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Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Software


WAN Optimization and Application Acceleration

Optimize Your WAN and Branch Offices

Optimize your WAN with Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Software, which you can deploy on appliances, on dedicated modules, and as virtual blades, For example, on Cisco Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 (ISR G2), the software can run on:

Easily Move to Cloud Computing Services

Cisco WAAS software is an industry-leading WAN optimization solution that delivers:


  • Comprehensive application optimization
  • Application-specific protocol acceleration
  • Bandwidth reduction
  • TCP flow optimization
  • Local hosting of branch-office IT services

This software also helps enable a smooth evolution to cloud computing-based services. Simple, scalable, and highly secure SSL optimization preserves trust models and enhances cloud-computing applications.

Benefit from Enhanced Features

Features new to Cisco WAAS software release 4.4 include:

  • Context-aware data redundancy elimination (DRE) to meet emerging video, application, and increasing bandwidth needs
  • Integrated application performance monitoring (APM) for enhanced visibility

To learn more, read the Cisco Wide Area Application Services Software Version 4.4 Technical Overview.

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