The Paris-based developer calls the technology its Tele-Acceleration module, explaining that it speeds up the TCP protocol at the source without necessitating another device at the destination site.
Normal TCP acceleration seeks to overcome the protocol’s limitations in terms of the latency it introduces in opening and closing sessions, when multiple three-way handshakes are required. However, said Ipanema, none address the most common cause of low performance of TCP-based applications: TCP’s own calculation of the ‘optimal’ session throughput.
Its new module does this in such a way that it can compute the globally optimal bandwidth for each session and can deliver the optimization feature with both acceleration and performance guarantees.
Our new approach to TCP acceleration fits with our overall Cooperative Tele-Optimization strategy whereby distant sites can achieve maximum efficiency without installing extra hardware or software at every site, said Vargha Moayed, executive VP of Ipanema Technologies. This is particularly attractive to clients seeking to manage large networks in a cost effective manner.
