In highly competitive markets, many enterprises tend to adopt a wide range of approaches to cut operation costs and to improve their competency. CIOs aim to consolidate their existing IT resources and increase the proper use of servers and software systems to improve business processes. However, when expanding the organization into a geographically distributed topology with independent branch sites, and having to utilize a WAN (instead of a LAN) to support that structure, how can an enterprise’s application systems (such as ERP, CRM, OA and others) be extended to remote branches?

 

A company’s branch offices are not the only user groups needing access to the company’s main application systems. Third-party suppliers, partners, and staff members on business travel also need “extranet” access to resources at headquarters. So how can business owners find an efficient, economical, and flexible access method that can cater to a variety of application systems?

 

Problems with Business Interconnection

Difficulty determining appropriate interconnection methods for branches
One of the biggest problems IT departments face is the difficulty of selecting interconnection methods for a business’s branches. Fiber optic or LAN wiring is not practical, since many branches are far away from local headquarters; leasing expensive and dedicated lines incurs relatively unsustainable costs, and mapping all Intranet application servers to Internet exports results in high security risk.

High Costs of Dedicated Lines
While dedicated lines can effectively connect all branches of an enterprise, the high leasing cost can be prohibitive.

 

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Challenging Remote Access
Today’s increasingly global economy means more staff are mobile and working away from the office. This presents a new challenge for IT departments: With so many employees working from their homes or on business trips, how can a company guarantee stability and effectiveness for mobile staff connecting with the internal enterprise systems? How can one ensure a secure, fast, and affordable remote access facility? This is one of the most important questions to consider when a company begins building a scalable network.

 

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Economical and Efficient Network Interconnection Solutions

High-speed IPSec VPN Networking
As a mature technology, VPN is widely used for distributed networking. It uses an enterprise’s existing Internet link to create a virtual “dedicated line” that connects an enterprise’s branches and headquarters, forming a large “virtual LAN.” SANGFOR WANO’s built-in standard IPSec VPN modules can, in combination with its WAN optimization technologies, provide users with a completely revolutionary high-speed VPN networking solution.

 

High Performance WAN Acceleration

SANGFOR WANO’s WAN acceleration solution is a breakthrough option in remote access. By optimizing lower-layer network protocols, transmitted data and application protocols, it dramatically improves application access responsiveness across Internet links. At the same time, it reduces the volume of data transfer, conserving bandwidth and overhead costs.

 

Flexible Remote Access and Networking
SANGFOR WANO delivers efficient remote access acceleration to mobile clients.

Value and Benefits:
Efficient Access
SANGFOR’s WANO products leverage powerful technologies for lower-layer network protocol optimization, advanced data processing, common application protocol acceleration, and packet loss elimination. They provide a high-performance foundation for efficient application access between headquarters and branches.

Secure Access

SANGFOR’s WANO products can utilize the VPN to encrypt and package data transported over the Internet.

Scalable Mobile Office

SANGFOR’s WANO products provide secure, simple, and controllable remote access methods so partners, mobile staff, and travelling employees can easily gain access to headquarters’ system resources.