Citrix Branch Repeater, available as both a physical and a virtual appliance, is a branch optimization solution that provides a high-definition desktop and application experience to branch and mobile users while dramatically reducing bandwidth costs and simplifying branch infrastructure. Branch Repeater accelerates desktop and application delivery, decreases bandwidth consumption, and enables server consolidation.
Branch Repeater provides application acceleration to branch offices of all sizes, datacenters, and mobile workers. The AutoOptimizer engine, which serves as the cornerstone of the Branch Repeater architecture, offers flexible deployment options: the Repeater Plug-in for Citrix Receiver software accelerates application delivery to remote users in home offices and on the road, while users in larger branch offices are supported with Branch Repeater appliances.
Citrix offers a truly network-transparent WAN optimization solution that doesn’t rely on disruptive tunneling techniques. This means that your network monitoring tools, firewalls, and applications don’t need any reconfiguration or modification when Banch Repeater is deployed. It just works. Branch Repeater appliances are auto-discovered, auto-configured, and auto-tuned—all in a few minutes—without disturbing your current infrastructure. The AutoOptimizer engine automatically applies the right mix of WAN acceleration techniques based on network conditions, data flows and application mix—and dynamically tunes the system as these variables change, ensuring optimal WAN performance at all times.
