Radware (Nasdaq: RDWR), a global leader of Intelligent Traffic Management (ITM) solutions that bring certainty to dynamic networks, is pleased to announce that they have implemented their award winning Web Server Director (WSD) to the server farm at STAR 21 Operations GmbH.
STAR21 was looking for a traffic management solution that provided dynamic load balancing capabilities for incoming requests to the eleven Citrix XP terminal servers. They were also looking for a solution that would completely eliminate single-points-of-failure on their network with a flexible and scalable solution enabling for the growth of the server farm.
The redundant deployment of Radware's WSD Application Switch results in optimal performance of STAR 21's complete server farm that holds all mission critical data of the STAR 21 Group. Additionally it ensures highest availability and security for the existing company network.
"The implementation of our WSD on our Application Switch platform ensures that server farms are always optimized and available. This removes the cost of downtime that afflicts so many companies today," Alfred Bettheil, Regional Sales Manager at Radware. "WSD intelligently load balances and directs IP traffic to server farms, eliminating bottlenecks and single points of failure, ensuring that server farms are always available and optimized. Users benefit from the best performing and quickest server traffic manager service available today."
The Radware solution is a combination of the latest multi-layer switching technology and architecture with Radware's industry proven traffic management software that may be implemented on any type of operating system. It ensures a heterogeneous server environment and unlimited scalability.
About Radware
Radware's suite of Intelligent Traffic Management (ITM) products are designed to optimize the end user experience by eliminating network uncertainty and downtime. Radware's product line combines proprietary next generation application switching technology and open architecture with the industry's leading proven traffic management software. Radware offers a broad range of customized ITM solutions to corporate enterprises, service providers, and e-commerce businesses through the implementation of one or more award winning ITM solutions, including: Web Server Director, Cache Server Director, FireProof and LinkProof. Radware's Application Switches bring certainty to dynamic networks with products that guarantee the best service from click to content. Get certain with Radware. For more information, please visit us at www.radware.com
About STAR 21
STAR 21 NETWORKS Aktiengesellschaft aims to become one of the leading providers of broadband services for the high-speed transmission of data, and a specialist for voice, Internet and application services. The company channels its services primarily through its proprietary radio broadband network. Together with its subsidiaries inm-numerical magic gesellschaft für neue medien mbh and STAR 21 SOLUTIONS GmbH, the STAR 21 group of companies offers innovative solutions for applications on the World Wide Web. inm-magic designs and implements applications and solutions for the Intranet, Extranet and Internet, whilst STAR 21 SOLUTIONS GmbH provides an enterprise portal on a rental basis that incorporates such services as conferencing, virtual work environments for multi-location task forces, and a professional messaging system. The European operations of the STAR 21 group currently focus on Switzerland, Austria, Spain and the Czech Republic.