Expand's multi-facetted technology helps enable all remote desktop protocols to be delivered over the WAN in a VMware View environment

Scott Davis, CTO , Desktop Business Unit, VMware

“Expand has increased network throughput by 75% and given us an 80% increase in overall company performance. This is resulting in overall cheaper software upgrades, lower IT maintenance costs and reduced infrastructure complexity. Toward the end of this year, we’ll start to run SAP from Finland to Shanghai with VDI protocols. This will all be supported by Expand’s technology. Using Expand Networks for tunnelling and TCP acceleration is now a foundation technology to enable business success for today and tomorrow,”

Mr. Veijo Merelä, System Manager at SKS Group Oy

“The price performance ratio of Expand was clearly superior with a RoI of one year. On top of this, Expand Networks demonstrated technology maturity, and in the disciplines we were looking to focus upon, led by a long way. By using the Accelerators, the capacity of an entry level line from our network provider has tripled. With Expands ability to provide us with virtual bandwidth, we have realized a saving of over $700K that can now be reinvested for other purposes across the province”

Eloff Scholtz, Technical Advisor at NWPG

Riverbed and Fatpipe didn’t provide significant performance benefits for the broad range of remote work we were doing. Expand’s was the only solution that had the capability to accelerate all our traffic, looking across the whole spectrum of protocols and applications and accelerating everything to optimum our performance levels. Expand’s superior ability to optimize Citrix , SQL and apply QoS to VoIP traffic, made the decision easy. Our tests show that we have doubled our network throughput, which is particularly pleasing from an RoI perspective, given we were initially faced with an expensive line upgrade as an alternative”

Don Logan IT Executive at Wiss and Company

“Having looked at other solutions, we found that only Expand could effectively accelerate VDI traffic and deliver the quality of service levels we required for KYRHA. Expand’s VDI solution was easy to deploy and its support in integrating the solution into our existing WAN infrastructure was first class. Expand’s collaborative approach to this project was commendable, and its solution was a key enabler to the overall success of the project giving us huge savings in support and management costs, delivering a 250% increase in WAN capacity and safeguarding our VDI investment.”

Dwayne Lessner, manager of IT operations at PNHR

“Expand compresses and accelerates ICA traffic better than its competitors. With 95% of our traffic being over Citrix, the decision was easy. Not only were the network statistics impressive, but the performance was also noticed by the users, whose previous frustrations with network delays were now non-existent.  The easy configuration and implementation of the Accelerator meant that it was up and running very quickly indeed. Expand has been very supportive and responsive throughout the implementation, and the product clearly delivers on its promises. We’d now like to replicate the efficiency savings across other areas of our organization”

David Forrestall, Sr. Manager of Security at Reznick Group

“Expand has given us a very stable network environment. The performance of our applications is significantly quicker, improving our remote users’ productivity. Monitoring tells us that usage is now so low we are set to trade the 2Mg links that we upgraded in 2008 back down to 1Mg, which translates into yet another significant cost saving. With Expand we are reaping the productivity benefits of WAN Optimization at the same time as reducing the TCO and increasing the RoI on our existing infrastructure.”

Simon Wilson, Network Manager at Drive Assist

“As part of our wider consolidation strategy, we wanted to remove our branch office servers completely, however we didn’t want to lose local functionality such as print and file share services. We have waited to ensure we implement a proven technology solution that can both optimize traffic for our dispersed user-base and provide the file services that we need for our branch office users. It quickly became clear Expand delivered the most complete offering. To assess the true value of the technology, we took the Expand Accelerator out of the network without telling the users. They immediately noticed the difference in network performance. Having trialed the integrated print and local file share capabilities of the Accelerator, we were confident we could move forward with the wider server consolidation project whilst ensuring a consistent user experience for the branch offices”

Kari Hanninen, head of infrastructure at Finnair

“Rather than changing the existing infrastructure we looked to acceleration techniques over which we could deliver our services. Whilst the competitors we evaluated were unable to deliver a solution that met our needs, Expand had the virtualisation expertise that would enable us to address the network challenges we faced in the Terminal Services environment.  Improved reliability of the network is a top priority for us to ensure we could deliver the highest quality of service to our customer, without experiencing any delays on the network. For example, with Expand in place, our service team’s increased efficiency in delivering support can be directly linked to productivity gains at the customer.”

Peter Hudson, project manager, at Fujitsu Services

“Expand Networks has an array of superb features such as QoS, WAFS and remote print services, in addition to compression and acceleration techniques that has optimised the WAN and enabled true server consolidation. With acceleration of up to 1,500%, our employees have excellent access to all applications, including the mission critical ERP system, and datacentre services such as the Microsoft SQL server guaranteeing the end user experience and also productivity. It’s every IT Manager’s dream to consolidate and centralise all data. With Expand Networks able to provide an SLA for the WAN link, that dream can now be a possibility.”

Mirko Van Colen, ICT Manager, Matexi Group.

“Our applications require bandwidth and fast response time from database servers, and are in a constant state of flux due to the on-demand nature of our business. Operating in this environment demands 100% application performance and real-time information integrity so delays in application delivery was not an option. Once we investigated WAN Optimisation technology, it was clear that Expand had the capability to help us improve network performance across the business, without ripping and replacing vast areas of our existing infrastructure. Not only was the platform easy to set-up and configure, but the time it took us to experience the benefits to the network was incredibly quick.”

Tapio Toroskainen, IT Manager at Varova

“By deploying Expand, latency on the WAN is mitigated and RDP traffic is being accelerated by up to 700% (avg. peak acceleration). We now have a user friendly and optimized WAN with greatly improved application response times of all critical applications including Sharepoint, Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange. Accelerating Exchange in particular has been of great value as it has enabled us to consolidate our mail servers, greatly reducing the TCO on the infrastructure. Expand’s integrated QoS capabilities also gives us a greater understanding and control of traffic on the WAN. This is important for us for if there is a failure with either the MPLS network or IP VPN, we can prioritise applications and divert the traffic in a controlled way. In addition, we have some file servers running on VMware and we are using Expand’s WAFS technology to accelerate the file traffic. The multiple benefits that Expand has given Picanol equates to an ROI of only one year.”

Bart Lagast, System Engineer at Picanol

“Consistently slow application response times – up to 15 minutes in some instances – meant many employees were saving files locally to avoid transferring them across the network. Multiple file versions stored locally meant our back-up procedures were not being properly followed. Now, with the Expand Accelerators in place, we are able to pre-cache relevant shared documents so that the files are quick to download and employees are not tempted to save files locally on their desktop.”

Philip Pearson, ICT manager at Grocon

“By utilizing the optimization techniques of the Expand Accelerators, the issue was immediately mitigated and we saw throughput increase from around 120k to 6mbs, enabling a smooth and quick transition.”

 “There are many products out there that can do each of these functions, but only Expand has the ability to provide a multilayered approach to network optimization in a single platform.”

Captain Cristen Cox, Data Systems Officer, Multinational Forces West at US Marines

“We have seen a performance increase when starting up applications. This runs one third faster than before the
installation of the Expand Accelerators.”

René Holland, Department Head IT at Allseas Engineering

 “The clever combination of compression, acceleration and caching that goes on within the Expand Accelerators has considerably reduced our latency issues, both within Citrix and with web browsing.  Despite a 600ms latency on our satellite link the data speeds we are experiencing are markedly improved, and are now really rather impressive for a 7,600 km round trip just to reach the internet connection!  Saving $2,000 per month on 8Kb in effective additional bandwidth also gave us an ROI in just four months.”

Mike Mahon, IT administrator  at Antartica NZ

Tim Smyth, Ards Council IT Section, highlights, “Expand provides impressive levels of compression and peaks of
acceleration up to 2,000% which have significantly improved access to not just the consolidated applications but all applications particularly our line of business communications – users have said it feels LAN –like and as a result are more productive.”

Tim Smyth, IT administrator  at Ards Borough Council

Whilst improved performance was a top priority for us, we were also keen to see a return on our investment as soon as possible. Expand’s technology is saving us between $20,000 and $30,000 per year through more effective bandwidth, putting us on track for complete return on investment within 18 months.”

Dario Vodopija, Commercial Manager at Braemar Seascope

“When all is said and done, no one could have pulled this off, except for Expand Networks. Unlike other vendors Expand Networks was the only one that could guarantee RDP compression and optimisation and prove it.”

Joe Sacino, Senior. Network Engineer at BurrelesLuce

“With Expand in place, we are easily able to run applications in the field from servers in London. 

Productivity can be directly linked to application performance, and with Expand we have a solution that is enabling our workforce to remain efficient, helping us to deliver our vision of connecting people with resources and the people who desperately need them across the globe.”

Tim Clarke, IT Director at Tearfund

“The Expand technology has given us the ability to deliver VDI with the same bandwidth deployment without increasing costs. As a strong business on the acquisition trail, Expand has helped us to further strengthen our position by reducing the TCO and increasing the RoI on the existing infrastructure.”

Noel Cresswell, Group IT Director at Leaders

“We knew we had to implement WAN Optimization technology as our disaster recovery strategy was at stake, Expand Networks was the only vendor that could cope with the volume of traffic and fully optimize the WAN.”

Adrian Whitehurst, IT Manager at Fidelity National Insurance.

“Expand’s product has a full and very rich feature set, which was another part of what made them so appealing. It is very easy to modify and tweak, is intuitive, and there is no ‘rip and replace’ involved when your needs grow.”

Bob Dillard, Network Operations Manager at Health Care Realty

“The ability of Expand to do traffic discovery was a major help for us in determining what type of traffic was flowing across our network. With this information we were able to configure the QoS parameters on our MPLS network to prioritize our most meaningful traffic. This is a major benefit unique to Expand that enabled us to renew the ROI on our existing MPLS network.”

Jim Lasher, Operations Manager at Targus