Optimizing the Virtual Enterprise: See, Control, and Optimize the WAN for a Real-Time, Distributed Enterprise

New applications and an evolving organizational environment drive bandwidth growth and a need for predictable, stable real-time performance. Voice over IP (VoIP), audio 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. IT will need greater visibility and control than it typically now has to meet user expectations and business line SLAs. Now is the time for IT to re-evaluate its optimization needs and plans.