1. Solutions

1. Streamline Branch Office IT

1. Intelligent Acceleration

1. Network Visibility

1. Application QoS

1. Voice & Video

1. Application Server
   Consolidation

1. Manage WAN Costs

1. Migrating to MPLS

1. Satellite/Long Haul

1. Server/Storage Consolidation

1. Real-time File Collaboration

1. Government

Meet the challenges of consolidating ERP or Citrix. Handle the impact of branch office action as it suddenly moves across the entire WAN.

The Challenge: Capitalize on Consolidation

Consolidating Application Servers for ERP, Citrix and other customer-critical applications and moving servers from remote sites to centralized data centers can make good business sense. Yet accurate understanding of the impact is critical to achieving the desired ROI. Assessment, monitoring and control of network environment are a must before any cost, maintenance and regulatory benefits can be realized.

Consolidation Projects

To determine whether server consolidation projects are wise, you'll want to be armed with information to make an intelligent choice. Too often, servers are pulled out of the branch and users complain bitterly that accessing files over the WAN is much too painful. Previous access over a high speed LAN is now going over the WAN, where file access competes with everything else in the network.

Bigger WAN Impact

With consolidation, suddenly there's greater network congestion and much larger bandwidth requirements. Consider what happens when application servers are removed from the branch: now cross the entire WAN instead of just the local branch network. Imagine the impact on application performance! And what about your mission-critical applications?

Packeteer Solution: Get the Facts

Packeteer provides the tools to assess server consolidation impact and deploy accordingly. Identify applications on the network, measure existing capacity as well as network use and get an accurate assessment WAN impact when LAN traffic traverses it. Even benchmark CIFS performance in a LAN versus WAN environment. Then evaluate your consolidation design, look at alternatives for delivering file access and see if the new design meets user needs and ROI targets.

Increase Capacity and Accelerate Performance

Packeteer's advanced compression provides extra headroom for centralized file access. By increasing WAN capacity, room is made for new centralized services. Also, our TCP optimization techniques minimize latency and protocol design bandwidth constraints to increase performance of critical applications.

Critical Application Performance Assured

With Packeteer, performance of critical enterprise applications and the user experience are assured even with unpredictable and increased traffic patterns. Deep classification of application performance along with advanced QoS mechanisms and protocol acceleration deliver enterprise applications meeting enterprise needs.

Look Deep with Layer 7 Plus Visibility

With Layer 7 Plus visibility, Packeteer solutions deliver deep capabilities in identifying and controlling common traffic-recreational as well as your critical applications such as ERP and even Citrix-served applications. This level of visibility helps you identify all the potential impacts to your network.

Realize Consolidation Potential

With Packeteer, you can recognize true savings with centralized data centers that perform at an enterprise level. By understanding the impact of a consolidation project, increasing WAN capacity and assuring delivery of critical applications, Packeteer provides the tools to successfully implement server consolidation projects.

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