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Silver Peak NX Appliances are the optimal hardware solution for accelerating the most stringent remote replication workloads. The NX appliances are sized for the smallest of branch offices to the world's largest data centers and disaster recovery sites, supporting up to 5 gigabits-per-second (Gbps) of WAN capacity and 512,000 simultaneous flows. It can also overcome network bandwidth, distance and quality challenges when replicating data over the WAN. | Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) is a software- and hardware-integrated, WAN optimization and application acceleration solution, and part of Cisco Intelligent WAN (IWAN). Cisco WAAS reduces latency and optimizes bandwidth. (4:46 min). Cisco WAAS provides an elastic "scale as you grow" enterprise-wide deployment model with Cisco AppNav and industry-leading scalability for secure acceleration of email, file, web, software-as-a-service (SaaS), video, and VDI applications. Cisco IWAN with Akamai Connect optimizes web and mobile applications by extending the Akamai Intelligent Platform directly into the branch. |
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Group Dekko, Kingston Technology, American Student Assistance, Ares Management, Charlotte Metro Credit Union, Colonial Savings, Community Bank, Denali Credit Union, Bed Bath & Beyond, Breweries of Cameroon, Carnival Australia, Coastal Beverages, Toshiba Electronics, Tru Blu Beverages, WAXIE Sanitary Supply, Charleston Area Medical Center, Community Health Plan, Healthcare Company, Mercy Health, Linklaters, Miles & Stockbridge, Thomson Snell & Passmore | Dimension Data, National Rugby League |
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Computer Software Company28% Comms Service Provider28% Manufacturing Company7% Media Company7% | Comms Service Provider47% Computer Software Company23% Government4% Media Company4% |
Silver Peak NX is ranked 9th in WAN Optimization while WAAS is ranked 7th in WAN Optimization. Silver Peak NX is rated 0.0, while WAAS is rated 0.0. On the other hand, Silver Peak NX is most compared with Riverbed Steelhead, Citrix SD-WAN, Cato Networks and Aryaka SmartServices, whereas WAAS is most compared with Riverbed Steelhead, Citrix SD-WAN, Ipanema IpIengine and F5 Traffic Management Operating System.
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