Exinda

About Exinda

Exinda, established in 2002 by Con Nikolouzakis, Chris Siakos, and Anthony Bodin in Melbourne, Australia, specializes in network management and optimization solutions. The company's technology originated from research conducted at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. A significant milestone in its history was the acquisition by GFI Software in May 2017, a move intended to bolster GFI's portfolio of products for the small and medium-sized business (SMB) market.

Exinda operates in the network orchestration and WAN optimization market, serving IT teams in over 4,000 business and educational organizations across more than 80 countries. The business model is centered on selling both physical and virtual network appliances that provide comprehensive visibility and control over network traffic. These solutions are distributed through a global network of commercial value-added resellers (VARs). Clients range from small offices to large data centers, including enterprises, educational institutions, and service providers.

The core of Exinda's offering is the Exinda Network Orchestrator. This product integrates several functionalities into a single suite, including interactive analytics, a recommendation engine, traffic shaping, and WAN optimization. Its key features allow network administrators to monitor network activity by user, application, and device, and to diagnose issues at the application layer (Layer 7). The system can identify unsanctioned applications, such as peer-to-peer traffic, and prioritize business-critical applications like Office 365 and Skype for Business to ensure their reliable performance. The solution comes in various hardware appliance models to cater to different network sizes and throughput requirements, from small branches to data centers handling up to 10 Gbps, as well as virtual appliance options for deployment in virtualized environments.