CASE STUDY Aquinas High School Sangfor WAN optimization enables remote users to quickly access the school’s internal resources ABOUT SANGFOR WANO www.sangfor.net Cost effective WANO solutions for midsize enterprises IN BRIEF Customer Profile: Aquinas High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in San Bernardino, California. The IT department had received numerous requests to provide remote users with quick access to the school’s internal resources when working from home. Aquinas High School deployed Sangfor’s WAN optimization solution, including WAN optimization devices and Portable Accelerator Cache Client software, allowing remote users to quickly access the school’s internal resources. Challenge: Provide remote users with quick access to internal resources The school’s IT department faced the challenge of finding an affordable and efficient network solution that would enable remote users to work effectively. Before Aquinas High School consulted with Sangfor, users were not able to access the school’s internal resources when their devices were not connected to the school network. Furthermore, because the school district managed the network, it was very difficult to change any network settings. The school district recommended Aquinas High School to get its own SSL VPN solutions. “There is increasing demand to quickly access the internal resources by employees who would like to work from home, and I personally want to manage the network remotely,” said Gary Schneider, the school’s IT manager. Schneider tested SSL VPN and IPSEC VPN, which could help provide access to internal resources but could not optimize application performance, especially latency-sensitive applications such as Remote Desktop Protocol and Exchange mail service. Schneider turned to Sangfor after he had learned about Sangfor’s networking solutions at the PCM Vision IT Conference & Expo. Solution: Sangfor WAN optimization now enables remote users to quickly access internal resources “There is increasing demand to quickly access the internal resources by employees who would like to work from home, and I personally want to manage the network remotely.” Industry >> Education Challenges: >> Provide remote access to internal data >> Accelerate latency-sensitive applications >> Work with limited budget and IT staff on the project Solution: >> Sangfor WAN optimization enables remote users to quickly access internal resources Benefits: >> Quick access to internal resources >> Effective remote network management >> Optimized application performance “Sangfor’s technical support was very professional and went beyond my expectations.” Sangfor provided the school with a WAN optimization solution, including WAN optimization devices and Portable Accelerator Cache Client software for remote users. It was impossible to make any network changes because of the school district’s control over the network. Therefore, the Sangfor team proposed to deploy WAN optimization in single-arm mode, so the school could work within the existing network configuration. Sangfor WAN optimization has significantly reduced the volume of data that has to be transferred over the WAN and has also reduced the side effects of latency and packet loss. This enables Schneider to experience a LAN-like experience when accessing the school’s internal resources from home. Sangfor WAN Optimization Controller brings the latest technologies together to improve the efficiency of the network and accelerate the customer's business. >> Link optimization >> Streamline application >> Data deduplication >> Bandwidth management >> Comprehensive reporting >> Virtual WANO and software client. “The Sangfor’s engineer knew exactly what needed to be done and finished the job quickly.”