New WAFS capability completes Exinda's Unified Performance Management.Exinda Networks, provider of Unified Performance Management (UPM UPM Universidad Politécnica de Madrid UPM Universiti Putra Malaysia UPM University of the Philippines - Manila UPM Unit Production Manager (film and video production) UPM User Profile Management UPM United People's Movement ) worldwide, have announced the delivery of WAFS WAFS Wide-Area File Services (storage technology) WAFS Wide Area File System (storage technology) WAFS Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron WAFS Women Against Fantasy Sports (blog) (Wide Area File Services Wide Area File Services (WAFS) products allow remote office users to access and share files globally at LAN speeds over the WAN. Distributed enterprises that deploy WAFS solutions are able to consolidate storage to corporate datacenters, eliminating the need to backup and manage ) functionality, including CIFS (Common Internet File System) The file sharing protocol used in Windows. It evolved out of the SMB (Server Message Block) protocol in DOS, which is why the terms CIFS/SMB and SMB/CIFS are sometimes seen. The word "Internet" in the CIFS name has little relevance. protocol optimization and acceleration, enabling small, medium and large enterprises to realize the extensive benefits of server centralization and consolidation. Gaining greater control over the dynamics of corporate data storage and backups with local area network (LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. )-like performance, Exinda's WAFS will simplify network infrastructure, significantly reduce data communications costs and deliver enterprise productivity gains that dwarf the costs of implementation. Accelerating file transfer speeds by up to a factor of 50, Exinda's WAFS acceleration completes the Exinda integration of wide area network (WAN) optimization and application acceleration platforms, fulfils the minimum UPM compliance requirements, delivers compelling productivity gains and return on investment (ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). ) to the enterprise. Exinda's WAFS brings the WAN's performance fully in line with the exponentially growing demands of the business. Defining the "time waiting at screen" factor (TWAS factor) as a real-life end-user productivity loss measurement, Exinda can quantify the real costs generated by WAN and Internet communications delays inherent with current infrastructures and technologies. This cost is typically far higher than most CFOs and CEOs are aware of Exinda's WAFS eliminates network delays caused by the chattiness chat·ty adj. chat·ti·er, chat·ti·est 1. Inclined to chat; friendly and talkative. 2. Full of or in the style of light informal talk: a chatty letter. and inefficiencies associated with CIFS traffic traversing corporate WANs. Significant server centralization and consolidation projects are underway globally as corporations search for ways to maximize their return on investment in their network infrastructure. According to a Gartner Group research study, six percent of respondents had conducted a server consolidation project, 61 percent were currently conducting one and 28 percent were planning to do so in the immediate future. "Delivering WAFS functionality through the optimization and acceleration of CIFS traffic is a critical component in reducing poor network response times and the associated employee waiting times," added Exinda. www.exinda.com |
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