Expand Networks’ technology platform delivers a unique solution that mitigates the
impact of the hostile WAN, accelerating SAP to the remote workforce, for all SAP
architectures. The Expand Accelerator is actually a multi-service platform that integrates
the best technologies, on a single, cost-effective appliance (the Accelerator).
With the Expand Accelerator platform working in the network, remote workforce SAP performance
will ensure that productivity is once again a given.
Here are some of the relevant Expand technologies that improve SAP performance
on the WAN:
- Compression increases network capacity on average by 400%, removing
bandwidth bottlenecks and avoiding un-necessary and costly bandwidth upgrades.
- Acceleration rate of 500% and better, overcoming protocol limitations,
reducing application chattiness, and mitigating latency.
- Pattern recognition and caching for static and dynamic content
which eliminates transfer of repetitive data over the WAN.
- Prioritizing SAP over non-business applications at the critical
point where congestion can most impact SAP performance. Expands’ QoS services ensure
that the network appreciates which traffic is most critical for the business. The
QoS functionality is sophisticated enough to distinguish traffic at layer 7, meaning
that Accelerators can distinguish between SAP traffic and other web traffic, giving preferential
treatment to SAP. Additionally, using Accelerators for all of your QoS needs will avoid
queues and congestion that will exist if the QoS is activated within a separate
network device on the (e.g. Router or Firewall).
- Improve SAP Citrix deployments by optimizing Citrix traffic and
setting top priority to SAP compared to other Citrix applications. Expand will
allow you to increase the number of Citrix sessions supported at remote sites without
increasing the size of the WAN link.
- Transparency mode to maintain the benefits and service levels of
MPLS or other network monitoring, routing, and control infrastructures that rely
on original packet information.
- Offloading SAP application server by caching presentation content
and reducing the application chattiness, allowing these servers to better service
the back-end R/3 ABAP services.