Sangfor WAN Optimisation

Sangfor's range of WAN Optimisation solutions delivers significant improvement in WAN performance for all types and sizes of organisation - business, government and education. From an entry-level product offering 6 Mbps optimised bandwidth and up to 300 optimised connections through to 155 Mbps and 15,000 connections for the top of the range product, all organisations and budgets are catered for. Sangfor's solutions can realistically achieve 30-60% reduction in data transmitted, bandwidth utilisation increases of 30-80% and data transfers up to 60 times faster. The result is a more efficient WAN and higher productivity from users.

WAN Optimisation

Sangfor ensures that a WAN operates at peak efficiency by incorporating a device at each of its connection points. These devices handle all data transmitted over the WAN and use two main strategies to make sure the data goes at the fastest possible speed: • Compression packs the data down so that there is less to send, meaning that transmission times are reduced. Once data is received at its destination, it is unpacked and restored to its original form. • Caching avoids data having to be sent repeatedly to the same destination and so prevents unnecessary transmission. When data is sent for the first time, details are recorded at the sending device. If the same data is sent again to the same destination, only a tag needs to be sent since the local copy of the data can be used. Updated copies of data are identified so that only changes are sent with the tag. These two strategies alone typically cause data transmitted over networks to be reduced by 30-60%. This can lead to bandwidth utilisation falling by up to 80% and data transfers being up to 60 times faster. Best of all, this all happens automatically with no user involvement and minimal configuration. Once the appliances are connected, everything continues to work. The only change that users will notice is that things happen much quicker. Improvements are most significant when there are high levels of latency, which is a measure of the time taken to send a data packet to its destination. This delay increases with distance since the time a transmission takes to reach its destination cannot be altered. However, effectively reducing the amount of data that is sent can significantly improve overall transmission times, especially over long distances. Additionally, ensuring only full packets are sent will also increase efficiency.

Sangfor's Novel Approach

WAN optimisation providers are traditionally big players that deliver relatively high cost solutions in large volumes. Because of this, the suppliers tend to concentrate on large businesses, top tier enterprises, leaving the middle tier marketplace and SMEs largely unserved. Sangfor is different. Whilst employing the same technology as the market leaders, it provides this in a form that delivers the same improved performance, but at 50% of the cost. The range of devices is broad and can cater for large multinational enterprises as well as smaller local branch offices and home-based workers. Sangfor's base model has 6 Mbps optimised bandwidth and supports 300 optimised connections. This compares to the 1 Mbps and 100 connections that are typical for most entry-level products, which nevertheless cost significantly more. All organisations therefore have the opportunity to make significant cost savings while gaining efficient performance using proven technology from an established business. The company's commitment to SMEs as well as larger businesses is reflected in the level of help it provides. This comprises truly local support that covers the full process from pre-sales advice through to installation and then on-going assistance while the equipment is in place. Those buying from Sangfor get much more than equipment. They also get lifelong support from a friendly company that really wants to help them succeed.

Sangfor IAM (Internet Access

Management)

Beyond filtering, Sangfor IAM (Internet Access Management) delivers visibility of bandwidth and application activity to IT managers and the tools necessary for managers to set policies to control risk and improve network performance. Internet utilisation through the public or private cloud is the primary choice for organisations to leverage business opportunities and create closer customer relationships. A cost effective and mature platform, more and more businesses, universities and schools have deployed mission critical applications over the Internet in the past 10 years. The trend is accelerating and generating unprecedented demand for new uses and applications to leverage its power. With great opportunity however comes ever increasing risk. Safe guarding intellectual property, protecting against external intrusions, minimizing data loss, improving security, simplifying complex network management are key IT management challenges. Superior enterprise Internet management tools are needed more than ever for the over burdened IT department. Sangfor’s Internet Access Management (IAM) Series is the answer. The IAM is designed specifically for today’s and tomorrow’s demanding Internet management environment. If offers advanced management tools combined with a rich feature set for simple, rapid and reliable Internet access control. • User Authentication • Application Control • Bandwidth Management • Enhanced Caching Performance • Internet Traffic Reporting and Auditing • Web Filtering Take charge of your IT network ecosystem and deliver optimal performance with the Sangfor IAM Series.

Visibility

Full network visibility for risk & usage analysis • Layer 7 application visibility based on DPI+DFI (Deep Packet Inspection + Deep Flow Inspection) • HTTPS traffic visibility • Visibility of activity, traffic, time (online duration) and content • Customised reports

Control

Control unwanted Internet access to reduce risks • Web filtering • Fit into your network topology: deploy in router, bridge (transparent) mode or bypass mode • User authentication with AD, Radius, POP3, Proxy, etc • Block/Filter/Audit/Report/Alert policies • Policies based on user/schedule/destination IP, etc.

Bandwidth management

Accelerate Internet access speeds • P2P intelligent identification & control • Traffic shaping of uplink and downlink • “Virtual line”, “Virtual pipe” and “Dynamic bandwidth control” • Multi-lines and Intelligent Routing • Caching, Proxy model, Anti-virus

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