WAN Optimization
Accelerate traffic while guaranteeing critical application performance
In long-haul networks and bandwidth-restricted locations, QoS & Control may not be sufficient to fix all application performance problems. Ipanema’s ANS™ WAN Optimization mitigates the impact of network delay for chatty applications like Common Internet File System (CIFS) and increases the available bandwidth, reducing data transfer time and satisfying application users everywhere.

WAN Optimization brings response time down, improving the delivered Quality of Experience (QoE). ANS WAN Optimization includes a combination of techniques, including redundancy elimination (also referred to as compression, byte caching or de-duplication), TCP acceleration and application acceleration (including specialized CIFS protocol optimization) mechanisms. All are dynamically applied under QoS and Control features to ensure that the delivered additional performance always serves the most critical applications first, as defined by the global Application Performance Objectives (APOs).

Ipanema’s approach to WAN optimization with ANS is:
- Controlled: WAN optimization is tightly integrated with QoS & Control. This prevents accelerated applications from creating congestion and protects other applications like voice and telepresence from being hurt by accelerated flows. In addition, the “virtual bandwidth” created by Ipanema’s WAN optimization is allocated according to business priorities, maximizing its value for the enterprise.
- Transparent to the IT infrastructure: Ipanema's WAN Optimization does not require any change to the configuration of the IT infrastructure.
- Transparent to the network, maintaining full compatibility with network mechanisms in place (like MPLS Classes of Service, routing policies and advanced queuing mechanisms).
- Able to manage all applications: Ipanema's WAN Optimization covers the three key application performance bottlenecks (bandwidth, TCP and application protocol) and addresses all types of applications, including real-time, transactional and data transfer applications.
- A la carte/modular: Ipanema's WAN Optimization features need only be deployed where required (e.g., in a few remote offices), eliminating the need to install devices in branches close to the data center, which already benefit from broadband network access with short delays.









