Packeteer/Microsoft Branch Office

Step into the Next Generation Branch with iShaper™,
the First Windows-based Unified Branch Office Solution

iShaper is a new category of unified branch office appliance, featuring the widest set of industry-leading technologies from Packeteer and Microsoft, working in concert to enable the next generation branch office.

Packeteer has joined forces with Microsoft to deliver iShaper the first, and only, comprehensive, Windows-based solution to make computing faster, more secure and cost-effective at the branch.

• Dramatically improve response times of your Microsoft-based applications — especially Office, Outlook®/Exchange and SharePoint® — traveling over the wide area network (WAN).
• Integrate Packeteer wide area file services (WAFS) and WAN optimization with full-fidelity Microsoft technology — including Windows®, Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) and System Management (SMS) Servers.
• Take advantage of full-fidelity Microsoft Windows services — such as file, print and Active Directory® — from the data center or at the branch office.

• "The announcement of a single branch office platform combining Microsoft security technology and Packeteer's intelligent application optimization is something we look forward to having to further support our multiple office enterprise."
• Mark Dietrick
  CIO
  Burt Hill, one of North America's largest architectural firms

Welcome to the Next Generation Branch Office

Say good-bye to sacrificing manageability data security and integrity for application performance and office worker productivity. Now, thanks to this unique partnership, Packeteer iShaper WAN optimization, visibility, shaping, WAFS and Windows services work together as one to streamline operations and maximize performance for the ultimate branch office experience. Say hello to:

• Fully-integrated key branch services. Packeteer's WAN optimization, application visibility and QoS mesh seamlessly with Microsoft technologies — including Windows, ISA and SMS servers.
• Consolidation benefits and more realized at the branch. Quickly realize the cost savings, reduced complexity and data security of server consolidation with superior remote office productivity, collaboration and performance.
• A single appliance does it all. iShaper combines the best of WAFS and WAN optimization in a single, unified, easy-to-manage "branch office consolidation" appliance without compromising one for the other.

• "The remote branch office is becoming one of the top network IT initiatives of the decade. IT organizations want to deliver leading edge server and storage resources to the distributed enterprise while keeping operational and management costs in line. Unified branch office appliances that include application visibility, security and accelerated delivery of applications will play a major role in meeting the needs of the remote branch."
• Lucinda Borovick
  Program Director, Datacenter Networks
  IDC

Partners in Innovation

Packeteer and Microsoft are combining engineering and business efforts to deliver the best Windows-based WAN/WAFS solution. From protocol licensing to integration into Microsoft Technology Centers (MTCs) around the globe, this strong partnership marks a significant milestone in both organizations' commitment to deliver applications and unify security and management technologies at the branch office.

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