tools and technologies

Performance optimisation technologies and techniques applied to IT infrastructure will speed up the delivery of applications to end-users. The technologies fall under the broad categories of WAN optimisation and application acceleration and delivery.

WAN optimisation features compression, data reduction and caching, traffic management and load balancing techniques which improve link and bandwidth utilisation. Acceleration techniques improve the performance of applications by addressing the shortcomings of protocols and adapting the way data is delivered.

Performance optimisation technologies can also optimise the way in which large files are transmitted and delivered across the network, assist the network in processing bottlenecks and even manage rogue network traffic to ensure that business critical applications are given priority over recreational traffic.

Performance optimisation technologies can afford dramatic improvements (often over 100x) in network traffic flow and download speed time savings. Enterprises can expect, on average, a 30% improvement in bandwidth utilisation where optimisation technologies have been deployed – this translates into 30% more data being delivered on the same link size and is far more cost effective than purchasing additional bandwidth.