WAN Optimization as a Service

Nebrija University in Spain Picks WAN Optimization Solutions from Blue Coat Systems
Blue Coat Systems, a provider of Web Security and WAN optimization solution, Nebrija University in Spain will be using Blue Coat appliances to manage its gateway for Internet access and its Wide Area Network (WAN) connections between campuses. In a release, Daniel Magana Martinez, systems director at Nebrija University, said, "The University is focusing on long-distance education and applications which require great quality and careful bandwidth management to for us to effectively use the Web in our innovative offerings, such as the Virtual Campus and Web Conferences."

Riverbed Acquires Assets of WAN Optimization as a Service Company Expand Networks
Despite its attempts to pick up the pieces after falling into liquidation in the last quarter of 2011, WAN optimization as a service technology vendor Expand Networks has handed over intellectual property and other company assets to Riverbed Technology.

WAN Optimization as a Service Predictions for 2012: A 'Pressure Cooker'
Hey, we're not making any iron-clad promises here, but the graphic accompanying these predictions did, for what it's worth, include a crystal ball. Actually these predictions on "What 2012 Means for WAN Optimization" are made on better authority than Madame Sosostris' deck of Tarot cards. Shawn Cooney, co-founder of Certeon, foresees "a pressure cooker" for 2012, specifically "a mature WAN networking industry with billions of market cap tied up in it, battling it out over a well-known set of capabilities simmering in the pot."

WAN Optimization as a Service Solution Boosts Capacity, Connectivity for Food Supplier
In order to improve business operations and productivity while cutting down on costs, enterprises are increasingly installing WAN optimization as a service solutions. The Greenery Trading Company, a European market supplier of a full range of fresh fruit and vegetables, has adopted WAN optimization as a service solutions from Silver Peak Systems.

WAN Optimization as a Service Pioneer Expand Networks Comes off a Successful 2011
This year's developments in the WAN optimization as a service space showed no sign of stopping, as reflected by the stellar 2011 experienced by Expand Networks, a leading provider of "virtual proximity" solutions. Throughout the year, the company announced an array of product enhancements, hopped around to several major conferences, and partnered with a collection of leading companies in an effort to boost their connectivity and WAN optimization efficiency.

Measuring the Compound Effect in WAN Optimization as a Service Solutions
If you operate in this global economy, your business relies on the optimization of your network to ensure continuous operations. This is especially true when you're operating multiple locations supported by a wide area network (WAN). WAN optimization as a service solutions are readily available, but you have to understand how to measure the effectiveness of a particular solution before implementing it in your environment. The most common measurement metrics include the reduction in the data rate, which examines network data compression, and throughput that evaluates the rate of successive packet delivery.

Next-Gen WAN Optimization as a Service Critical to Big Data Deployments
Recent research conducted by IRG and commissioned by Infineta Systems, a provider of WAN optimization as a service systems for Big Traffic workflows, finds that WAN connectivity is a critical component of a distributed Big Data strategy and that breakthrough WAN optimization technologies are essential for the enterprise to fully harness the power and promise of Big Data.

WAN Optimization as a Service: Expand Networks' MACC Suite Meets Distributed Enterprise Challenges
Driven by a demand for increased efficiency amongst organizations with mobile workers, organizations across the globe are boosting their efforts to implement consolidation tactics using server-based computing, virtualization and VDI. Meanwhile, as the increasing distance between user and application, and wavering traffic flows heavily impact the manner in which WANs are used, these organizations are seeking out WAN optimization as a service techniques to enable accelerated delivery and guaranteed performance of business-critical applications and services.

The Five Key Ingredients to WAN Optimization as a Service
Industry observer Zeus Karravala recently noted that while reading a Network World article highlighting the improved performance of Cisco's latest WAAS appliances, he found the results "interesting," as they showed that Cisco "might finally be closing the gap between itself and Riverbed." Besides the interest of such a development itself, as Karravala noted, it "did get me thinking about the evolution of this industry and where future competitive lines will be drawn."

WAN Optimization as a Service Enables Healthcare Providers to Do Their Jobs Without Worry
Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems are becoming a way of life for many healthcare providers. As costs rise and the Federal government cuts funding, more of these providers are looking to new resources for improving patient care. Replacing their existing legacy system is one of them. But like any other system, EMR is only as reliable as the infrastructure that supports it. That's why it's smart to get a checkup and consider the potential in WAN optimization as a service.

WAN Optimization as a Service Expected to Grow
WAN optimization is a complicated topic when trying to decide between WAN optimization hardware and WAN optimization as a service. The move toward cloud computing would suggest the latter is the more trendy choice, but is it more beneficial? According to this Network World piece, trendy holds little weight in the decision where response time for applications and reduced WAN bandwidth need take priority. Providers today are offering WAN optimization as a service according to installed applications made by third parties at customer sites, managing them for performance. Others offer optimized networks for customer traffic that needs no devices at the customer sites.

Expand Networks Makes New Mobile Accelerator Suite Generally Available
In a move to extend the reach of its revolutionary WAN optimization as a service solution to both new and existing environments, Expand Networks has launched its all-new Mobile Accelerator Client Suite for general availability.