Nemertes Issue Paper

Overview: New applications and an evolving organizational environment drive bandwidth growth and a need for predictable, stable, real-time performance. Voice Over IP (VoIP), voice and video conferencing, and collaboration tools are sweeping through organizations, while Software as a Service (SaaS) is shifting the place where optimization (and security) must happen. Desktop virtualization adds “desktop-like” to “LAN-like” as a user-performance expectation. As a result, network traffic must be conditioned to the new applications and controlled according to organizational policies and priorities. As IT shifts to charging business lines back for bandwidth, it will need the visibility and control to meet user expectations and business line SLAs. Now is the time for IT to re-evaluate its WAN optimization requirements and plans.

Author(s): John Burke, Principal Research Analyst, Nemertes Research

Keywords: WAN optimization compression acceleration traffic shaping bandwidth VOIP videoconference collaboration SaaS desktop virtualization

Vendors mentioned: None

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