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Enhance service delivery model with WAN, application optimization
Editor's note
In today's enterprise, finding ways to improve application performance to enhance your service delivery model and associated network capabilities is a necessity. Combine this with the increased capabilities of mobile devices and tablets, and the demand for network application optimization is at an all-time high. In order for businesses to function efficiently, the WAN must be secure, reliable and accessible. This guide discusses some of the steps enterprises can take to boost application performance over the WAN today, and provides a glimpse into the innovations that will underpin WAN infrastructure tomorrow. Since all network configurations are unique, so are the techniques required to manage WAN optimization.
1Managing the WAN: New frontiers in service delivery models
Wide area network delivery becomes more complex with the introduction of the cloud, mobile device capabilities and the increase in security threats. Read about ways to keep mobile data from clogging up your network and why the mode of protocol spoofing is a benefit when optimizing WAN traffic. Learn why the data center can no longer be the gateway to the Internet.