Why CacheGuard?

At CacheGuard Technologies, we understand that SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) can’t afford to invest millions in network security and traffic optimization, but they still deserve to remain safe and need to offer high-quality network traffic to their collaborators and clients. That’s why we designed CacheGuard Gateway, an enterprise-grade, cost-effective solution specifically designed to address SME requirements.

Used Technologies by Large Businesses

Large businesses with significant IT budgets often choose to stack multiple appliances to meet their requirements. In this architecture, each need is addressed by a distinct appliance, and considerable efforts are made to ensure they work together. Below is an example of what a large business network infrastructure might look like:

A typical large business network infrastructure includes the following technologies: a QoS (Quality of Service) and WAN Optimization manager such as Riverbed® or Ipanema®, a firewall and VPN server such as Palo Alto® or Cisco ASA®, an ADC (Application Delivery Controller) such as F5 BIG-IP® or Cisco Secure ADC®, a web gateway such as McAfee Web Gateway® or Blue Coat Web Gateway®, and a WAF (Web Application Firewall) such as Fortinet FortiWeb® or F5 Advanced WAF®. We’ll let you guess the required budget to purchase and implement such solutions.

The real Cost of Network Appliances

Appliances designed for the large business market are unreasonably expensive because:

You pay for software, even though 99% of it is open source and free. Integrating open-source software shouldn’t be so expensive!
You pay for hardware made in China that costs ten times more than its real value!
You pay for ASIC developments, while the latest CPUs on the market would be more powerful at a lower cost.
You (indirectly) pay for the huge marketing investments made by companies.

CacheGuard Gateway makes the Difference

CacheGuard Gateway embeds a firewall, a web gateway, a VPN server, a web application load balancer, a network traffic optimizer, and a WAF (Web Application Firewall). The great thing is that CacheGuard Gateway is free for up to 10 users and offered at a fair price for more users. Below is an example of what a CacheGuard Gateway-based network infrastructure looks like:

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