SAN JOSE, Calif., May 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SonicWALL, Inc., the
leading provider of intelligent network security and data
protection solutions, today launched the SonicWALL WAN Acceleration
Appliance (WXA) Series, an extension of the current SonicWALL
Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) suite. The SonicWALL WXA Series
consists of the WXA 5000 virtual appliance, the WXA 2000 and WXA
4000 hardware appliances and the WXA 500 Live CD. The offerings
allow businesses of any size to select the right deployment
solution for their network. The new series significantly improves
WAN (Wide Area Network) performance between regional and branch
offices and reduces traffic by up to 95%. It gives users faster
access to mission-critical applications, resulting in increased
employee productivity.
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To simplify the deployment of WAN acceleration, the WXA Series
attaches directly to SonicWALL Network Security Appliance (NSA) and
TZ Series appliances for seamless integration, without requiring
any reconfiguration of the network. SonicOS, SonicWALL's firmware,
automatically detects, provisions and manages the WXA solution.
Because the SonicWALL firewall is able to combine both application
intelligence and WAN optimization in a single solution, networks
experience unprecedented speed and bandwidth efficiencies. Unwanted
applications are eliminated from the network, while mission
critical applications are allocated increased bandwidth. WAN
optimization then reduces the total traffic over WAN links
improving network capacity and speed. All traffic is scanned for
intrusions and malware with SonicWALL's Reassembly-Free Deep Packet
Inspection engine. Additionally, since the solution is integrated
with IPsec and SSL Virtual Private Networking (VPN) features, it
eliminates the problems associated with WAN Acceleration of
encrypted traffic by auto creating the routing and policy logic for
remote and branch offices.
With the WXA Series, application acceleration is achieved
through the de-duplication of transmitted data using SonicWALL's
advanced proprietary byte caching technology as well as TCP
protocol optimization and data compression. Further, for Wide Area
File Services (WFS), the WXA Series provides intelligent local file
caching and CIFS protocol optimization which enables acceleration
of remote file servers saving time and network resources.
"The amount of data being transmitted across company networks
has grown exponentially in recent years – and this trend won't be
reversed. It is critical for businesses that network
infrastructures keep up with these increased volumes," said Shane
O'Hanlon, director of software engineering at SonicWALL. "Companies
that use a WXA Series appliance in conjunction with a SonicWALL
NGFW solution greatly reduce expenditures and eliminate the need
for network upgrades. In addition, they benefit from superior
security and tightly integrated network management."
The WXA Series works in combination with SonicWALL's DPI
scanning technology and Application Intelligence and Control to
speed up the network and better gauge where bandwidth is being
wasted. This gives IT managers granular control over network data
while analyzing every byte of every packet of all network traffic.
Networks also benefit from top-notch security scanning capabilities
with the guarantee that data is moving quickly and still being
scanned effectively. Ultimately, businesses now have the ability to
control non-business applications in the branch and not compromise
security while continuing to receive the benefits of WAN
Acceleration.
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About SonicWALL, Inc.
Guided by its vision of Dynamic Security for the Global Network,
SonicWALL develops advanced intelligent network security and data
protection solutions that adapt as organizations evolve and as
threats evolve. Trusted by small and large enterprises worldwide,
SonicWALL solutions are designed to detect and control applications
and protect networks from intrusions and malware attacks through
award-winning hardware, software and virtual appliance-based
solutions. For more information,
visit http://www.sonicwall.com/.
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