Why The Time Is Right For WAN Optimization Managed Services

Air Date: Friday, March 20, 2009

Cost: $250

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Who should attend: Vendor Strategy professionals

Description:

In the current economic climate WAN optimization is a must, and many firms are looking to WAN optimization managed service to improve application performance and to minimize WAN bandwidth costs without involving either capital expenditure or the need to deploy new skilled resources.

All the major telcos and systems integrators are now offering wide area network (WAN) optimization managed services, but the approach they take varies widely — some offer only one vendor's WAN optimization solution and tie the offer to their managed WAN service, while others offer a network-independent service and a wide choice of vendors. In this teleconference Phil reviews the products and strategies of the major telocs and recommends what enterprises should look for in a provider.

Agenda:

• Impact of the recession on network budgets and priorities
• Why WAN optimization managed services?
• Vendors' offers compared
• What to look for when choosing a vendor

Vendors mentioned: Blue Coat, BT Global Services, Cisco, IBM, Ipanema, Juniper, Orange Business Services, Riverbed, and Verizon Business

Related Research:

The Time Is Right For WAN Optimization Managed Services

by Phil Sayer, January 15, 2009

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