In 2009, international Internet traffic grew by 74 percent, and service providers added nearly 9.5 terabits per second (Tbps) of new international bandwidth capacity – the same amount as the total international bandwidth existing in 2007 (source: TeleGeography).

The Opteq Cache appliance enables both enterprises and service providers to manage dramatic increases in network traffic and subscriber growth. Through a scalable architecture of cache farms, service providers can accelerate the delivery of rich Web 2.0 content, large files and video. This significantly reduces infrastructure costs by controlling bandwidth consumption while improving customer satisfaction.

Key Benefits:

• Save Bandwidth
• Accelerate Web 2.0 and Rich Media Delivery
• Store and serve web content locally with cache
• Accelerate web browsing and reduce network latency for end users
• Control network bandwidth demands and congestion by eliminating redundant traffic
• Reduce the need to install expensive internet WAN connections to support the growing user base
• Provide an open, scalable platform for value added services – run other Opteq modules on same platforms
• Provide scalability with cluster and hierarchical capabilities to your growing network needs
• Enable remote administration and management for deployment at points of presence
• Filter and Secure Web Traffic
• Manage and Report on Web Traffic
• Integrates with LDAP for easy per user management & reporting
• 45-60% saving in bandwidth is common
• Carrier-class Service and Support

Opteq’s caching appliances are powerful and scalable, offering you complete content acceleration for a variety of Web-based applications. All models are easily configured, deployed, monitored and managed in any enterprise or ISP environment, and complement all other Opteq modules. E.g. the cache appliance can also run Opteq’s secure content filter to block unwanted websites and secure against website threats. It can also support custom allow and block lists and third party databases such as the Internet Watch Foundation list. Allow social media (Facebook, IM) only when and where you it meets your business criteria.

As E-learning and on-demand videos become an integral part of training,
organizations are challenged with delivering timely content to thousands of users simultaneously. Frequently accessed videos and web content are
stored locally for future retrieval, so subsequent requests are served faster, directly from your network. Before upgrading bandwidth consider optimising what you already have and free up bandwidth for business critical applications like VOD and VOIP.

The Opteq cache appliance helps protect against network surges when web sites and content become popular over a short period of time, such as the football world cup or other sport and political events. Opteq caches can scale to meet multi-gigabit demands through the use of a clustered caching farm. The appliances integrate easily with industry-leading Layer 4-7 load balancing switches and WCCP.