Citrix Branch Repeater is a service-centric WAN optimization solution that accelerates, controls and optimizes all services—desktops, applications, multimedia and more—for branch and mobile users while dramatically reducing IT costs. Branch Repeater enables IT organizations to:

• Optimize existing capacity to serve up to four times more users
• Reduce bandwidth consumption per desktop by up to 90 percent
• Accelerate and optimize all services—desktops, applications, multimedia and more—to branch office and mobile users
• Simplify IT with integrated appliance options to reduce server footprint
• Enable IT agility with flexible deployment options

With Branch Repeater, branch-office users experience faster printing, file downloads, video streaming and application start-up times, allowing them to get more done in less time.

A simpler, smarter approach to WAN optimization

As a truly network-transparent WAN optimization solution, Branch Repeater doesn’t rely on disruptive tunneling techniques, simplifying deployment by eliminating the need to reconfigure or modify your network monitoring tools, firewalls and applications. Key technologies include:

• SmartAcceleration network administration tools for granular visibility and enhanced control of service traffic so you can deliver brilliant quality of experience (QoE)
• Citrix HDX WAN optimization featuring user-centric prioritization of Citrix XenDesktop to ensure reliable and superior performance
• AutoOptimizer engine that dynamically tunes the right mix of WAN acceleration techniques based on network conditions, data flows and application mix
• Auto-discovery and auto-configuration of appliances so that you can be up and running within minutes of installation without disturbing your current infrastructure

Flexible Deployment Options

Available as a physical or virtual appliance in a range of editions, Branch Repeater addresses an array of enterprise application acceleration needs.

• Branch Repeater – Deployed in branch offices to accelerate and optimize WAN traffic
• Branch Repeater with Windows Server – Deployed in branch offices to provide a complete branch-in-a-box by natively integrating branch acceleration and optimization with essential Windows services and management
• Citrix Repeater appliance – Deployed in the datacenter to accelerate and optimize traffic to multiple branch offices and remote and mobile users, as well as between datacenters to speed data replication and enable disaster recovery
• Citrix Repeater for NetScaler SDX – A high-performance, datacenter-class device designed for large-scale VDI and acceleration implementations involving thousands of users
• Branch Repeater VPX – Deployed in branch offices and datacenters to accelerate and optimize application delivery to the branch
• Repeater Plug-in for Citrix Receiver – Deployed on individual desktops and laptops to accelerate service delivery to remote and mobile users