Certeon (News - Alert), a provider of virtualized software-based WAN optimization and application acceleration, has signed a distribution agreement with CDG, a major distributor of leading-edge information technology in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe.


CDG specializes in the technologies for the WAN acceleration and cloud computing markets.
 
Officials with Certeon said that with the company's aCelera virtualized WAN acceleration solutions and CDG's European system integrators, service providers and resellers throughout Europe, enterprises can improve the performance of important business applications running over the WAN, including Microsoft (News - Alert) SharePoint, Office and Exchange Server; IBM Rational; disaster recovery; and other mission-critical applications.
 
Company officials said that aCelera virtual appliances are hypervisor agnostic and are supported on both VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V virtual operating systems.
 
'As a software-based WAN acceleration solution, Certeon's products provide the flexibility and agility that customers need as their networks evolve,' said Oren Taylor, director at CDG, in a statement.
 
Taylor said that Certeon has architected a highly scalable, future-proof WAN acceleration platform that eliminates a host of infrastructure challenges.
 
He said that the future for WAN optimization clearly lies in virtual software solutions.
 
"Certeon, with its proven product set, is certainly well ahead of the pack,' said Taylor.
CDG partners will be reselling all of Certeon's products, including the aCelera virtual appliance that accelerates within virtualized and non-virtualized infrastructures without proprietary hardware appliances:
 
'The partnership with CDG represents a major expansion of our international distribution capabilities. We are delighted to be partnering with CDG, one of the largest and most progressive distributors in Europe,' said Peter Dougherty, CEO and president, Certeon.
 
Dougherty said that CDG has an impressive track record of successfully introducing the latest technologies throughout Europe. They have the knowledge, the expertise and the right channel partners to help customers tackle their WAN optimization challenges, he said.
 
"With our virtual appliance for WAN acceleration for VMware and Hyper-V, Certeon allows service providers to deploy services in minutes, not months,' said Dougherty.
Company officials said that aCelera virtual appliances enable enterprises and managed service providers to dramatically increase the performance of applications accessed over the WAN, improving application response time by up to 95 percent.

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Edited by Erin Monda