ATLANTA – AutoTrader.com has selected F5 Networks, Inc.’s, WANJet for bandwidth expansion and to improve e-mail attachment download and application response times over the WAN (wide area network). F5 Networks is an application delivery networking company based in Seattle. WANJet is an appliance-based solution designed to accelerate file transfer, e-mail, client-server applications, and data replication, to deliver fast, predictable, LAN-like application performance for all users of the WAN.

Deploying F5’s WANJet has enabled AutoTrader.com to address application response time issues affecting employee productivity. For example, it would take up to a minute for remote site users to download e-mail attachments with the company’s previous solution. Additionally, the company needed to improve file-sharing performance and response times for internal employees accessing sales and CRM applications.

“WANJet is a comprehensive solution that meets all our requirements for handling e-mail attachments, HTTP applications and file sharing and has given us a 73 percent gain in bandwidth utilization,” said Eric Blue, network and security manager for AutoTrader.com. “Within a couple of days of deployment, access speed improved dramatically and there was a big change in user perception. Employees can now efficiently access and share the information they need to do their jobs.”

The AutoTrader.com WAN environment is a fully redundant network comprising seven regional offices connected to the headquarters in Atlanta, via dual-frame relay connections.