Simplify Network Operations
Traditional WAN optimization and QoS technologies (such as Class of Service, bandwidth partitions, static shaping or reservation) are based on static policies. Policies need to be set individually for each device, based on a snapshot of specific network conditions assessed at a given point in time, such as the application mix and the number of users.
Networks are constantly evolving and changing. This change is driven by the evolution of the organization, IT architecture and consequent use of the network. It is this change that makes policy-based systems a nightmare when it comes to network operations because they require manual effort every time an update is required as part of a change management process.
Ipanema’s Autonomic Networking System shifts away this complexity from network operations. Network operations are kept minimal as the system automatically matches the complex, dynamic demand for resources to the network’s ability to deliver bandwidth capacity.
Change management is made easy as IT and network managers set the desired end-user Quality of Experience through global application performance objectives. Without the need for any network operations, optimal policies are automatically computed and dynamically applied in real-time to ensure that the application performance objectives are achieved as the network traffic mix, capacity, delay and user activity evolve.
The benefits for enterprises are:
- Being dynamically self-tuned, Ipanema provides optimal performance any time.
- From the smallest to the largest network, the number of parameters is kept to only a handful: network operations and change management is kept simple whatever the network size and complexity.
- Being fully self-managed, Ipanema requires virtually no operations. IT and network operations teams can dedicate their time to serving users and performing higher-value tasks, not low-level network operations activities such as tuning policies or change management.
