SmartLab™ for Networked-Application and Service Oriented Infrastructure
Overview
Many of our customers have a large investment in applications that are struggling to keep up with the demands of today's business models. IT budgets and resources are challenged by trends such as:
1) Increased use of the Web
2) Consolidation of data centers
3) Distributed organizations
4) Growing complexity of infrastructure
5) Need for scalability, availability, performance, and security of legacy applications without disrupting operations
Networked Application and Service Oriented Architecture
SmartLab™ for Application Networking Services is a comprehensive portfolio of application service products and technologies that can help IT deliver end-to-end business processes throughout their infrastructure. Applications and networks work together to derive more value from existing deployments and gain new value from a common standards-based infrastructure-the IP network. Shared application services on the existing network improve the operation of all applications and simplify the infrastructure. Benefits include:
1) Lower TCO and improved asset management
2) Higher productivity and faster access to shared information
3) Increased availability and more efficient use of data center resources
4) Better use of WAN links and resources
5) Scalability of users, applications, and network-based services
6) Ability to meet regulatory compliance objectives