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| Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Networking Software |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Massood Zarrabian(CEO) Donato Buccella(CTO) |
| Website | http://www.certeon.com |
Certeon, Inc. is a United States technology company that provides WAN optimization products and services. Founded in 2003, Certeon's headquarters and research and development is located in Burlington, Massachusetts with additional sales presence in the United Kingdom and the Asia Pacific Region.[1]
Technology
Certeon aCelera WAN optimization and Application Acceleration software provides integrated functions covering network protocol optimization, network data reduction, application performance and network traffic control. [2]
Certeon products provide performance improvements across low-bandwidth, high-latency network connections. They are typically deployed between a company remote office and data center. Performance is improved by reducing application response time as well as the amount of traffic traversing the WAN.[3]
Certeon holds patents in the areas of Networking, Network Security, Distributed Caching, and the use of Mobile Agents.[4] [5] [6] [7]
Products
Certeon offers products in several areas, all related to network optimization and performance.
aCelera Virtual Appliance
The aCelera VA is a WAN Optimization virtual appliance. The aCelera VA runs exclusively in virtual environments.[8] The aCelera Virtual Appliance can be deployed to support small branch offices, enterprise data centers, as well as cloud provider networks.[9][10][11]
The aCelera VA runs on the following virtualization hypervisors:
- VMware ESX / ESXi
- Microsoft Hyper-V
- Citrix XENServer
aCelera for Windows Server
Certeon aCelera for Windows Server uses the aCelera VA technology implemented as a native Windows application. It can be deployed as either a virtual appliance in VmWare or Hyper-V, or installed as a native application to create a WAN optimization appliance from an existing Windows Server.[12]
aCelera Mobile Client
The aCelera Mobile Client is a small installable software package for Windows XP and Windows 7 machines. It provides acceleration for individual users to an aCelera VA at the corporate data center or in cloud provider network. The aCelera Client is typically deployed for home workers, telecommuters, contract or outsource workers. It can also be deployed in very small offices where it may not be feasible to install the aCelera VA.[13]
aCelera Sync
The aCelera Sync product works with Dell's Equalogic Auto-Replication feature to reduce backup times in Disaster Recovery scenarios.[14]
aCelera Central Management System
The aCelera Central Management System (CMS) software enables global policy configuration and deployment for Certeon’s aCelera family of products. It utilizes a template-based approach to configuration that allows common configuration options to be modified in a single location.[15]
Acquisition History
On April 16, 2003, Certeon acquired InfoLibria, a provider of hardware and software solutions for Internet content management. [16]
Competition
- Certeon's competitors in WAN Optimization include Blue Coat,Cisco, Citrix, Riverbed, and Silver Peak.
References
- ^ "Certeon Company Profile". BusinessWeek website. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
- ^ "Certeon - Products - Overview". Certeon website. Retrieved 2012-07-2.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Metzler, Jim (1 February 2010). "Evaluating Certeon's aCelera virtual appliance". TechTarget, Search Enterprise WAN. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
- ^ US patent 6205481, Heddaya; Abdelsalam A., "Protocol for Distributing Fresh Content among Network Cache Servers", issued 2001-03-20
- ^ US patent 6535509, Amicangioli; Anthony D., "Tagging for Demultiplexing in a Network Traffic Server", issued 2003-03-18
- ^ US patent 6553376, Heddaya; Abdelsalam A., "Efficient Content Server Using Request Redirection", issued 2003-04-22
- ^ US patent 6892218, Heddaya; Abdelsalam A., "Extending Network Services using Mobile Agents", issued 2005-05-10
- ^ "Virtual WAN Optimization". InformationWeek website. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
- ^ "Will WAN Optimization wars be decided in the cloud". CRN magazine website. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
- ^ "Certeon - Products - aCelera VA". Certeon website. Retrieved 2012-07-2.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Interop in Advance: Certeon Virtualizes WAN Optimization and Secure Tunnels". InformationWeek website.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|accessdatae=ignored (help) - ^ "Certeon - Products - aCelera - for Windows Server". Certeon website. Retrieved 2012-07-2.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Certeon - Products - aCelera Mobile Client". Certeon website. Retrieved 2012-07-2.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Dell Technical Report". Dell website. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
- ^ "Certeon - Products - aCelera CMS". Certeon website. Retrieved 2012-07-2.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Certeon Acquires InfoLibria". BusinessWeek website. Retrieved 2012-11-29.