Expand Networks Delivers WAN Optimization for 3com

3Com
Corporation and 3Com Open Network Program member Expand
Networks announced the delivery of wide area network (WAN)
optimization as a 3Com Open Services Networking (OSN) application on
the new 3Com® MSR Series Multi-Service Router platform. Jointly tested
and validated, the Expand Networks WAN optimization solution solves the
main issues of congestion and latency on the WAN through its tight
integration with the network fabric via OSN. This application addresses
the needs of both managed service providers and enterprise branch
offices.

“Enterprises and service
providers demand the highest level of performance from their networks
without having to add new hardware in order to gain the business
benefits of new technologies,” said Scott Hilton, vice president,
enterprise products for 3Com. “Expand Networks’ WAN optimization as a
3Com OSN application on our new MSR Series delivers the performance
organizations seek with the simplicity of deployment and management
they expect. The same routing platform that handles traffic at a branch
office or for a managed service provider now also delivers powerful WAN
optimization.”

Expand Networks WAN
optimization technology focuses on performance, using low latency,
lossless techniques that work on all applications and consistently
delivers bandwidth increases up to 1,000 percent. Combined with Layer 7
Quality of Service (QoS), Expand’s solution includes technology to
combat congestion, prioritize traffic, mark packets for downstream QoS
handling (i.e., MPLS), and rate control shaping to make sure flows get
the bandwidth they need. This solution is ideal for managed service
providers and small, medium and large enterprises with multiple branch
offices that need real-time access to information and data.

“Networked applications are at
the core of every organization today,” said David White, vice president
of business development, Expand Networks. “We believe 3Com OSN
delivered on this Multi-Service Router platform will simplify and
consolidate IT infrastructures, deliver tighter integration
capabilities than proprietary solutions and, with the addition of
Expand’s WAN Optimization technology, ensure all applications are
accelerated over any WAN.”

The Expand WAN Application
Accelerator Module on the MSR enables customers to leverage a
high-performance WAN optimization solution that will increase their
network and application performance, visibility and real-time traffic
monitoring.

Implementing an Expand WAN
optimization solution means higher end user satisfaction, reduced
operational costs, streamlined business operations and increased
productivity all without an expensive WAN bandwidth upgrade.
Additionally, the router-based solution enables integration simplicity
through a common architecture and enables remote management and
monitoring of the branch office.

3Com OSN enables a rich and
diverse set of third-party, open-source and 3Com applications and
services to run seamlessly inside the network infrastructure. OSN is
the industry’s first open platform that integrates best-of-breed
applications into the network infrastructure, enabling organizations to
deliver differentiated services, operational simplicity and cost
savings, while proactively addressing ever-changing business needs.

OSN enables managed service
providers and system integrators to differentiate their service
offerings to meet customers’ ever-changing needs, which results in
increased customer satisfaction and loyalty.

In line with the evolving WAN
optimization market, the 3Com partnership is an integral part of
Expand’s OEM strategy and vision: enable any company, anywhere to
benefit from WAN optimization.

Organizational networks are as
unique as the businesses they support. It is clear that more
enterprises, IT professionals and C-level decision makers are exploring
WAN optimization. Expand believes that choice will become one of the
key market mandates over the next 18 to 24 months.

“Tomorrow’s customers will
dictate diversity – challenging WAN optimization companies to think out
of the box and provide new approaches for their customers’
ever-evolving networks and businesses,” said Elie Barr, CEO, Expand
Networks. “This means the integration of WAN optimization into routers
and switches, the development of software-only and virtualization
solutions and the bundling of WAN optimization into managed services
offerings. For Expand, the 3Com relationship is a keystone toward
fulfilling customer demand for optimizing their networks on a platform
of their choice".

3Com Corporation

Expand Networks