Exinda's Unified Performance Management Solution Optimizes Network

Unified performance management solutions help to ensure the consistent delivery of business services and detect and troubleshoot problems quickly.

Eira High School is located in Helsinki, Finland and the school’s Gigabit Ethernet network and 370 workstations were originally designed to serve 2,500 students. The school selected the 6760 Series WAN Optimization Appliance to prioritize applications on its network, identify problem users and accelerate WAN performance.

"We have some problematic students who prefer spending time online to have fun instead of attending classes and studying," said Göran Strömstén, IT manager at Eira High School, in a statement. "We wanted a way to be able to identify these users on the spur of the moment and to control how they used our network."

Solution that

School authorities were searching for a solution that would enable them to better analyze network utilization at the application and user level. This way, the school could optimize bandwidth for the applications and users they prioritize.

The unified performance management solution from Exinda provided Eira High School with a solution that ensures that the network is secure and available for both administrative and educational purpose. The solution as well allowed the school to ensure priority bandwidth services for its VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) system and key administrative and educational applications.

Furthermore, Exinda’s WAN optimization solution with unified performance management functionality as well helped the school increase network efficiency, identify problem students who have shared passwords with unauthorized users and quickly pinpoint which user or application is exceeding the stipulated bandwidth limit.

"The Exinda system gave us better visibility into our network, better control over it, and it was easier to use than the other systems we evaluated," said Strömstén. "We have as well achieved an increase in overall network efficiency, an ability to identify students who shared passwords with other unauthorized users, and the ability to see at first sight whether any user or application was using an inappropriate amount of bandwidth."

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