Italian Post Office going to VoIP

Gruppo Poste Italiane (GPI) is being tricked out with the latest network infrastructure to support VoIP and other apps with the ultimate goal of supporting all of its regional offices and more than 14,000 post offices throughout Italy. Italtel and Infoblox are providing support for the next generation network.

GPI guarantees global postal service and offers integrated communications, logistic and financial products and services throughout Italy. Itatel and Infoblox are providing the network infrastructure GPI needs for its employees to connect to the network, with Itatel holding the role of the systems integrator to install infrastructure for services, including supporting computers and VoIP phones.

Infoblox is happy about the deal because its appliances are providing the management and control of DNS, DHCP and IP address management services through an easy-to-use web interface. The company has a "grid" technology to link a group of distributed member appliances into a unified, centrally managed system; the grid allows for single-point management of the network and provides automated failover for disaster recovery.

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- MSNBC.com carries release.

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