IT Wise, a sub-Saharan distributor for Packeteer, today announced the latter now has over 1 500 separate enterprise customers for Mobiliti software, which is installed on laptop and desktop PCs to support mobile workers, telecommuters and remote users in small office/home office (SOHO) environments.
Packeteer credits Mobiliti's success to its industry-leading performance and unmatched combination of features for mobile user data access, synchronisation and automatic back up.
Recently, leading market research firm Gartner observed that the WAN optimisation controllers (WOC) market is undergoing a transition from early adopters and pilot deployments to large-scale mainstream deployments in 2007.
"As companies deploy the WOC appliance as a primary means of delivering adequate application performance, they will face the dilemma of how to deliver these functions to small office, home office and mobile professionals cost-effectively," commented Joe Skorupa, research vice-president in Gartner's Networking & Communications Equipment area. Gartner expects such client software will become an increasingly important buying criterion.
The Mobiliti solution is part of Packeteer's WAN application delivery portfolio and offers WAN-optimised file access capabilities that are fully compatible with Packeteer's product line.
Recent enhancements to Mobiliti include automatic synchronisation and backup for Microsoft Outlook mailbox files, international language support, and a new administrative console that simplifies and centralises large-scale deployments. Within the coming months, Packeteer will also be releasing a new version of Mobiliti with enhanced acceleration for CIFS and TCP traffic.
"The top two market drivers we see for Mobiliti today are productivity and compliance," observed Alan Menezes, vice-president of marketing at Packeteer.
"On the productivity front, Mobiliti gives remote users better and faster access to corporate data while, when it comes to regulatory compliance, Mobiliti helps facilitate server consolidation and performs automatic backups of data stored on user systems. Likewise, the planned enhancements to Mobiliti will further increase WAN application performance for mobile users and edge data security for the corporate enterprise."
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Mobiliti offers enterprises a cost-effective and comprehensive desktop/laptop WAN optimisation solution that is lightweight, scalable, and simple to deploy and support, making it ideal for improving file access and automating backups for remote and mobile workers. Mobiliti's Virtual Network Access feature replicates the network structure of the enterprise network on user PCs, creating a seamless view with fast local access to files even when users are disconnected. Mobiliti's Adaptive File Differencing technology is used to accelerate file synchronisation and backup by transmitting incremental changes only.
For further information, please contact Morag Saunders or Ruan Malherbe at tel: +27 12 665 2204; fax +27 12 665 2918; e-mail morag@itwise.co.za or ruan@itwise.co.za.
Packeteer
Packeteer, founded in 1996 and headquartered in Cupertino, California, is the pioneer and global leader in WAN Application Traffic Management. Packeteer's PacketShaper product line consolidates network visibility, bandwidth management and quality of service capabilities, application acceleration and centralised management functions into a single, easy to deploy device. Packeteer solutions are sold through a global network of partners, distributors, and system integrators, and are backed a 24x7 global service and support organisation.
IT Wise
IT Wise, a South African company, is the distributor for USA-based Packeteer.
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