Deliver fast and secure remote access to any device
As the mobile workforce grows, users require access to corporate resources from different types of networks and an increasing variety of devices. Ensuring secure and fast application performance for remote users is a key challenge.
BIG-IP Edge Gateway is an accelerated remote access solution that brings togetherSSL VPN, security, application acceleration, and availability services. With industry-leading security and acceleration, BIG-IP Edge Gateway can help you deliver peak performance levels to users accessing applications located anywhere, regardless of the user's location or device.
Always connected user experience
Many access clients interrupt worker productivity by requiring constant reconnection as users move locations or restart applications. BIG-IP Edge Gateway works with an optional client, BIG-IP Edge Client, to offer advanced roaming, domain detection, and automatic connection. Users on the move achieve seamless access and continued productivity when transitioning between locations and networks.
Superior endpoint security
An optional endpoint security service validates devices with policy to protect your organization from virus or malware infections, accidental data loss, and rogue device access.
Accelerated application performance
With asymmetric and symmetric acceleration, remote users can access applications up to 10x faster than without acceleration. You can apply intelligent caching and adaptive compression, hardware acceleration of DTLS, and more to further improve data downloads and achieve LAN speeds. BIG-IP Edge Gateway also supports acceleration over an IPsec site-to-site tunnel, giving you the flexibility to replicate data between data centers over the Internet instead of the expensive WAN.
Superior scalability and reduced costs
By unifying access and acceleration services on a single, optimized device, BIG-IP Edge Gateway simplifies and centralizes management tasks to help you reduce CapEx and OpEx costs by up to 75 percent. BIG-IP Edge Gateway provides up to 8 Gbps of SSL VPN throughput, 600 logins per second, and 60,000 concurrent users, so you can scale cost effectively as your mobile workforce grows.
Secure Smartphone Access
By installing a client on smartphone devices, the BIG-IP Edge Gateway is able to deliver policy based VPN access to corporate resources from known, authorised devices that meet the security policies of the organisation. Furthermore, the ability to act as a ActiveSync proxy adds defence in depth and protects the Microsoft Exchange environment from external threats
BIG-IP Edge Gateway combines the capabilities of BIG-IP Access Policy Manager, BIG-IP WebAccelerator, and BIG-IP WAN Optimization Manager. It is only available as a standalone appliance.
