Streamcore : the global provider of visibility and dynamic performance control solutions to manage interactive applications and real-time communications delivery over the WAN, today announced that its solutions are helping enterprises overcome poor network performance associated with public cloud computing. Increasingly enterprises are using cloud computing to improve agility, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of IT operations. However, some enterprises

fear the risks of migrating critical, time sensitive business applications to the public cloud because guaranteeing network performance over the Internet is very difficult. By providing visibility : and performance control : over corporate Internet access links, Streamcore solutions ensure that the network does not negatively impact the performance of public cloud services.

The use of enterprise software-as-a-service : (SaaS) applications, such as Webex, GoToMeeting, Salesforce and Microsoft Online Services, is on the rise. According to a December, 2009 “Predicts 2010” research study by Gartner, 40 percent of enterprises will adopt a combination of cloud-based and premise-based approaches to meet their Unified Communications needs by 2012. These interactive SaaS applications and communications, which are accessed by employees through the corporate Internet access link, compete with bandwidth intensive traffic such as recreational Web surfing, emails and software updates.

Consequentially, network congestion can severely degrade the performance of SaaS traffic, hindering all the benefits of public cloud services.

Streamcore solutions eliminate network congestion on corporate Internet access links : by prioritizing cloud-based traffic. Streamcore dynamically applies appropriate prioritization based on each session’s behavior, even for encrypted HTTPS traffic, a feature that is unique to Streamcore. Streamcore solutions are particularly adept at protecting interactive application traffic such as Web-based SaaS applications and real-time traffic such as unified-communications : -as-a-service or audio/ video traffic : flows from Web conferencing services.

Unlike traditional application acceleration solutions that are not designed to optimize Internet corporate access links, Streamcore provides monitoring and traffic shaping with single-ended deployment, to manage any public cloud traffic regardless of the provider.

“Aside from security and regulatory compliance issues, maintaining acceptable service levels is the biggest concern that enterprises have when considering public cloud services for their employees,” said Frederic Hediard : , vice president of product management at Streamcore.

“Streamcore can reduce the risk of poor network performance for cloud-based services by providing the most advanced bandwidth management solution available on the market, complete with extended monitoring, troubleshooting and reporting.”

The adoption of cloud computing services results in the need for both controlled network performance and better WAN traffic visibility, two of Streamcore’s core competencies. In addition to granular bandwidth management, Streamcore provides visibility of traffic usage and performance, with application response measurements and quality indicators for VoIP and video communications. These measurements : help IT staffs to continually monitor traffic performance and to ensure that all applications and communications are performing at levels acceptable to end users.

About Streamcore

Streamcore is a global provider of visibility and dynamic performance control solutions to manage interactive applications and real-time communications (VoIP/video) delivery over the WAN. Streamcore products enable enterprises to benefit from all-in-one visibility – network, applications, VoIP, video -, real-time monitoring and advanced on-demand reporting from a single centralized management console. What makes Streamcore unique is that visibility and advanced performance control features are tied together, and can be enabled from data centers to ensure fast deployment and cost-efficiency. Moreover, Streamcore products multi-tenancy capabilities allow service providers to offer innovative value-added services. The company’s technology is field-proven with more than 300 global customers, including numerous service providers and Global 1000 enterprises. To learn more visit www.streamcore.com : .

StreamcoreMary Hecht-Kissell, +1 919-846-4949 mary.hecht-kissell@streamcore.com : mailto:mary.hecht-kissell@streamcore.com