SDP is available on demand as a hosted “Software as a Service” and licensed by the number of appliances to be managed or as an appliance hosted either at a company’s site or a managed service provider’s (MSP) site.  Exinda’s hosted service further simplifies the WAN optimization process by eliminating the need to buy, install, maintain and upgrade management hardware and software.  Since there is no capital investment, SDP offers a 70 - 90 percent savings compared to similar client/server solutions.

Exinda’s SDP outshines traditional centralized management systems (CMS) by eliminating the cost, risk and complexity of such implementations.  SDP provides a quicker return on investment as it can be deployed quickly, typically in one week versus three months or more for a traditional CMS.  SDP provides full visibility into network usage at application layer 7 while most CMS only focus on network layer 3.

Exinda also offers an alternative SDP appliance to be hosted at a company’s site or MSP’s site. This option is ideal for companies with a large number of networked sites and for companies with security policy that does not allow for data to be hosted externally. It is also well suited for MSP to manage multiple customers and their various installations.

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