Microsoft and Packeteer Join Forces on 'Branch Office in a Box'

Branch offices are facing special challenges, mainly because of the often slow or unreliable Bay Link, and the lack of Onsite IT personnel to ensure that the local networks and computers. Microsoft and California in the United States Podinuo packeteer believe they have found a solution, and ishaper, which is being promoted as the "Branch office in a box." Ishaper is a device, and optimize voice, data and video traffic into and out of branch offices, more efficient use of limited bandwidth often plague those in remote outposts, according to the company. With the built-in Microsoft applications, such as Windows servers, Internet security and acceleration server (ISA Server), and Systems Management Server.

In the 11,000 US dollars per household appliances, is not ishaper of small business or branch office with a few employees. Packeteer that its intention to party branches and 50 or more employees, and large enough to have any kind of traffic to Hong Kong and outward, obstruction of a standard WAN link connecting.

Ishaper scheduled to release the first generation of the end of this quarter, in the new version of the timetable for the set in the last quarter of 2007. Later versions will be enhanced version of the ISA Server with advanced firewall protection, virtual private network services and Web security (https) application-acceleration, according to a joint press release Microsoft packeteer.

Packateer is a Gold Certified Microsofts partners.