Cloud Access Optimization frequently asked questions

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1 FAQ Cloud Access Optimization frequently asked questions 2014 Allot Communications Ltd. All rights reserved. Specifications are subject to change without notice. Allot Communications, Sigma and NetEnforcer and the Allot logo are trademarks of Allot Communications. All other brand or product names are the trademarks of their respective holders.

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3 FAQ: Cloud Access Optimization Cloud Access Optimization Allot answers frequently asked questions about our innovative Cloud Access Optimization solution for Enterprises Cloud Service Providers who are adopting cloud as the go-to delivery method for their business applications and services. 1. Why is Allot talking about Cloud Access Optimization? A number of evolving market trends are having a big impact on the ability of Enterprises and Cloud Service/Hosting Providers to run efficient networks that satisfy users, increase productivity, and ensure business continuity. Allot s Cloud Access Optimization solution overcomes the performance degradation and security challenges associated with cloud application delivery. 2. Can you elaborate more on the market trends that are impacting Enterprises? Cloud Migration is on the rise with enterprises transitioning their IT infrastructure to private, public and hybrid clouds. Together with this comes Application Mobility in which applications are increasingly hosted in the cloud and accessed via the Internet instead of the enterprise LANs. Virtualization and SDN are two of the most important IT trends we are witnessing. When machines and their functions are decoupled, they can be deployed, duplicated and scaled dynamically. The rise in User Mobility and BYOD makes it more challenging than ever to ensure the performance of Unified Communications and collaboration applications in the cloud. 3. How is Allot helping Enterprises to address these trends? Through Cloud Access Optimization 4. What is Cloud Access Optimization? Cloud Access Optimization ensures high user QoE and productivity by controlling application availability, performance, and security. 5. Why does the solution focus on Access? Enterprises are migrating their applications to data centers powered by virtualized and software-defined architectures. But, employees are still using the same Internet and WAN connections to access those cloud hosted applications. The cloud access has not kept pace with the advances in data center capacity, elasticity, central control, and virtualization Allot Communications, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

4 FAQ: Cloud Access Optimization With users vying for the same shared cloud access capacity, application performance (and hence user productivity) is highly subject to degradation by heavy transaction loads from real-time video/voice, file transfer, endpoint upgrades and Denial of Service attacks. Hence, the cloud access points are the weakest links in the path from user to application. Access points are the bottleneck in the path from user to application. 6. How does Allot address the cloud s weakest link? Allot employs access virtualization to allocate dedicated Internet and WAN resources to multiple tenants, users and applications in the enterprise cloud. In other words, the shared cloud access is divided into multiple virtual instances each with its own SLA policy that is individually monitored, controlled and secured. Since users and applications no longer compete with one another for bandwidth and QoS you can govern cloud applications and enforce SLAs according to business priorities. 7. Is Cloud Access Optimization a new field for Allot? Yes and no. Yes, in that Allot is targeting new markets that have arisen as a result of cloud migration, virtualization, and the other IT trends we mentioned earlier. No, in that we are leveraging our long-standing core competence and unique differentiation in Layer-7 DPI visibility and control technologies to solve new business challenges. Think about it. To dynamically align application performance to user and business requirements, highly granular visibility of every transaction is required in real-time in order to optimize access routes to cloud application resources. Allot s Cloud Access Optimization solutions are Allot Communications, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

5 FAQ: Cloud Access Optimization application-aware, user-aware, endpoint-aware, URL-aware, and locationaware. Our expertise in multi-dimensional awareness is matched by our ability to control QoS and security with the same level of granularity. By leveraging this combination of Visibility, Control and Security in both public and private clouds, user experience and service levels can be assured. Virtualized cloud access enables enterprises to align application performance to business needs 8. Why Allot? We could sum it up in three words: Visibility, Control and Security. But there is much more: Customers: proven results with more than 4500 enterprise customers worldwide. Product Scalability: from the smallest to the biggest networks Superior Technology: hands-down expert in application awareness Reliability: bringing carrier-class network know-how to Cloud deployments Support: 24/7 worldwide support to channels and end-users. Innovative, customer-centric and results-oriented approach Allot Communications, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

6 FAQ: Cloud Access Optimization 9. Where can I find out more? Contact sales@allot.com or your Allot representative or visit Allot Communications, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

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