance Schematic Needs to Host Mission-Critical Websites for Broadcasting Companies

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Coyote Point Systems today announced that Schematic, an award-winning user interface, design and technology development firm, has deployed the Equalizer(TM) E350 load-balancing and traffic management solution in its data center to host client Websites. As a result of implementing Equalizer, Schematic's Web hosting service has not experienced any downtime in more than two and a half years and is able to meet and even exceed the "five 9's" service level agreements (SLAs) its clients require. Equalizer was chosen for its high availability, ease of use and cost-effectiveness.

Schematic, known as a world leader in user interface for television and the Web, also develops, maintains and hosts enterprise-level Websites and software tools for a variety of Fortune 2000 firms. Its clients span multiple industry verticals including media and entertainment, healthcare and consumer electronics. Schematic's recently completed projects include the new Microsoft Xbox Live Arcade service, application development for Nielsen, set-top and broadband user interface work for both Cablevision and Comcast, and the Gold's Gym Website and CRM system.

Over the past five years, Schematic has been working more frequently with large companies, including ABC, FOX, Gold's Gym and Paul Mitchell, that require 99.999 percent availability of their Websites and related properties. Schematic designs and hosts Websites providing everything from e-commerce applications to programming guides for TV networks and needed a load balancing solution to provide the high availability and resulting business continuity those larger clients required. When Schematic was researching products, Coyote Point's Equalizer technology quickly became their first choice.

"Using Equalizer has helped us compete on a more even footing with larger design and hosting companies by allowing us to offer the same service level agreements at about a quarter of the price," said Matthew Rechs, Chief Technology Officer at Schematic. "It gives us a high level of confidence in and control over our clients' uptime. And Equalizer is so reliable that we've never had downtime and only one fail-over that barely registered -- we maintained our SLA and the client never even knew it happened."

The Equalizer E350's sophisticated algorithm ensures that each request is distributed to the server best equipped to handle the demand, immediately and intelligently, which means that each server operates at full capacity, instead of some sitting idle while others become overloaded. It minimizes response time as it maximizes site availability and if Equalizer detects a server failure, it redirects traffic automatically.

"I've worked with other load balancers in the past and we evaluated more expensive options before deciding on Equalizer," says Chris Aedo, Schematic's Director of Technology Operations. "We were won over by the feature set that gave us exactly what we needed; the cost effective price, which allowed us to keep our prices competitive; and the ease of use and maintenance. We've been really pleased with the product and what it has allowed us to provide our clients."

About Schematic

Schematic, one of the nation's leading interactive agencies, is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in New York and Atlanta. The firm provides award-winning user interface, design and technology solutions for the Web, advanced devices and television. Schematic serves clients in multiple industry verticals including media and entertainment, healthcare and consumer electronics. The company develops across a wide array of platforms, including set-top boxes, game consoles, mobile devices, and the Internet. Recent clients include ABC News, Cablevision, CNN, Comcast, Houghton Mifflin, Microsoft, Nielsen, and Pfizer. For more information, please visit http://www.schematic.com/ .

About Coyote Point Systems

Coyote Point Systems, Inc. has pioneered intelligent Internet traffic management solutions that ensure the highest performance, availability and reliability of customers' network infrastructures. The company's robust line of local, regional and global load-balancing solutions is easy to deploy and maintain, requiring significantly less resources to manage than competing offerings. More than 1,500 customers worldwide deploy Coyote Point's solutions to maximize their IT resources, minimize their risk to Website failure, and protect their brands and reputations. Coyote Point is headquartered in San Jose, CA and has distributors in Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa. The company can be contacted directly at 650-969-6000 or on the Web at http://www.coyotepoint.com/ .


Source: Coyote Point Systems, Inc.

CONTACT: Sara Eisenberg of McGrath/Power Public Relations,
+1-408-727-0351, or sarae@mcgrathpower.com, for Coyote Point Systems, Inc.

Web site: http://www.schematic.com/

Web site: http://www.coyotepoint.com/


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