Silver Peak's WAN Optimization solution
overcomes network performance challenges,
enabling enterprises to substantially improve application performance across a WAN while
moving more data over longer distances. In addition, Silver Peak lowers ongoing telecom
expenditures by avoiding bandwidth upgrades and enabling cost-effective shared networks, like MPLS and cloud, to perform like higher-quality lines. Silver Peak's unique network approach to WAN
optimization delivers a true "data center class" of product, which is a strategic enabler for key
IT projects like data center consolidation, data
replication, cloud computing, server/storage
centralization, unified communications, and virtualization.
Specific Silver Peak advantages include:
• Virtual Flexibility. Silver Peak provides the
industry's only Gbps virtual WAN optimization
appliance, the industry's only free fully functional
WAN optimization appliance, and the only
virtual WAN optimization products capable
of supporting every major hypervisor.
• Highest Capacity. Silver Peak is the only
vendor with both physical and virtual appliances
that easily scale from Mbps to Gbps of WAN
capacity with support for hundreds of thousands
of simultaneous sessions.
• Optimization of all IP traffic. Only Silver Peak
optimizes all enterprise traffic regardless of transport
protocol or application version, with no risk
of corrupting data or altering application behavior.
Silver Peak optimizes any application, in any
location, on any type of WAN. For these reasons,
Silver Peak is the WAN optimization vendor of
choice for leading enterprises around the world,
and a recognized leader by industry analysts like
Gartner and Forrester.
VX Appliances: VX appliances are software-only virtual machines that
support Silver Peak's full suite of VXOA features. By deploying Silver Peak's
VX products on industry-standard hardware, enterprises reap all the cost
and flexibility benefits of server virtualization.
VRX Appliances: Silver Peak's VRX appliances are virtual WAN optimization
devices designed specifically for data center deployment. They deliver
the highest end-to-end throughput and simultaneous sessions of any virtual
WAN optimization device and are proven compatible with all leading
storage solutions and data center switching devices. By delivering 20x
the performance at 1/3 the cost of competing solutions, the VRX is
changing the way enterprises look at data center WAN optimization.
Global Management System (GMS): GMS is a powerful platform for
the deployment, management, and monitoring of a Silver Peak—enabled WAN.
GMS gives IT managers detailed visibility into all aspects of application delivery
across a distributed enterprise, including WAN performance statistics, application
analysis, and tools for the configuration and management of Silver Peak
NX, VX, and VRX appliances. With Silver Peak, enterprises can centrally deliver
business-critical applications in a secure, scalable, and cost-effective manner.
