WANs

Article (2)
  • Testing times for IPv6
    Despite reports of the imminent end of IPv4 address space, many organisations are slow to make the switch to IPv6. Merri Mack reports on the importance of IPv6, World IPv6 day and Australia’s readiness for the switch to IPv6.
  • The case for server consolidation
    IT consolidation can reap significant ROI, but how realistic is it for your organisation? Riverbed’s managing director for Australia and New Zealand, Steve Dixon, looks at the challenges around consolidating and how a WAN acceleration strategy can help.
Product (14)
  • CalAmp Viper SC radio modems
    CalAmp Viper SC radio modems deliver up to 48 Kbps IP over narrowband UHF and VHF channels allowing secure data from field assets to the company LAN.
  • SonicWALL WAN Acceleration Appliance (WXA) Series
    The SonicWALL WAN Acceleration Appliance (WXA) Series, an extension of the current SonicWALL Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) suite, consists of the WXA 5000 virtual appliance, the WXA 2000 and WXA 4000 hardware appliances and the WXA 500 Live CD. The series improves WAN performance between regional and branch offices and reduces traffic by up to a claimed 95%. It gives users faster access to mission-critical applications.
  • Juniper Networks Universal WAN enterprise and branch routing portfolio
    Juniper Networks’ Universal WAN scalable enterprise and branch routing portfolio can support rapidly growing mobile, video and cloud computing applications.
  • Riverbed Technology Steelhead and Cloud Steelhead enhancements
    Riverbed Technology has announced that Steelhead wide area network (WAN) optimisation solutions have enhanced support for Citrix XenDesktop virtual desktop solutions and Cloud Steelhead has added compatibility with ESX-based public cloud services.
  • Riverbed Technology RiOS 6.1 WAN optimisation system
    Riverbed Technology has released the RiOS 6.1 WAN optimisation system to support private and public cloud computing, IT centralisation and disaster recovery.
  • Riverbed Steelhead 7050 model WAN optimisation appliance
    Riverbed Technology has announced the Riverbed Steelhead 7050 model wide area network (WAN) optimisation appliance for performance, flexibility and fault tolerance in large data centres and private cloud environments.
  • Riverbed Cascade 8.4 network and application performance availability tool
    Riverbed has announced Cascade 8.4, the latest version of its network and application performance availability tool that integrates with the company’s Steelhead WAN optimisation appliances to provide companies with end-to-end optimisation, monitoring and proactive troubleshooting from one platform.
  • F5 Networks BIG-IP WAN Optimisation Module
    An expansion of F5 Networks’ WAN application delivery services, the BIG-IP WAN Optimisation Module (WOM) accelerates data transfer over the network by optimising traffic and bandwidth through the use of adaptive compression and deduplication technologies.
  • WAN optimisation
    Riverbed Technology has announced that the company’s wide area network (WAN) optimisation solutions support the recently announced VMware vSphere 4 platform. By utilising Riverbed’s WAN optimisation in conjunction with VMware vSphere 4, enterprises are able to rapidly deploy, migrate and protect application workloads running in enterprise private clouds.
  • WAN acceleration
    The WXC 590 application acceleration platform has completed validation testing with the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.0.This means it’s certified to reduce the effects of WAN latency, network congestion and packet loss when dealing with Oracle applications.
  • Service Delivery Point WAN optimisation
    Service Delivery Point (SDP) is a tool for centralised management of Exinda's wide area networks (WAN) optimisation solutions.
  • Application acceleration
    The Blue Coat Systems SG Client is an integrated security, policy control and application acceleration product designed to enable companies and organisations to extend security, policy control and application acceleration to the endpoint, regardless of its location.
  • WAN software upgrade
    Blue Coat has upgraded the software of its family of SG appliances for WAN optimisation.
  • Pseudowire gateway
    RAD Data communications has released version 2 of its IPmux-14 TDM pseudowire gateway, which supplies ethernet, TDM and HDLC-based services over packet switched networks (PSNs). HDLC-based services include frame relay, X.25 and transparent PPP transmission.
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Case Study (20)
  • WA racing organisation supports e-commerce with Cisco network
    As part of a complete IT infrastructure modernisation program, Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) has implemented a Unified Computing System (UCS) and a core and distributed network from Cisco.This has allowed RWWA to better support its online transaction system.
  • NPO achieves 97% WAN traffic reduction
    Mental health support organisation Mind Australia has deployed WAN optimisation technology, allowing it to reduce traffic congestion, save money and enable its mobile staff to provide better services and support out in the field, especially in regional areas.
  • ISP feeds hungry customers with web caching
    New Zealand ISP CallPlus has implemented a web caching solution to help manage a 50% growth in customer hunger for internet content from outside New Zealand.
  • Mining the network for WAN efficiencies
    International oil and gas exploration company Ophir Energy has deployed WAN optimisation technology, allowing it to save hundreds of thousands of dollars in equipment and annual WAN support costs connecting its African, European and Australian offices.
  • Bonded broadband a shot in the arm for 50 Kaliber Films
    Growth at video media specialist 50 Kaliber Films in inner-city Melbourne meant that the company needed to increase the download and upload speeds of its internet connection.
  • STA Travel extends network contract
    STA Travel has signed a five-year regional network contract with Azzurri for network monitoring, hardware support, firewall and WAN management and network connectivity.
  • Perisher optimises throughput for skiers
    Perisher, the Southern Hemisphere’s largest ski resort, has deployed Blue Coat ProxySG appliances and ProxyClient software to improve the performance of its business applications, particularly its point-of-sale transaction systems, enabling the company to serve more customers more quickly.
  • Coalminer centralises servers
    NSW mining operation Donaldson Coal has deployed a Juniper WAN Acceleration solution from NSC Group to enhance file transfer performance between head office, three remote mines and one remote administration centre.
  • High-resiliency network keeps IRESS operating
    When it comes to share trading, timing is everything. That’s why, in 2006, IRESS Market Technology decided to replace its outdated frame relay/ISDN hybrid network with a primary Optus fibre WAN with full redundancy provided by Uecomm’s ethernet network.
  • Energy company eliminates WAN bottleneck
    Solid Energy is a major New Zealand energy company and a leading producer of high-quality coal. The company invests in research and commercialisation of new, sustainable forms of energy that use coal and renewable energy sources, such as biomass and biodiesel. Solid Energy has grown significantly over the past five years - in some sites, such as its Stockton open-cast mine on New Zealand’s South Island, employee numbers have increased four-fold during that time - and demands on the company’s IT infrastructure have multiplied.
  • Design firm optimises global WAN
    Global design company, Woods Bagot, has deployed WAN optimisation appliances to optimise the delivery of communications and critical applications from its Sydney office to 10 studios around the world.
  • Antarctica NZ optimises WAN traffic
    Scott Base, a remote New Zealand government research station in Antarctica, has increased the amount of traffic it can send and receive with WAN optimisation.
  • Kings Transport in top gear with new WAN
    Kings Transport, a major Australian metropolitan transport and logistics provider, has chosen new-generation networks provider Uecomm to replace its existing MPLS network with a metro ethernet WAN delivering greater scalability, reliability and flexibility for the business.
  • WAN optimisation cuts satellite costs
    Norfolk Island is located in the Pacific Ocean between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. It covers just over 34 square kilometres and was settled in 1856 by descendents of the Bounty mutineers who moved there from Pitcairn Island
  • Network upgrade for charity provides better service
    The St Vincent de Paul Society has upgraded its WAN infrastructure to improve support to its members in their service of people in need. The society has used national IP service provider Via IP to upgrade the data network.
  • WAN optimisation improves data network traffic
    “A lot of our sites are in extremely remote locations where getting access to a suitable WAN connection is either not possible or extremely expensive,” he explains. “It’s simply not practical to add bandwidth to these remote sites, which is why we started looking at WAN optimisation.”
  • Electronic care plan mobilises nursing staff
    Founded in 1935, Resthaven is a public benevolent aged care community service of the Uniting Church in Australia with more than 1250 employees and 450 volunteers, and operates across South Australia
  • WAN with application prioritising for remote office
    Coogee Resources has deployed an integrated WAN optimisation solution to ensure the performance of critical business applications, VoIP and videoconferencing across its offshore satellite and remote project office network.
  • High-performance computing aids research
    The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR) is a global non-profit organisation committed to improving the understanding and control of cancer through integrated laboratory and clinical discovery
  • School learns the joys of wireless
    The Guardian Angels Primary School in Ashmore, Queensland, has replaced their existing network with a wireless network, enabling notebooks to be used in different classrooms and giving greater control to the IT administrator
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