Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN Solutions

Addressing the Needs of your NetworkVirtual WAN – Ensure applications reliability and quality via path measurements, selection, and security

Routing – Securely forward application traffic from branch locations across the WAN and to the Internet

WAN Optimization – Reduces bandwidth requirements and create more responsive applications

Security – Secure the branch perimeter while controlling application delivery across the WAN and to the Internet

Citrix NetScaler SD-WANWide Area Networks (WANs) are critical to enterprise’s computing infrastructure. However, WANs suffer from many issues including outages, packet loss, and congestion. Applications that require low-latency such as VoIP calling, video conferencing, video streaming, and virtualized applications and desktops is especially sensitive to these issues.

Citrix NetScaler Software-defined wide-area-networking (SD-WAN) products address these problems. Deployed as appliances or virtual appliances placed in branch offices, data centers or cloud platforms, they provide the following benefits:

» Traffic routing on the fastest available paths between any two points

» Better quality of service (QoS) for high-priority applications

» Improved network security

» Simplified administration for remote and branch offices

» Ability to leverage low-cost and flexible Internet and 4GE network connections in place of networks multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) links

» Visibility into WAN paths to help administrators troubleshoot performance issues

WAN Pain PointsWANs are critical to enterprise’s computing infrastructure. However, WANs suffer from many issues including:

» Outages – Citrix SD-WAN can automatically switch in milliseconds to flexible internet and 4G network connections

» Packet loss – Citrix SD-WAN has the ability Better quality of service (QoS) for high-priority applications and provides visibility into WAN paths to help administrators troubleshoot performance issues

» Congestion – Citrix SD-WAN has the ability route traffic on the fastest available paths between any two points

» Difficult to administer – Citrix SD-WAN has the ability simplified administration for remote and branch offices

» Cost – Citrix SD-WAN can leverage low-cost and flexible Internet and 4GE network connections in place of networks multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) links

Who needs a Citrix SD-WAN?Citrix SD-WAN is designed for data centers, remote branches and cloud cloud platforms. Many companies that support remote workers, flexible working, or large mobile workforce and companies that have a cloud strategy in place or under development have found significant value in deploying a Citrix SD-WAN solution.

HighlightsIntelligent Software-Driven WAN Solution

WAN Optimization and Security

Automatic Routing to Avoid Outages & Congestion

Ease-of-Use Administration

In addtion, companies with the following charateristics are also prime candidates:

» Need for always-on connectivity

» Introduction of bandwidth-intensive applications

» Expanded use of virtualized applications and desktops

» Demand for data segmentation

» Internet offload directly from branch

» Gain visibility and control over applications and websites

» Going through a technology refresh

» Deploying private or hybrid clouds

» Implementing business continuity and IT disaster recovery

» Need to improve VoIP for business performance and quality

» Need to improve application performance for mobile, remote, and branch users

When to Use Physical or Virtual AppliancesWhile the physical and virtual NetScaler appliances share all the same features and functionality, it is important to know in what environments each version is best suited.

Choose the NetScaler MPX/SDX Appliances when:

Choose the NetScaler MPX/SDX appliances if the environment requires:

» Multi-gigabit performance

» High-volume SSL offload

» More than 5,000 concurrent SSL VPN users

» FIPS compliance

» Physical device security

Choose the NetScaler VPX Virtual Appliance when:

The NetScaler VPX virtual appliance is often chosen in lab, test, or development environments, or environments that include the following:

» A dedicated, single NetScaler instance for low volume applications

» Frequently moved applications

» Fast and remote deployments

» High granular policy needs for each application or end user

NetScaler LicensingLicense delivery for the NetScaler product family is fulfilled through the Activation System/Manage License tool on MyCitrix.com.

Optional Licenses include AppCompress, AppCache, Application Firewall, Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB), EdgeSight for NetScaler, CloudBridge, and CloudConnections. The Platinum Edition contains all supported features, and therefore no additional option licenses are required.

Scale UP Pay-As-You-Grow Elasticity

Pay-As-You-Grow is a simple licensing model that provides 5x faster performance on demand, with no new hardware for better investment protection. This option allows a customer to buy only what they need today, then easily scale up as demand grows with a simple software license upgrade. This option is particularly suited to cloud computing environments. It enables cloud providers to quickly and affordably expand their infrastructure as performance and capacity requirements dictate.

Burst Packs

Burst Packs allow a customer to convert an existing NetScaler MPX hardware or VPX virtual appliance deployment to the highest performance available for the particular platform for enhanced capacity for up to 90 days. This allows customers to provision only the necessary performance for durations of limited peak traffic, reducing capital and operational expenses to cover these limited periods.

Compare NetScaler SD-WAN to the CompetitionNetScaler SD-WAN is the only SD-WAN solution that combines proactive application traffic management, end-to-end QoS, routing and WAN optimization. This unique combination consistently delivers a better branch office user experience for SaaS, enterprise, and virtual desktop applications than other SD-WAN vendor products while lowering network costs, simplifying branch office networking, and providing visibility into application performance.