The increased use of virtualization and the presence of underutilized computing resources within the network has enabled Silver Peak to introduce the Virtual
Acceleration Open Architecture (VXOA), a new approach to WAN optimization that makes deployment, management, and growth easy and cost effective.
VXOA takes Silver Peak’s award winning WAN optimization software and provides valuable tools for easy integration with 3rd party devices. In addition, it introduces new pricing models that facilitate WAN optimization deployment and ensures ongoing investment protection.
VXOA features include:
No hardware dependencies. This ensures that Silver Peak virtual appliances deliver the same performance and scalability as physical appliances
No application plugins. Silver Peak optimizes all IP traffic, regardless of version or transport protocol.
Application Programming Interface (API) and Software Development Kit (SDK) for easy integration with 3rd party products, including blades, servers, switches, routers, and storage arrays
Support for all common hypervisors
Flexible pricing options. Silver Peak offers perpetual and subscription based pricing options that facilitate the deployment of WAN optimization while simultaneously ensuring that an investment in Silver Peak is protected against changing IT requirements. This includes various "pay as you go" and "pay as you grow" options.
VXOA revolutionizes enterprise networking by enabling WAN optimization to be easily and cost effectively deployed everywhere across an enterprise – not just on a
select few links. In addition, the investment in WAN optimization can easily grow with changing end user requirements. With VXOA, ubiquitous WAN optimization is finally a reality.
