Inquiry Spotlight: WAN Optimization, Q1 2009

January 29th, 2009

Chris Silva

With contributor:

Christian Kane

Summary

Companies today are pushing more and more traffic over their WANs from a number of different sources. Whether it be new content delivery networks, mission-critical network-dependent apps, or mobile user and branch office traffic, networks can quickly become overloaded, halting productivity. In an economic climate where boosting WAN capacity isn't feasible, WAN optimization is an increasingly attractive solution for enterprises searching to alleviate network stress and balance traffic. Forrester analysts have fielded more than 73 client inquiries on WAN optimization since October 2007, representing an ever-growing interest from our clients on the topic of WAN optimization. Forrester provides insight into the most commonly asked questions on the topic of WAN optimization.

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