Packeteer introduces new high-speed platform  
ConvergenceAsia staff
19/02/2008

Packeteer, a provider in WAN application performance solutions, has announced the introduction of its new Talon TC30, TM a multi-gigabit application performance monitoring and control solution delivering speeds of up to 6Gbps for the Internet and WAN.

A modular appliance that turbo-charges Packeteerīs flagship PacketShaper 10000, the Talon TC30 is Packeteerīs latest WAN application performance innovation and is a part of Packeteerīs vision to provide Intelligent Service Assurance solutions that more intelligently optimise WAN performance for any user, anywhere in the enterprise. The Talon TC30 is the first product to utilise Packeteerīs new high-speed product architecture developed in conjunction with Cavium Networks.

By offering a "turbo-boost" to Packeteerīs PacketShaper appliances, the Talon TC30 allows real-time visibility and control over traffic running across OC-12 to OC-48 Internet and core networks. By helping customers understand exactly which applications are running on their most critical network links and how these applications are performing, Talon TC30 increases a network administratorīs ability to manage and prioritise the demands of numerous competing applications and users.

"Enterprises, higher education, government networks, software service providers and ISPs are all adding more high-capacity OC-12 to OC-48 links to alleviate congestion and performance concerns, expanding their bandwidth as well as their cost of doing business," said Lucinda Borovick, director of datacenter networks at IDC. "The proliferation of converged networks and the explosion of new Web 2.0 and Rich Internet Application content are also creating an even more challenging environment to manage and control. Identifying applications and controlling their performance at these higher link rates is critical for any firm that depends on network performance. By managing networks at an application level, you can ensure optimal levels of service performance and contain the impact of recreational or non-critical traffic."

In a report titled "Optimising the WAN for Application Acceleration," Aberdeen Group noted that 93 per cent of organisations have increased their bandwidth capacity over the last two years. At the same time, 52 per cent of these organisations report a decrease in application response times-and 18 per cent of those notes a decrease of 50 per cent or more. The findings in this reports lead to the conclusion that while organisations continue to add more bandwidth they are struggling for ways to better manage it. 

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