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MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Apstra, the pioneer of intent-based networking and multinational software

company automating the data center network, announced today that Starview

International achieved Platinum Partner Status in the Apstra Partner Advantage

(APA) Program. Starview International qualified for this level by meeting

Apstra's criteria for excellence as a value added distributor and supplier of

SVI branded Optical Networking products and accessories. Starview International

is committed to tight strategic and technical alignment with Apstra.

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"Given that network automation is critical to an Open Systems approach, we

needed a best-of-breed technology to further provide efficient and cost effective

networking solutions to our customers," said Yuh Joo Choo, Managing Director

at Starview International. "The alignment of Apstra's values with our network,

compute, and storage endeavors has made for a compelling and natural partnership."

Starview International recently completed Apstra's partner program training,

which empowers all partners to generate new revenue opportunities, increase

profitability and margins, and create complementary value-added services using

Apstra AOS. The company met Platinum Status criteria for four sales staff and

two technical staff.

"We've seen a surge in Asia-Pacific enterprises looking for flexible software

that will work with multiple hardware vendors and open networking offerings,"

said Jeff Jones, Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Apstra. "With our open

approach, Starview International will be in a stronger position to meet the

needs of their customers while boosting profitability."

About the Apstra Partner Advantage Program

Introduced in March 2020, the Apstra Partner Advantage Program for Channel

Partners is designed to enable partners to bring sophisticated automation and

validation to their data center networks to create a business advantage.

Working with Apstra, channel partners can extend their sales reach, harness the

expertise and connections with Apstra's partner ecosystem, and help to address

the needs of their customers while growing their business.

For information about the Apstra Partner Advantage Program click here

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About Starview International

Starview is a leading distributor of Open Systems. Starview also designs and

makes open programmable transceivers, and owns patents for this technology in

Singapore, United States, China and Australia. With a total solution offering

in Open Systems, Starview delivers solutions for network, compute and storage,

to allow customers to build private clouds, using the best combination of

commodity hardware and commercially supported open source software. Cloud

infrastructures based on Open Systems give customers the advantages similar to

the world's largest cloud providers, with elasticity of network/compute/storage

resources defined by software, all without vendor lock-ins. Starview, founded

in 2010, represents the best providers of Open Systems hardware and software

vendors to make Open Systems possible today.

About Apstra, Inc

Apstra(R) is a multinational software company delivering a unified solution to

automate the architecture and operations of the data center network. Apstra's

flagship product, AOS, empowers organizations to automate all aspects of

designing, building, deploying, and operating their networks, enabling them to

make changes to their networks quickly and reliably, while making efficient use

of human capital and ridding themselves of hardware vendor lock-in.

Organizations using AOS have seen a more than 80 percent reduction in OpEx, 99

percent improvement in agility, and more than 70 percent improvements in

reliability.  AOS uses Apstra's advanced intent-based analytics to continually

validate the network, thereby eliminating complexity, vulnerabilities, and

outages resulting in a secure and resilient network.

Apstra, founded in 2014 by established and proven networking industry leaders

David Cheriton, Mansour Karam, and Sasha Ratkovic, is headquartered in Menlo

Park, California, with offices worldwide.

CONTACT:

Sarah Erickson,

Walker Sands for Apstra,

sarah.erickson@walkersands.com,

312-561-2491

SOURCE:  Apstra