Credit Union deploys Ecessa’s WAN link controllers to automate ISP redundancy and failover and support increase in usage of web-based applications

Plymouth, MN – June 16, 2009 – Ecessa, a leader in affordable WAN link controllers for small-to-medium sized enterprises (SME), today announced that Hutchinson Credit Union has selected Ecessa’s PowerLink WAN link controller to provide automated load balancing and failover for its multiple ISPs and network circuits. With PowerLink, Hutchinson is able to ensure reliability of its Internet connectivity with multiple areas of redundancy and without depending on a single Internet Service Provider (ISP), Hutchinson is increasing the availability of its web-based applications used by employees and members.

Hutchinson now utilizes three Internet connections from different service providers, including two DSL circuits and one business-class cable link. If there is a problem with a service provider or an outage, the PowerLink enables Hutchinson to have the flexibility to add or remove network connections and ISPs as needed without affecting users. With PowerLink, the Credit Union is able to maximize all three network circuits for both inbound and outbound traffic, and they can also control their own DNS, rather than having it hosted by the service provider.

“PowerLink has enabled us to have quite a bit of redundancy on many fronts,” said Zack Clobes, IT Manager for Hutchinson Credit Union. ”We have three different ISPs, each coming in from different locations, and two different technologies so that we are not solely dependent upon the telephone company. In the future we may consider adding a wireless link to diversify even further.”

By deploying the PowerLink, Hutchinson is now able to optimize network bandwidth. Previously, bandwidth was wasted and not properly used because it was not connected to certain circuits and routers. They are now able to take advantage of the total aggregated network bandwidth among each network circuit, enabling them to leverage their entire bandwidth capacity. Connectivity is now improved for thousands of clients that rely on the Hutchinson website for online banking, and filling out forms for various applications and financial services, as well as its employees dependent upon business-to-business web-based applications such as facilitating car and property evaluations, mortgage servicing and loan applications.

“Financial institutions such as credit unions need to keep both employees and members well-connected for conducting car and property evaluations, servicing mortgages, completing loan applications, and other services that rely on the Internet for business-to-business transactions,” states Jason Breyer, vice president of sales for Ecessa. “When an Internet circuit that connects credit union employees or member client goes down, productivity suffers; and web applications may not get completed. PowerLink is purpose-built for financial organizations such as credit unions. The financial services market is a strong focus of ours, and one that continues to grow. As the Internet continues to play a greater role within the financial services IT infrastructure, the need for our product becomes even greater.”

About Ecessa

Ecessa is a leader in affordable WAN link controllers for WAN and ISP link aggregation, automated load balancing, failover and network security tailored to meet the needs of small-to-medium sized enterprises (SME) that rely on the Internet for e-commerce and business-critical application delivery. Ecessa helps SMEs rapidly grow their business with 24/7 network high-availability, optimized WAN performance, flexible scalability and secure access - while streamlining IT costs. Ecessa optimizes WAN traffic for organizations of all types who wish to improve network and application performance and eliminate downtime for business-critical, time-sensitive applications. Over 6,000 companies rely on Ecessa to cost-effectively ensure that each application has the appropriate Internet bandwidth and availability needed to support user and business requirements. The company is headquartered in Plymouth, MN. For more information, visit www.ecessa.com, or call us at 1-800-669-6242.

About Hutchinson Credit Union

Hutchinson Credit Union is a community based credit union located in Hutchinson, Kansas with 5 full service branches. Currently 145 million in assets, they offer a full array of in-house financial products including mortgages and credit cards. They utilize an in-house data processing system.

WAN link optimization is also known as WAN Failover, Link Aggregation, ISP Load Balancing, ISP Fail-over, Multi-homing Load Balancing, QoS WAN Optimization, WAN Load Balancing, Dual WAN Routers, VPN Load Balancing, MultiWAN Switching, DNS Load Balancing, Application Delivery Optimization, Internet Traffic Management, Network Bandwidth Management, Bandwidth Aggregation.