Ipanema Technologies announces KITE Internet access kit

PARIS, FRANCE: Ipanema Technologies, a leader in integrated WAN Optimization, Application acceleration and Application Performance Management solutions, has announced the availability of KITE: Internet access kit, an easy solution that efficiently controls and optimizes the enterprise’s Internet accesses.

The Internet has become ubiquitous in today's world, and the world of business is no exception. Enterprises have come to rely on it for:
* Users' access to external web sites (web browsing), supplying a variety of content (data, music, images, video), from sites including Wikipedia, Google, flickr, and Dailymotion,
* Users' use of software as a service (SaaS) and cloud computing offerings, for example SalesForce.com, Webex, and Amazon EC2,
* Peer-to-peer (data, voice, images) via Skype and other collaboration and sharing solutions,
* External access to enterprise servers from remote offices and mobile employees via the Internet, and to corporate websites by the general public.

It is of primary importance for the enterprise productivity to control and improve the usage and performance of the applications using the Internet accesses. KITE (Internet Access Kit) is an easy solution to efficiently control and optimize the enterprise's internet accesses.

KITE comes with a complete management and reporting software package (IMSS) and an ip|engine appliance for installation on the Internet access link. KITE has five configurations: KITE 20 (up to 20Mbps), KITE 100 (up to 100Mbps), KITE 150 (up to 150Mbps), KITE 300 (up to 300Mbps) and KITE 1000 (up to 1 Gbps full duplex).
KITE offers a comprehensive, integrated set of features to control and optimize the performance of all applications using the Internet.

* Visibility and reporting on not just the network traffic, but on application performance as well.
* Optimization and acceleration to guarantee application performance, whether for VPN, ERP, Intranet, Citrix, Web hosted applications, or others.
* Rightsizing to enable the purchase of the right amount of Internet access bandwidth to achieve the business's employee productivity and/or customer satisfaction goals, without guesswork or over-provisioning.

KITE is available worldwide.