Expand
Networks
Helps
Optimize
Global
Satellite
Services
with
Inmarsat
February
23
2010
Expand
Networks
have
been
validated
by
Inmarsat.
Building
on a
successful
relationship
as
an
Inmarsat
Connect
Partner,
this
technology
validation
means
Inmarsat’s
global
network
of
distribution
partners
can
now
confidently
utilize
Expand’s
WAN
Optimization
technology
to
enhance
their
offerings
by
delivering
and
managing
‘virtual’
capacity
as
part
of
their
service,
assuring
the
user
experience
for
customers
worldwide.
Combining
Space
Communications
Protocol
Standard
technology
(SCPS)
with
compression,
byte-level
caching
and
layer
7
QoS,
Expand
mitigates
the
bandwidth
and
latency
limitations
that
can
traditionally
affect
the
speed
and
performance
of
applications
over
satellite
links.
This
enables
service
providers
to
pass
on
increased
levels
of
quality
of
service
and
control,
higher
bandwidth
throughput,
reduced
latency,
and
seamless
delivery
of
business
critical
applications
to
customers
via
WAN
Optimization-as-a-Service.
Graeme
Gordon,
head
of
Inmarsat’s
solutions
team,
said:
“The
use
of
real-time
and
bandwidth
intensive
collaborative
tools
within
virtualized
and
distributed
environments
has
created
new
challenges
in
controlling
traffic
over
satellite
links.
During
testing,
we
found
Expand
to
be
highly
effective
at
optimizing
and
controlling
interactive
traffic,
such
as
Citrix
ICA
and
Microsoft
RDP,
which
is a
critical
capability
for
our
partners
in
meeting
the
needs
of
today’s
customers.”
By
offering
WAN
Optimization
as
part
of a
managed
service,
customers
can
extend
their
communications
investment
to
optimize
the
productivity
benefits
at
reduced
CapEx
costs.
WAN
Optimization-as-a-Service
takes
away
the
complexity
of
managing
technology
enhancements,
upgrades
and
management
costs
for
the
customer
and
provides
a
controlled
billing
environment
where
customers
do
not
need
to
worry
about
the
upfront
costs
of
deploying
a
solution
which
offers
increased
improvements
in
IT
resource
and
efficiencies
while
reducing
IT
costs.
Adam
Davison,
corporate
VP
sales
&
marketing
at
Expand
concludes,
“Through
our
work
with
Inmarsat,
service
providers
will
be
able
to
optimize
their
offerings
to
add
value
and
competitive
differentiation
to
their
services
with
flexible
and
scalable
products
that
enable
them
to
maximize
their
services
for
customers. Inmarsat
has
long
been
at
the
forefront
of
technology
innovation,
and
we
are
committed
to
working
to
support
its
global
network
of
distribution
partners
to
in
maximizing
the
communications
environments
of
enterprise
customers.”
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