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- A branch office box (BOB) is a server appliance that has been optimized to provide distributed support for simple utility functions that are required locally but are difficult to provide over a WAN. When WAN connections are unreliable, a BOB may be used as part of a local business continuation solution. When WAN connections are reliable, a BOB may not be a cost-effective alternative to using protocol wrapping solutions (like MPLS) to address WAN latency. BOBs are usually optimized for the type of protocol traffic a business uses in most communication with a central office or data center. BOBs also are optimized for the type of persistent service that may be needed locally in the event of a WAN disruption.

BOB deployment is an alternative to providing complex server support locally for necessary utility applications like:

email
printing
file serving and caching
DNS
DHCP
HTML
XML
HTTPS
encryption and decryption

CONTRIBUTORS:	Diane Wresinski
LAST UPDATED:	08 Jun 2006

Read more about branch office box:

-	SearchNetworking features an excelllent article describing an "all-in-one" BOB.
-	Tacit Networks features this eSeminar on BOBs.
-	Networkworld discusses BOBs under an alternative name, "branch-in-a-box."

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