* Swan Labs’ WANJet
Swan Labs last week unveiled an application delivery platform to speed files, data and client/server applications over WAN connections.
The platform uses WANJet software installed on Swan Labs appliances deployed at both data centers and remote offices. In data centers, WANJet is deployed on the SL400 appliance, where it can accelerates aggregate link capacity of up to 622M bit/sec. In remote offices, WANJet is installed on SL200 appliances and is connected to links of up to 2M bit/sec. The product can work across multiple WAN connections, such as dedicated links, IP VPNs, frame relay lines and satellite, the company says.
Swan Labs claims the product can “deliver LAN-like application performance over the WAN,” which competitors such as Expand Networks, Packeteer and Peribit also say about their own gear. Specifically, WANJet accelerates file transfer, e-mail, data replication and custom applications by reducing data sent over a WAN and optimizing TCP performance.
Swan Labs uses a network technology dubbed Session Matrix, which allows WANJet to gather application knowledge at Layer 5 of the OSI model, the session layer. That helps the product understand the data it must reduce before delivering it over the WAN, the company says. Another Swan Labs technology, Transparent Data Reduction, reduces the amount of data transferred over the WAN and delivers more bandwidth for applications by expanding WAN capacity above specified rates, the company says.
WANJet appliances are available today and can support line speeds from 64K bit/sec to 622M bit/sec. Pricing starts at about $1,900.
For more details, see http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/072505-swan.html?rl
