Express DS 4100 doubles the effective bandwidth and secures data for back-up, replication, and cloud services.
By Meaghan Ziemba, Associate Editor PD&D
In today’s marketing economy there is an ongoing growth of data that customers need to transfer and store quickly and securely. At the same time, customers must stay within IT budgets. Hifn, a company dedicated to securing and optimizing information, introduces an advanced Network Interface Card (NIC), the Express DS 4100.
According to Hifn, the DS 4100 provides bandwidth optimization and security while decreasing latency for in-transit data across local and wide area networks. It compresses information onto an in-line GigE PCIe card, eliminating the cost, complexity and integration delays of adding external devices.
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In today’s industries, there are three main market trends for storing and transferring data:
- Ethernet connectivity in storage is fast growing among IP SAN and NAS markets, where data converges into unified storage.
- Backup/Disaster Recovery requires WAN bandwidth for backup to be stored in a centralized location, which can be insufficient and expensive. Nonetheless, backups are done in the clear over shared networks, creating security issues.
- A growing acceptance of Cloud Services can be accessed over the Internet via user-friendly interfaces. These services can get pricy and they are not the most secure of options.
Hifn reports that the DS 4100 addresses all three trends by encrypting data while compressing it, reducing the traffic needed to traverse WAN by approximately 50 percent and securing the data from external threats.
“The DS 4100 enables IT managers to send twice the amount of data across the LAN or WAN without adding extra appliances or paying for more bandwidth,” says Mike Goldgof, vice president of marketing at Hifn.
“For companies that need more network capacity, the DS 4100 provides a new cost-effective way to double the throughput while also seamlessly adding security for compliance and piece of mind.”