WAN optimization technology gives IT organizations three important business benefits:
- Reduces infrastructure costs in branch offices by centralizing the server, backup, application, and storage in the data center
- Minimizes expenses or upgrades of WAN bandwidth
- Improves employee productivity and business agility by accelerating applications and improving data protection and compliance across the WAN
Deciding on the best solution for optimizing your WAN can be challenging because vendors use varying architectures and implementations. Cisco will help you make the best decisions about WAN optimization technology. Visit the site often to access new information and download valuable tools that can help your company lower costs and extend the benefits of a consolidated data center to the branch—without disrupting your network and security services.
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The Future of the Branch 
Executive Overview: The Future of the Branch featuring George Kurian, Vice President and General Manager, Application Delivery Business Unit, Cisco Systems
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Successful Application Delivery in the WAN
View a discussion with Dr. Jim Metzler, authority on network technology and its business applications.
Buying Tool: Keys for a Sound Investment in WAN Optimization 
Use this tool to help your company make the right decisions for WAN Optimization.
Protect Remote Office Data, Storage Magazine 2007
The Handbook of Application Delivery, by Jim Metzler
This is a comprehensive report that helps IT organizations minimize applications performance problems, and identify and quickly resolve them if they arise.
The Panalpina Group Case Study
Shipping Firm Centralizes IT with Data Center Network and WAN.
Case Study: Scotts Miracle-Gro
Scotts Miracle-Gro centralizes its branch office servers while speeding local operations by using the Cisco WAAS solution.
Case Study: The City of Ft. Wayne, Indiana
The City of Ft. Wayne accelerates its applications across a WAN to its police, fire, and parks departments.
Case Study: ADC
Learn how WAN optimization boosts ADC’s engineering productivity and operating profits.
White Paper: Understanding Network-Transparent Application Acceleration and WAN Optimization
This document explores the value of using network-integrated and network-transparent
applications acceleration, as well as WAN optimization, to provide infrastructure centralization and enhance the delivery of appropriate applications.
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Cisco Wide Area Application Services receives Silver Award from SearchNetworking.com. |
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Application Acceleration and WAN Optimization Fundamentals (Paperback) |
