Address the App Gap
Experts and customers share benefits from new application experience platforms.

Deliver an Optimal Application Experience
Deploy Applications Faster
Simplify and speed delivery of your applications with Cisco ISR-Application Experience (AX). (3:02 min)
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Read this short overview to find out how ISR-AX can help your enterprise. (PDF - 416 KB)
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Improve collaboration and control with application-centric networking. (PDF - 220 KB)
Read White PaperExtend the role of the router to an application delivery platform with Cisco Integrated Services Router with Application Experience (ISR-AX). This integrated solution is based on the Cisco ISR Generation 2 and includes Cisco Application Visibility and Control and Cisco Wide Area Application Services. ISR-AX provides application services that:
- Deliver business applications faster
- Reduce bandwidth costs and latency by more than 50 percent
- Simplify IT management
In addition, Cisco ISR-AX:
- Delivers exceptional user experiences by meeting application-specific requirements
- Helps securely connect users to applications deployed anywhere at scale
- Provides application-level visibility and control of all passing traffic without probes
- Validates application response time and network readiness
Cisco ISR-AX offers a powerful suite of application services at up to 30 percent lower cost than standalone WAN appliances. It also provides more capabilities, such as:
- Networkwide visibility to over 1000 applications
- Granular control on application prioritization and path control
- Enterprise-class optimization that increases application performance up to 70 percent
- Industry-leading security services including VPN and threat defense
With the option to add Cisco UCS E-Series products and Cisco Cloud Connectors, you can build a complete virtualized application platform in one router.
The ISR-AX is available on Cisco 3900, 2900, and 1900 Series Integrated Services Routers and includes:
- Cisco Application Visibility and Control (AVC), with NBAR2, QoS, and PfR
- WAN optimization - Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)
- Security, including firewall, IP Security (IPsec) and SSL VPN
- Cisco Services-Ready Engine (SRE) Modules or Max RAM (optional: UCS E-Series)
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