BIG-IP^® Edge Gateway^™

Deliver fast and secure remote access

As an ever-increasing number of remote and mobile users access applications and download data, scaling to maintain high performance is a growing challenge for IT organizations. Traditional remote access services are limited in scalability and do not easily support data center consolidation and virtualization—all essential to maintaining quality of service and controlling costs.

BIG-IP Edge Gateway is an advanced remote access solution that drives identity into the network to provide context-aware, policy controlled, secure remote access to applications at LAN speed. This powerful solution integrates SSL VPN remote access security with application acceleration and optimization services at the edge of the network. You get remote access, access control, site-to-site security, and application acceleration all on one efficient, scalable, and cost-effective platform. 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. Caching, compression, and acceleration enable users to download documents at double the speed of traditional SSL VPN solutions. Additional acceleration and optimization can be applied globally to provide data downloads at LAN speeds.

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. Consolidating platforms and services helps you reduce CapEx and OpEx costs by up to 75 percent. With up to 8 Gbps of SSL VPN throughput, BIG-IP Edge Gateway provides tremendous scalability and unprecedented performance for remote and mobile users. One high-end device supports up to 40,000 concurrent users, offering dramatic cost savings over the multiple devices that would be required to meet this volume with a traditional SSL VPN solution.

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 includes a state-of-the-art, integrated client—standalone or web-delivered—that provides location awareness and zone determination to deliver a VPN solution unlike any other. The BIG-IP^® Edge Client^™ solution offers advanced roaming, domain detection, and automatic connection. Users on the move achieve seamless smart connection access when transitioning between locations, ensuring improved productivity in an always-on environment.

BIG-IP Edge Gateway is only available as a standalone appliance.