Part of the Unified Communications Management portfolio, Enterprise Policy Manager is a network-level application that allows administrators to manage network bandwidth, prioritize traffic streams, and set network access policies. Enterprise Policy Manager provides tools for policy provisioning and closed-loop analysis which enable network managers to control policies and assess the impact of new policies on applications and services in the network. Enterprise Policy Manager also performs an important role in Nortel’s  Proactive Voice Quality Management  solution by providing QoS configuration capabilities that ensure acceptable levels of performance and reliability for VoIP applications, Unified Communications and all other business functions that are important to the Enterprise.

Key Features:

• Apply traffic filtering policies quickly across multiple device types, using a single console
• Prioritize business-critical traffic flows for effective bandwidth management and Quality of Service (QoS)
• Respond to network threats in minutes, not hours or days, using broad network access control against denial of service attacks, viruses, and worms
• Screen users logging into the network, especially those coming from wireless / public connections such as schools, meeting rooms, or hospitals, using Radius authentication and EAP (802.1x) support
• Implement user-based policies that ensure application-level authorization to access sensitive assets and data
• Assess and control the impact of new policies on applications and services, using closed-loop analysis tools