Tech riderRev. 5 Oct 2026
WANrockIT
- 1Runs onself-hosted, Web
- 2Costsfree trial
- 3Deployment modelhybrid
- 4Data deduplicationNo
- 5Traffic compressionNo
- 6TCP optimizationYes
- 7Cloud workload supportYes
7 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: 4bridgeworks.com
Overview
WANrockIT is ranked #11 of 17 in WAN optimization software on Specifiction. It runs on Self-hosted, Web. A free trial is offered.
WANrockIT plans and pricing
All plansWANrockIT Not published Price available by contacting sales · appliance and virtual machine options 4bridgeworks.com · 5 Oct 2026
Compared on WAN optimization software
- Deployment model
- hybrid4bridgeworks.com
- Data deduplication
- No4bridgeworks.com
- Traffic compression
- No4bridgeworks.com
- TCP optimization
- Yes4bridgeworks.com
- Cloud workload support
- Yes4bridgeworks.com
Facts
- Purpose
- WANrockIT accelerates SAN data transfer across wide area networks using automated AI technology.4bridgeworks.com · 5 Oct 2026
- Acceleration
- Bridgeworks says WANrockIT can provide up to 200X data acceleration and use up to 98% of available bandwidth.4bridgeworks.com · 5 Oct 2026
- Latency
- The product is designed to mitigate latency regardless of distance or the size or type of data.4bridgeworks.com · 5 Oct 2026
- Data handling
- Bridgeworks says WANrockIT does not touch or manipulate data, allowing encrypted data and rich media formats to be accelerated.4bridgeworks.com · 5 Oct 2026
- Protocols
- WANrockIT Physical supports Fibre Channel, iSCSI, SCSI, and SAS.4bridgeworks.com · 5 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Bridgeworks directs customers to contact sales to purchase on-site WANrockIT nodes; its Cloud Service Provider Node has been retired from the cloud portfolio.support.4bridgeworks.com · 5 Oct 2026
- Cloud deployment
- Bridgeworks provides deployment guidance for WANrockIT nodes on AWS and in an ESX environment.support.4bridgeworks.com · 5 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- WANrockIT can use IPsec to protect traffic between nodes, and the support guide says IPsec is disabled by default.support.4bridgeworks.com · 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- Bridgeworks offers manuals, firmware updates, cloud platform support, and access to support engineers.support.4bridgeworks.com · 5 Oct 2026
- Sales model
- The product page offers a free one-to-one demonstration and invites organisations to submit an enquiry to get started.4bridgeworks.com · 5 Oct 2026
- Company history
- Bridgeworks says its data performance expertise spans over 40 years and that Digital Interfaces Limited later became Bridgeworks in 2002.4bridgeworks.com · 5 Oct 2026
- Latency and packet loss
- Its patented technology is designed to mitigate the effects of latency and packet loss.4bridgeworks.com · 5 Oct 2026
- AI operation
- AI engines continuously manage and configure the appliance to optimize data flow without administrator intervention.4bridgeworks.com · 5 Oct 2026
- Use cases
- The maker describes use for replication, backup, recovery and moving SAN data between data centres, remote locations and cloud environments.4bridgeworks.com · 5 Oct 2026
- AWS image limit
- The limited Cloud Service Provider Node included with an AWS Marketplace purchase can connect only to an instance running in AWS; a fully featured virtual machine image requires contacting sales.support.4bridgeworks.com · 5 Oct 2026
- Appliance range
- The physical appliance datasheet lists models 100, 200, 400 and 800, with WAN capacities from 1,000Mb/s to 40,000Mb/s.4bridgeworks.com · 5 Oct 2026
- Security
- The maker says WANrockIT does not touch the data, allowing existing security protocols to remain in place.4bridgeworks.com · 5 Oct 2026
- Trial and demo
- The maker offers a free trial and a free one-to-one demonstration, but does not state a trial duration on the opened pages.4bridgeworks.com · 5 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The maker says its appliances are intended for organizations from SMEs to large enterprises.4bridgeworks.com · 5 Oct 2026
Company
- Founded
- 19824bridgeworks.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- Lymington, Hampshire, England, UK4bridgeworks.com · 28 Sept 2026
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Sources
- 4bridgeworks.com/wanrockit/· checked 5 Oct 2026
- support.4bridgeworks.com/documents/aws-support/csp-download/· checked 5 Oct 2026
- support.4bridgeworks.com/documents/aws-support/csp-initial-setup· checked 5 Oct 2026
- support.4bridgeworks.com/documents/aws-support/enabling-ipsec-fo· checked 5 Oct 2026
- support.4bridgeworks.com· checked 5 Oct 2026
- 4bridgeworks.com/who-we-are/· checked 5 Oct 2026
- 4bridgeworks.com/Resources/WANrockIT-Physical.pdf· checked 5 Oct 2026
- support.4bridgeworks.com/documents/aws-support/amazon-web-servic· checked 5 Oct 2026
- 4bridgeworks.com/wan-data-acceleration/· checked 5 Oct 2026