Background
TNS is one of the world’s leading providers of market information. Established in the United States, it has more than 60 years of experience in political and social polling and media intelligence, and has become one of the largest providers of custom research and analysis. Its mission is to contribute expertise and knowledge together with internationally consistent, up-to-the-minute information to clients worldwide.

 

Challenges
As an international corporation involved in the marketing industry, the transfer of frequent and large amounts of data is a day-to-day part of TNS’s operations. The TNS global network spans 70 countries across Europe, America and Asia Pacific, and serves branches that always need quick and easily-managed connections to upload or download documents and other data. To meet this need, while facing a continuously growing portfolio and cutting the cost of expensive DDN lines, WAN Optimization became a necessity to boost transmission speeds.

 

Benefits
TNS’ Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Singapore branches running CIFS, SQL and TNS’s private applications were the primary targets for acceleration using the SANGFOR solution. The results were impressive and immediately apparent: After implementing three SANGFOR WAN devices, TNS experienced a speed enhancement of up to 1000%, completing data transfers “in a tick”. Moreover, less time is now spent for site communications and there are fewer disconnections and reconnections. The outcome is improved efficiency and productivity.