Research and Markets: Introducing A Handbook For Successful WAN Optimization Initiatives

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c19265) has announced the addition of Remote Office WAN Optimization Trends Volume 2: Strategies & Best Practices to their offering.

Dublin (PRWEB) June 17, 2005 -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c19265) has announced the addition of Remote Office WAN Optimization Trends Volume 2: Strategies & Best Practices to their offering.

This new report is a handbook for successful WAN optimization initiatives. It leads you through each of the steps required to successfully design and implement an optimized WAN architecture capable of delivering what we call "Headquarters-Quality" services to users in remote offices.

WAN optimization is a process, not a technology or a product. This seminar will help you develop a strategy for making that process manageable and effective as new applications and performance demands emerge. Our approach is vendor-neutral and technology-neutral to ensure that you arrive at the best solutions, not necessarily the ones that are the most hyped.

The report includes:

• A four-step process for effectively optimizing and managing WAN performance

• The key factors that determine the effectiveness of WAN optimization initiatives

• The unintended consequences of using some WAN optimization techniques

Key questions are answered such as-Why successful WAN optimization initiatives will require multi-technology strategies that include:

Traffic monitoring & analysis

QoS/bandwidth management

Compression

Caching

Protocol optimization

The best (and worst) practices for implementing WAN optimization

Why latency and bandwidth are very different problems requiring different solutions

The key vendors and how their remote office WAN strategies differ

How to avoid "apples-and-oranges" comparisons between products

An understanding of key compatibility and interoperability issues

How to minimize ongoing administrative costs

Why the "best" solutions may be tactical rather than strategic

Why more bandwidth may not solve many performance problems

How each solution fits into current network infrastructures

Key Vendors Analyzed:

Actona (now Cisco)

Allot Communications

Brix Networks

Cemaphore Systems

Centrisoft

Cisco Systems

Converged Access (formerly Sitara)

DiskSites

Expand Networks

NetQoS

Netex

Orbital Networks

Packeteer

Peribit

Riverbed

Stratacache

SwanLabs

Tacit Networks

Visual Networks

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c19265

Laura Wood

Senior Manager

Research and Markets

press@researchandmarkets.com

Fax: +353 1 4100 980

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