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Table of Contents

Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN ............................................................................................................ 1

Benefits of SD-WAN Solutions/Important Considerations ........................................................... 1 Important Factors for Customers Selecting a SD-WAN Solution ............................................. 2

Discovering Areas of Opportunity for NetScaler SD-WAN ........................................................... 3 Target Customer ...................................................................................................................... 3 Key Questions to Ask .............................................................................................................. 3

Use Cases for NetScaler SD-WAN .............................................................................................. 4 Business Continuity and IT Disaster Recovery ........................................................................ 4 Improve Application Performance for Mobile, Remote, and Branch Users .............................. 5 Improve VoIP for Business Performance and Quality .............................................................. 5

Compare NetScaler SD-WAN to the Competition ........................................................................ 6 Comparing NetScaler to F5 ..................................................................................................... 6 Comparing NetScaler to Riverbed SteelConnect and Silver Peak Unity .................................. 8

When to Use Physical or Virtual Appliances ................................................................................ 9 Choose the NetScaler MPX/SDX Appliances when: ................................................................ 9 Choose the NetScaler VPX Virtual Appliance when: ............................................................... 9

NetScaler Licensing................................................................................................................... 10

Appendix 1 – Citrix NetScaler Platforms and Editions ............................................................... 11 NetScaler SD-WAN Platforms ............................................................................................... 11 NetScaler Editions ................................................................................................................. 12 NetScaler Cloud .................................................................................................................... 13

Appendix 2 - Resources ............................................................................................................ 14

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Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN

NetScaler software defined (SD) wide area network (WAN) solution provides reliable, secure

connections across the enterprise WAN to optimize the delivery of all web applications, cloud-based

services, virtual desktops, enterprise business applications, and mobile services. Available as a

physical or virtual appliance, it combines software-defined WAN intelligence with WAN optimization and

provides deep visibility into application delivery performance along with enhanced support for Citrix

XenDesktop, Citrix XenApp.

Features of Citrix NetScaler include:

• Accelerates internal and external-facing applications up to five times.

• Optimizes application availability through advanced Layer-4 through Layer-7 traffic management.

• Increases security with an integrated application firewall.

• Substantially lowers costs by increasing web server efficiency.

New in the latest release: NetScaler SD-WAN 9.2

• Application inspection engine that by default can identify over 4000 applications and sub-applications, including SaaS and websites

• Integrated stateful firewall, with shared application awareness

• Support for Azure, allowing each branch to connect directly to the Azure cloud reliably and securely

• Adaptive bandwidth control and bandwidth testing to support satellite and cable links with unpredictable amounts of bandwidth

• Simplified configuration options with templates and automatic bandwidth detection

• More platform options to meet the requirements of businesses of all sizes

• Expanded scale, including up to 550 branches managed by a single domain

Benefits of SD-WAN Solutions/Important Considerations

The Citrix white paper “Finding the Best SD-WAN Product for your Enterprise: Criteria for Evaluation

Software Defined WAN Products.” points out the value of SD-WAN Solutions and important points in

evaluation a SD-WAN solution. It is an excellent resource to use with customers. It does not compare

products but uses features of Citrix SD-WAN solution as examples when describing important features.

Wide Area Networks 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.

Also, WAN’s can be complicated, expensive, and difficult to expand and manage.

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:

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• 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 4G LTE network connections in place of networks multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) links.

• Visibility into WAN paths to help administrators troubleshoot performance issues

Important Factors for Customers Selecting a SD-WAN Solution

When considering a SD-WAN solution, evaluators should consider the following areas:

Resiliency and failover

Failure of a network link, even temporarily, can have a significant impact on an organization’s business.

Important considerations include: Reliable packet delivery, real-time detection of outages, and dynamic

path selection for failover

Prioritization and Quality of Service

Not all applications need the same level of service from the network. Some applications require low-

latency and high performance to deliver an expected user experience. Important considerations

include application prioritization, traffic shaping and bandwidth reservation, packet duplication, and

dynamic point-to-point connections.

Application Optimization

All SD-WAN products provide basic compression and caching. Some SD-WAN solutions provide

advanced techniques such as advanced deduplication, protocol acceleration, ‘application fluency’ and

video delivery optimization.

Security

Most SD-WAN solutions use IP-SEC encryption to protect data in motion. Some include additional such

as rotating keys and splitting designated application traffic across multiple links. A few products can

also inspect SSL/TSL encrypted tunnels.

Deployment Options and Scaling

Most SD-WAN solutions are available as pre-configured appliances. Some vendors offer a choice of

deployment options including appliances, virtual appliances, and virtual appliances on cloud platforms.

Administration and Troubleshooting

Some SD WAN products need more effort to configure and manage. More advanced solutions provide

easy-to-use GUI interfaces and use algorithms to select paths automatically. A few also implement a

real “software-defined networking” approach.

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Vendor Track Record and Support

SD-WAN technology is improving rapidly, and the vendor landscape is changing. Enterprises should

look for vendors with a track record of industry leadership, customer satisfaction, and world-class

support and sales.

Discovering Areas of Opportunity for NetScaler SD-WAN

Data Centers are virtualizing, consolidating, and automating. Each customer is in a different stage.

Citrix NetScaler technology is in an excellent position to help customers in each stage. Key areas of

opportunity include customers:

• Going through a technology refresh

• Deploying private clouds

• Deploying hybrid clouds

• Those needing application assurance over any network

Target Customer

Many account types are potential prospects for NetScaler SD-WAN solutions. Here are a few

characteristics to look for in your sales and marketing efforts:

• Large enterprises (Fortune 1000 or Global 2000)

• Businesses that support remote workers, flexible working, or large mobile workforce

• Companies with the desire to increase data center agility and automation

• Have a cloud strategy in place or under development

• Looking to improve their competitiveness through business agility while reducing infrastructure management costs

• Infrastructure changes are required to support changing regulations

• Current infrastructure does not support strategic initiatives

Key Questions to Ask

Here a few questions you can use when you engage prospects for NetScaler SD-WAN.

• Are you supporting any SaaS applications?

• What limitations or areas of concern to you have about your network infrastructure? What is the impact of these constraints on your business?

• What network-centric applications do you support?

• Are you deploying or thinking about using cloud applications?

• Are you implementing or assessing moving to a software-defined network?

• What are your top cloud initiatives and how will they impact your current network infrastructure?

• Does your current network infrastructure support your business and regulatory initiatives?

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Use Cases for NetScaler SD-WAN

Business Continuity and IT Disaster Recovery

Every network is vulnerable to risk ranging from natural disasters to minor disruptions. Remote access

and WAN technologies are essential to ensure server availability and access to business-critical

applications and data to keep the business operational. Availablity includes the user experience, where

users should not be forced to restart, reconnect, or log-in to applications during the failover and

recovery process. A SD-WAN can be a vital part of a comprehensive business continuity and IT

disaster recovery strategy.

• Automatic Transition NetScaler SD-WAN automatically and seamlessly redirects traffic across

any available connection. User’s primary access IP address remains unchanged, allowing users

to access their apps and data using the same methods and devices.

• Secure Access By delivering apps, data, and applications in the same way users are

accustomed, the same inherent security, control, compliance monitoring, and tracking are

maintained even in an ‘interrupted’ situation.

• Sub-Second WAN Failover Every MPLS and broadband connection is continuously monitored

by tagging packets with sequence numbers. Destination appliances can detect path outages

after just two or three missed packets, allowing seamless sub-second failover of traffic to the

next-best WAN path. Appliances detect when connections are restored and seamlessly restore

original connections.

• Competition Competing solutions cannot match this level of failover performance.

• Lower WAN Costs Many organizations WANs are running at capacity. Expanding a networks

MPLS solutions can be expensive. Alternatives such as broadband and other internet

connections are less expensive but might not meet the needs of all applications.

• Expand your WAN bandwidth with a low-cost MLPS alternative A NetScaler-SD WAN

solution can unite disparate networks into a single logical, virtualized WAN and provide a cost

savings of up to 80 percent vs. traditional MPLS expansion.

• Savings with Broadband, without sacrificing MPLS reliability NetScaler SD-WAN allows

leveraging lower-cost broadband and mobile connections to deliver the same reliability as MPLS

– at a lower cost.

• No Wasted Bandwidth NetScaler SD-WAN ensures that all bandwidth is available at all times

through its path unique path bonding and selection while providing seamless failover.

• Simplified Management and Analysis Administrators can configure and manage a NetScaler

SD-WAN solution from a single intuitive management platform – allowing changes to be made

quickly, lowering costs.

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Improve Application Performance for Mobile, Remote, and Branch Users

Network speed, reliability, and security are crucial as companies rely on applications that tax networks,

such cloud applications, VoIP, and large video files. Application acceleration and WAN optimization

ensure secure, reliable performance for all users.

• Application Delivery Acceleration NetScaler ADC is designed to streamline and optimize the

app experience. It optimizes applications over many types of networks to maximize packet

transmission for accelerated application delivery. NetScaler ADC is also able to provide

connection multiplexing for TCP and SQL connections, along with compression mechanisms

and cache application data packets.

• WAN Bandwidth Optimization NetScaler SD-WAN also optimizes WAN bandwidth to improve

app performance for branch or mobile uses by allowing organizations to software-define their

WAN - driving up the overall WAN utilization. Optimization is accomplished through WAN

virtualization, application acceleration, video optimization, branch service delivery, and visibility

and insight into WAN and application performance.

Improve VoIP for Business Performance and Quality

Voice over IP (VoIP) applications are vital to an organizations unified communications platform, which

combine voice, email, fax and video with internal IT systems and applications. These applications need

optimized performance and bandwidth to provide the QoS required to function efficiently.

• Reliability NetScaler SD-WAN binds multiple MPLS, mobile, and broadband paths into a single

path. Traffic is adjusted on the fly to route real-time applications, such as VoIP, to the lowest-

latency, least congested path.

• WAN Bandwidth Optimization NetScaler SD-WAN optimizes WAN bandwidth to improve app

performance for branch or mobile uses by allowing organizations to software-defined their WAN

- driving up the overall WAN utilization.

• Savings with Broadband, without sacrificing MPLS reliability NetScaler SD-WAN allows

leveraging lower-cost broadband and mobile connections to deliver the same reliability as MPLS

– at a lower cost.

• Automatic Transition NetScaler SD-WAN automatically and seamlessly redirects traffic across

any available connection. User’s primary access IP address remains unchanged, allowing users

to access their apps and data using the same methods and devices.

• High QoS Granular Setting Control NetScaler SD-WAN provides granular controls allowing

categories or individual applications (like Skype for Business and other VoIP applications) to

receive the highest real-time QoS settings. If a particular path assigned to VoIP slows or is

interrupted, it is dynamically rerouted within milliseconds to the best one available. Also,

NetScaler SD-WAN’s ability to duplicate packets ensures voice quality.

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Compare NetScaler SD-WAN to the Competition

NetScaler 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.

Among SD-WAN providers, NetScaler SD-WAN offers one of the most comprehensive solutions.

The following are features only found on NetSclaer SD-WAN

• Detects over 4,000 applications and sub-applications for use in firewall and SD-WAN polices

• Reacts in milliseconds to small changes in network state, eliminating any degradation of user experience caused by network problems

• Selects the best path for each session based on application requirements and network conditions

• Bonds WAN links together to provide the most efficient throughput for an application

• Supports BGP and OSPF routing to make network insertion simple

• Can be deployed in edge mode or overlay mode within the same network

• Optimizes HDX traffic at the source code level, delivering the best possible XenApp and XenDesktop experience to users

• Provisions enough TCP sessions up front to scale with your business without adding appliances

Comparing NetScaler to F5

When compared to F5, only NetScaler:

• Provides flexibility to license ADC instances interchangeably between your on-premises data center and the cloud, across any form factor

• Offers application and infrastructure intelligence for applications deployed on-premises or in the cloud, as a service

• Includes a complete end-to-end app delivery solution that encompasses server-side and WAN optimizations, in addition to securing access to SaaS environments

• Provides a comprehensive device package for Cisco ACI deployments

• Supports up to 115 virtual ADC instances on a single physical appliance

• Provides support for heterogeneous digital workspace solutions include Microsoft Remote Desktop, VMware View and Horizon, in addition to unique integrations for XenApp, XenDesktop, and XenMobile deployments.

Independent testing by the Tolly Group shows NetScaler performance in real-world testing scenarios:

• Up to 4.8 times better performance over F5’s Big-IP

• More consistent performance as more features are enabled

• Significantly better performance when scaling multi-tenant, multi-instance configurations

For more information, download the report

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Architecture F5 NetScaler SD-WAN NetScaler Advantage

Software centric

design

Dependent on custom

hardwareYes

NetScaler leverages innovation and performance in

software that can be deployed on commodity hardware

or in the cloud.

Common code base

across multiple form

factors and

deployment scenarios

Applications may be

InterruptedYes

NetScaler leverages the same code base/API across

every form factor to ensure the highest levels of feature

parity

Flexibility Criteria F5 NetScaler SD-WAN NetScaler Advantage

Multiple form factors

including

containerized

No Yes

NetScaler leverages the same code base across

hardware and software; including a native containerized

service that runs in a Docker container. Includes support

for Mesos/Marathon and Kubernetes

Flexible licensing for

shared capacityYes, Limited Yes

NetScaler offers a pooled-capacity licensing model that

allows capacity to be shared across hardware- and

software-based instances. F5 only allows iSeries

licenses to be transferred to the cloud on their virtual

edition, no shared concurrent capacity allowed.

Support for virtual

guest instances (multi-

tenancy) on an

appliance

Yes, Limited Yes

NetScaler provides differentiated multi-tenancy:

Support for FIPS appliances

Third party workloads supported

Highest instance density on an appliance

Software based

capacity upgrades

(Pay-grow)

Yes, Limited Yes

NetScaler allows pay-grow for all appliance attributes.

F5 only provides for SSL and HTTP increases,

bandwidth is not upgradeable.

Instance and

appliance clusteringYes, Limited Yes

A complete clustering solution at L2 and L3, includes

traffic steering capabilities across a single data plane.

Manageability Criteria F5 NetScaler SD-WAN NetScaler Advantage

Single management

console for

configuration,

orchestration, and

analytics

No Yes

NetScaler configuration management has unique

capabilities:

Configuration advice and audit

Manage HAProxy instances

Integrated service orchestration with Cisco API, VMware

NSX, Openstack and Mesos

Advanced analytics No Yes

Anomaly detection with proactive alerts based on server

responsiveness, uneven load balancing, and DNS

vulnerabilities with machine learning

Security analytics Yes, Limited Yes

Security-insights-based approach for threat and safety

assessment, providing a visual representation of app

vulnerabilities and attacks. Provides recommendations

for configurations to increase security posture.

Gateway analytics Yes, Limited Yes

Provides insights to help admins troubleshoot remote

logon issues based on specific applications, users, and

logons.

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Comparing NetScaler to Riverbed SteelConnect and Silver Peak Unity

Here is how NetScaler SD-WAN compares to Riverbed SteelConnect and Silver Peak Unity using for

criteria; Reliability, Optimization, Security, and Manageability.

Optimization CriteriaRiverbed

SteelConnectSilver Peak Unity NetScaler SD-WAN NetScaler Advantage

Link Bonding

No, Assigns an

application to a single

WAN link via static

mapping

No, Assigns an

application to a single

WAN link via static

mapping

Yes, A single

application can use

multiple WAN links

Link bonding ensures use of all available bandwidth,

speeds up application performance, and avoids the path

flapping that occurs with dynamic mapping.

Data Compression

and Reduction

No, Requires a

separate applianceYes Yes

In addition to providing data compression and de-

duplication for faster app performance, NetScaler SD-

WAN is the only vendor that provides visibility into

application delivery.

Protocol Acceleration No Limited Yes

NetScaler SD-WAN supports a broad set of acceleration

protocols, including industry leading HDX acceleration

for faster app delivery.

Adaptive Bandwidth

ControlNo No Yes

NetScaler SD-WAN adapts its QoS policies seamlessly

to deal with links such as satellite and wireless that

have varying amounts of bandwidth available.

Specialized Citrix HDX

SupportNo No Yes

NetScaler SD-WAN has HDX optimization built in,

delivering the best possible XenApp and XenDesktop

experience to users.

Manageability CriteriaRiverbed

SteelConnectSilver Peak Unity NetScaler SD-WAN NetScaler Advantage

Centralized

ConfigurationYes Yes Yes

Centralized policy definition and integrated WAN

Optimization configuration makes building a software-

defined WAN with NetScaler SD-WAN intuitive and

simple.

Application VisibilityNo, Requires a

separate applicationNo, Network level Only Yes

NetScaler SD-WAN provides visibility into network

performance and application delivery to proactively

manage the user experience.

Dynamic Routing No No YesNetScaler SD-WAN dynamically learns about network

changes and can be deployed as a branch WAN router

Security CriteriaRiverbed

SteelConnectSilver Peak Unity NetScaler SD-WAN NetScaler Advantage

Data Encryption Yes Yes YesNetScaler SD-WAN supports 256 bit AES and IPSec

encryption, even over MPLS links.

Secure Cloud

ConnectionYes Yes Yes

NetScaler SD-WAN integrates IPSec connection to the

cloud, with no need to configure VPNs.

Secure Internet

Breakout at the BranchNo Yes Yes

NetScaler SD-WAN interoperates with SaaS-based SWG

platforms, such as ZScaler, for efficient branch internet

connectivity

Data Segmentation No No YesNetScaler SD-WAN can create separate virtual networks

for users and applications

Stateful Firewall Yes No Yes

NetScaler SD-WAN has an integrated application aware

firewall, making it simple to deploy centralized firewall

policies

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When to Use Physical or Virtual Appliances

While 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

Reliability CriteriaRiverbed

SteelConnectSilver Peak Unity NetScaler SD-WAN NetScaler Advantage

Path Selection By Session By Session By Packet

Packet-based path selection allows for rapid adaptation

to network changes and provides a better user

experience.

Failover EffectivenessApplications may be

Interrupted

Limited Application

Interruption

No Application

Interruption

NetScaler SD-WAN monitors every packet to detect

failure quickly and eliminate any impact to an application

session.

Path Measurement &

recovery SpeedSeconds Seconds Milliseconds

NetScaler SD-WAN responds to latency, jitter, and

packet loss changes in milliseconds.

Packet Duplication None

No, but does include

forward error

correction (FEC)

Yes

NetScaler SD-WAN ensures lossless delivery of VoIP

and other mission critical applications. FEC benefits are

less guaranteed and can't be applied to just specific

applications.

Unidirectional path

selection

Asymmetric routing

not supported

Asymmetric routing not

supportedYes

Applications are not symmetric, so symmetric

measurement and selection are inefficient.  NetScaler

SD-WAN supports asymmetric routing, delivering

optimal efficiency.

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NetScaler Licensing

License 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.

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Appendix 1 – Citrix NetScaler Platforms and Editions

NetScaler SD-WAN Platforms

NetScaler MPX/SDX Platform (Hardware)

NetScaler SDX is a true service delivery networking platform for enterprise and cloud data centers. It

supports multiple NetScaler instances on a single hardware appliance. An advanced control plane

unifies provisioning, monitoring, and management using the Citrix NetScaler MPX system architecture.

It is also optimized to deliver next-generation cloud-based services

• NetScaler MPX

Hardware-based app delivery appliances

Performance: 500 Mbps–200 Gbps

Best for:

o Managing web applications with multiple gigabits of traffic o Load balancing for small enterprises o Ultra-high performance web application security o Flex tenancy

• NetScaler SDX

Hardware-based appliances with virtualization to consolidate up to 115 independently managed

NetScaler instances.

Performance: Up to 200 Gbps

Best for:

o Consolidating multiple physical load balancers o Providing flexible multi-tenancy o Service providers requiring fully isolated tenants o Simplifying application rollouts from staging and dev environments

For more information, see the NetScaler MPX/SDX Data Sheet

NetScaler VPX Virtual Appliance (Software)

NetScaler VPX is a virtual NetScaler appliance that is supported by multiple hypervisors including Citrix

XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V, and VMware ESX and ESXi

A NetScaler VPX instance supports all the features and functionality of a physical NetScaler, with the

exception interface-related events, tagged VLANs. It is also designed to handle a reduced amount of

traffic, as compared the physical appliance.

Performance: 10 Mbps – 100 Gbps

Best for:

o Architecting hybrid cloud infrastructures o Cloud native application load balancing for public cloud environments

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o Replacing hardware-based load balancers o Utilizing NetScaler within non-production environments o Architecting scalable multi-tenant infrastructures o Attractive application delivery options for telco, enterprises and small businesses

Key Benefits

o Reduces hardware server costs by 60% o Accelerate application performance by 5x o Provides consolidation of remote access infrastructure with one URL o Improves application security with centralized policy management, and security at-the-edge of

data center network o Provides SSL VPN based remote access o Ensures high availability o Provides monitoring of application and network traffic

For more information see the NetScaler VPX Data Sheet

NetScaler CPX

Docker containerized load balancer that can be supported on-premises and in multi-cloud environments

Best for:

o Supporting containerized applications o Migrating to a microservices architecture o Providing developers and DevOps teams with load balancing early in the app development

cycle

Citrix NetScaler CPX Express

NetScaler CPX Express is the free developer version that supports up to 20 Mbps and 250 SSL

connections. CPX Express supports most of the CPX feature set, except TCP optimization and L7

DDoS

For more information, see the NetScaler CPX Data Sheet

NetScaler Editions

NetScaler SD-WAN is available in three editions; Standard, Enterprise, and Platinum Customers can

match deployment to meet their needs.

For a complete list of features included in all Editions, see the NetScaler Data Sheet.

Standard Edition

Standard Edition models include software-defined WAN features to create a highly reliable network

from multiple network links and to ensure that each application takes the best path to achieve the

highest application performance. It delivers reliable application availability, comprehensive L4-7 load

balancing, robust performance optimization features, and secure remote access.

Enterprise Edition

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Includes all the features of the Standard Edition, plus adds advanced traffic management, clustering

support, stronger security features, extended optimizations, SSO, and more.

Platinum Edition

Includes all the features of the Standard and Enterprise Editions, plus encompasses powerful security

features, expanded application acceleration capabilities, and enhanced management and visibility

resources.

NetScaler Cloud

The full suite of NetScaler capabilities are available in a hybrid cloud environment for development,

testing, and production delivery.

NetScaler SD-WAN on Azure

NetScaler SD-WAN for Azure enables organizations to have a direct, secure, and high-quality

connection from each branch to the applications hosted in Azure, eliminating the need for backhaul

cloud-bound traffic through a data center. This increases performance, allowing the cloud traffic to go

through the data center before it goes to the user.

Benefits include

o Create direct connections from every location to Azure o Ensure an ongoing connection to Azure o Extend your secure perimeter to the cloud o Evolve to a simple, easy to manage branch network

For more details, see the NetScaler SD-WAN on Azure Solution Brief

NetScaler SD-WAN on Amazon Web Services

The full suite of NetScaler SD-WAN capabilities is available via AWS Marketplace or Bring-Your-Own

license, optimizing and securing access to SaaS applications and IaaS instances. For more details, see

the NetScaler SD-WAN on Amazon Web Services Solution Brief

NetScaler SD-WAN on SoftLayer

NetScaler VPX and MPX models are available on SoftLayer. For more details, see the NetScaler on SoftLayer Solution Brief

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Appendix 2 - Resources

Analyst Report Aberdeen Group Report: SD WAN is the Right Path for Better Branch Network Performance Learn how Aberdeen Group research has shown that businesses that leverage new technologies, such as SD WAN, see some benefits in faster application performance, increased user satisfaction, and reduced downtime.

Analyst Report Gartner Market Guide for WAN Edge Infrastructure the 2017 Market Guide for WAN Edge Infrastructure provides a complete assessment of the quickly evolving SD-WAN landscape.

Article Long-distance IT: Driving Efficiency in Remote Offices IDG Research highlights the many ways WAN optimization solutions with a built-in Windows Server lead to more efficient branch office IT.

Data Sheet NetScaler SD-WAN Data Sheet

eBook SD-WAN: A simplified network for distributed enterprises this book explores more about a technology that recreates Wide Area Networking for an era in which cloud computing, mobility and the user experience have become dominant concerns.

eBook Why are so many organizations opting for SD-WAN Learn how SD-WAN can be integrated within the entire WAN architecture to reduce costs while at the same time simplifying operations.

Solution Brief NetScaler SD-WAN Provides an overview of the capabilities of the NetScaler SD-WAN platform to accelerate application delivery and optimize virtual desktop delivery.

White Paper What to Look for When Considering a SD-WAN Solution This paper lays out the important factors for an enterprise to consider when selecting a SD-WAN solution.

Webinar Next-Generation WAN: Redefining Branch Networking with SD-WAN Enterprises are re-architecting their wide-area networks for the digital era, and network teams must redefine how they connect to remote sites and branch offices to the cloud, and to the datacenter.

Webinar Extend the Cloud to the Branch with NetScaler SD-WAN Learn about new NetScaler SD-WAN appliances, solution partners, and features.

White Paper Building a software-defined WAN with NetScaler SD-WAN How to build a secure, efficient, and reliable WAN that optimizes application performance.

White Paper WAN Optimization with NetScaler SD-WAN Learn more about the capabilities of the NetScaler SD-WAN solution and how they can accelerate application delivery and optimize virtual desktop delivery.

White Paper Improve the XenApp and XenDesktop experience for branch and mobile workers with NetScaler SD-WAN Optimizing the user experience while ensuring reliability is essential for a successful desktop or application virtualization deployment.

White Paper Optimizing your Microsoft application and infrastructure investments with Citrix CloudBridge This paper briefly explains how CloudBridge broadly applies to all types of computing environments.

Video HDX Insight Intro for NetScaler SD-WAN and NetScaler

Video HDX Insight for NetScaler SD-WAN and NetScaler Overview

Video What is WAN Virtualization?

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