WAN Optimization for Cloud Providers

With WAN optimization, cloud providers can address the market for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) services. Expand’s Accelerator can be deployed as a virtual solution in a virtualized environment. Providing optimization for Microsoft RDP, Citrix ICA, Sun ALP and VMware traffic over a WAN or cloud infrastructure. This enables cloud providers to improve delivery of VDI services to remote branches and mobile users.

With WAN optimization, cloud providers can enhance the delivery of Cloud Application and storage services to remote branches and mobile users.

These benefits can lead to a number of commercial differentiators including:

• Competitive Advantage – In a market where infrastructure is seen as a commodity, value added services are critical in gaining market share. Enhanced and differentiated services will enable service providers to retain existing customers and win new customers
• Financial Advantage – By eliminating upfront capital investment costs and moving to a subscription based ‘pay as you sell’ model, service providers are able to free up cash flow and concentrate investment in areas that will deliver business revenues, such as customer acquisition service enablement.
• Profitability – WAN optimization will enable service providers to deliver enhanced and differentiated services that command a premium price tag, thereby increasing profitability. Furthermore, the ability to be able to monitor customer usage and visibility into application performance, service providers can identify customer needs and propose other services to meet these needs resulting in incremental revenue streams.