Cisco Cisco ACE Application Control Engine Module Brochure
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protects applications from both known and unknown threats. The AppScope graphical tool on the Cisco AVS 3180 appliance also provides a
view of activity between the data center and any remote location, facilitating the isolation and resolution of any problems.
Infrastructure Simplicity
The Cisco ACE module provides a wide variety of optimization, offload, and security capabilities within a single device. Incorporating these
functions in a fabric-based hardware-accelerated architecture and within a single data flow allows highly efficient use of its resources. All policy
decisions can be made and applied at one time rather than executing expensive operations in multiple locations across the infrastructure. With
functions such as connection management, SSL offload, and payload analysis, Cisco ACE allows IT to collapse tiers within the infrastructure.
With functional integration providing vertical simplification and application control allowing horizontal simplification, Cisco ACE transforms
the application infrastructure and the ways in which IT can take control of business demands.
SUPPORTING SOLUTIONS, PRODUCTS, PARTNERS, OR SERVICE OFFERINGS
Cisco Application Networking Services consists of three solution groups:
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Data center solutions
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Wide-area (branch and remote worker) solutions
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Application-Oriented Networking (application-to-application) solutions
Data Center Solutions
Besides Cisco ACE, the Cisco Application Networking Services portfolio includes several other appliances and software modules.
The Cisco AVS 3120 Application Velocity System significantly lowers the cost of Web application deployments by accelerating performance and
optimizing server and network resources. In addition, more business transactions are achieved per minute, reducing the need for local data centers.
Acceleration is accomplished by reducing latency and bandwidth required for any given Web application. The Cisco AVS 3120 also provides Web
application security and delivers strong attack protection. High visibility into the application layer enables the Cisco AVS 3120 to provide real-time
threat detection and analysis.
Other data center solutions for Cisco Application Networking products include:
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Application load balancing and acceleration:
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Application load balancing for the Cisco Catalyst 6500:
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Application load balancing and SSL offload:
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Global site switching:
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HTTP(s) optimization:
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HTTP(s) optimization management:
Wide-Area Solutions
For application networking over a wide area, the Cisco Wide Area Application Services solution provides remote offices with access to centrally
hosted applications, servers, storage, and rich media in a common managed form, while offering LAN-like performance. These services also
support video streaming and distribution, application and content filtering, and automated software distribution. Products include:
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Web and video services:
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File and print services software:
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Data-center file services:
Cisco ACNS and Cisco WAFS are available on
Cisco Wide Area Application Engine (WAE) appliances
and on a
network module
for the
Cisco Integrated Services Router platform.