All-in-One Guides:WAN Acceleration and Optimization FAQ
Frequently asked questions
WAN Acceleration and Optimization Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Check out Jeff's answers to these WAN acceleration/optimizaton questions or download them as an MP3 file.
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What is wide area network (WAN) optimization and how is it accomplished?
FAQ - In the Taneja Group, we consider the area of WAN optimization as just one technology within a larger umbrella of services, which we call wide area data services. Within wide area data services there are actually several technologies.
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What are the benefits of wide area network (WAN) acceleration/optimization?
FAQ - The list gets pretty long, because there are obviously numerous benefits to be had if you can reduce traffic you're transmitting to remote locations. On one hand, it allows you to consolidate resources in one central data center or in larger data centers...
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Are there any best practices for cutting the bandwidth costs of a wide area network (WAN)?
FAQ - WAN, wide area file services (WAFS) and application optimization can all play a significant role in reducing your WAN bandwidth and utilization. They can reduce your latency, increase your performance and give you a ton of benefits in your WAN...
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As organizations centralize their systems, what can you do to increase the performance of a wide are
FAQ - Since all of the vendors in this space, including Riverbed Technology Inc., F5 Networks Inc., Blue Coat Systems Inc., Packeteer, Cisco Systems Inc., among others, have hundreds -- if not thousands -- of customers each, many companies have found that they...
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Are single-vendor, integrated solutions that provide security and site-to-site and site-to-user func
FAQ - Sure, I think you see solutions like this from Riverbed Technology Inc., as well as other vendors today. The question is really about security and site-to-site and site-to-user functionality. These solutions are all highly secure today and have excellent...