Smart Path Selection: Combining multiple networks into one
Enterprises today rely on the WAN to deliver business critical applications to their distributed workforce. Enterprises need to address the risks surrounding the availability of the underlying network infrastructure to ensure continuous communication capacities across the distributed branches and datacenters. Redundant networks are usually deployed in a manner where the secondary line is only used when a failure of the primary network is detected. As a result, in normal situations, the capacity of the second (redundant) network is wasted. In addition, the business continuity is not fully ensured: it takes too long to switch from one network to another, impacting the running business critical applications.
Ipanema’s Smart Path Selection provides a unique answer to Enterprises that want to achieve full business communication continuity through multiple redundant networks while at the same time optimize their network costs and application performance guarantees. Smart Path Selection automatically and dynamically selects the best network path for each session in order to maximize application performance, security and network usage. Tightly integrated with other Ipanema functions including Visibility, Optimization and Acceleration, Smart Path Selection enables the full benefits of such technologies over the redundant networks. Smart Path Selection benefits from Ipanema’s Autonomic Networking System which automates the vast majority of operational tasks associated with advanced networking functions.