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To increase business agility, SAP and other business
applications are increasingly being delivered through the
Web. However, these browser-based applications are usually
rich in graphics and images, which can degrade performance
over bandwidth-constrained WAN links. For users in branch
offices, even simple SAP tasks and operations can be
remarkably slow. For example, while login times over a LAN
may take only two seconds, the same login from a branch
office across the WAN can take 25 seconds or more.
The Blue Coat
Application Delivery Network (ADN) can help you
accelerate the performance of all your Web-based SAP
applications. By combining
Application Performance Monitoring,
WAN Optimization and
Secure Web Gateway technologies in a single,
comprehensive infrastructure, the Application Delivery
Network helps you discover, classify and prioritize all the
traffic on your network. With detailed, intelligent control
over your network, you can cost-effectively see, accelerate
and secure the applications that drive your business.
More specifically,
Blue Coat ProxySG’s protocol enhancements and caching
optimizations improve and accelerate the delivery of SAP
Netweaver over the WAN, reducing the effects of latency and
problems associated with limited bandwidth.
Performance Results
In a test of SAP login over an ADSL 768 Kbps link with 30ms latency, ProxySG appliances
improved login times by 12 times or more, while also reducing bandwidth usage by up to 99%.
In a test of SAP file retrieval over a T3 45 Mbps link with 150ms latency and 0.1% packet loss,
ProxySG appliances improved file retrieval times by 97 times or more, reducing bandwidth
usage by more than 99%.
To learn how Blue Coat can help you optimize all of
your SAP applications, download the following: Application Performance Brief:
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