The perfect combination of real-time WAN optimization, monitoring and shaping with wide area file services (WAFS) and key Microsoft® services, iShaper delivers great application performance at the branch office for every application — voice, video and data. Only iShaper enables the next generation branch, streamlining operational complexity while greatly improving centralized data access and application delivery.

Discover what's on your network and apply the right optimization tools to the right applications with industry-leading Layer 7 Plus technology — the heart of Packeteer's Intelligent Application Acceleration. iShaper analyzes traffic running across the WAN, inspecting at all layers of the protocol stack, identifies and classifies over 600 applications for intelligent use of iShaper quality of service (QoS) and acceleration.

Layer 7 Plus differentiates between over 600 applications including sub-classifications, for example Citrix print versus Citrix ICA traffic. You can identify, monitor, differentiate and apply specific QoS or acceleration to application traffic at unprecedented levels of granularity.

Take QoS beyond queuing and port-based marking to deliver a consistently great branch office user experience for all your business-critical operations. iShaper provides the predictability needed to fine-tune application performance and ensure the availability and performance of critical applications - all while containing recreational and malicious traffic. With iShaper QoS, apply the rules and controls to match bandwidth allocation with business needs.

Layer 7 Plus differentiates between over 600 applications including sub-classifications, for example Citrix print versus Citrix ICA traffic. You can identify, monitor, differentiate and apply specific QoS or acceleration to application traffic at unprecedented levels of granularity.

Overcome protocol and WAN latency as well as increase WAN capacity to speed up large file transfers and web-based applications leveraging Packeteer Intelligent Application Acceleration. Native CIFS-based protocol acceleration strips latency from Windows file serving while preserving Microsoft compliance — on the "first pass" — while compression boosts performance and dramatically reduces file access time.

Speed alone won't ensure your business-critical traffic gets the priority and resources it deserves. Packeteer Intelligent Acceleration optimizes performance for the applications that matter most.

Enjoy true server consolidation by bringing data centre services to the branch with the industry's only file-aware WAFS implementation with coherent, read/write least recently used (LRU) RAID-backed caching at branch locations. Unique compliance with Microsoft security methods eliminates dangerous workarounds normally associated with accelerated file access. Provide locally-delivered full fidelity Microsoft services — from print to patch — and Domain Controller functionality.

Only iShaper Dual Plane architecture offers the benefits of inline WAN optimization features combined with out-of-band WAFS without one compromising the other. When immediacy is the imperative, iShaper's Real-time Services Plane delivers inline high-speed, near-zero latency flow processing essential for QoS and compression. When security and compliance are in order, iShaper Advanced Services Plane ensures that out-of-band WAFS guarantee file integrity and security without holding up other key applications.

iShaper's Dual Plane architecture provides WAFS and WAN optimization, working in concert at the branch location. Technology where it makes most sense!