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Application Delivery over the WAN: Acceleration Alone is not Enough

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Overview Looking to maximize IT performance by leveraging WAN optimization solutions across your entire organization? Today, the simple fact is that acceleration alone is not enough. In this report, Aberdeen Group report examines best practices for managing application performance over the wide area network. No matter where your company is at in the process, this report can help you achieve success in accelerating performance and cost savings.

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Publisher	Riverbed	File Format	PDF
Date Published	May 2009
Format	White Papers
Topics	LAN - WAN Standards, Wide Area Networks (WAN), Bandwidth Issues, Network Design, Network Administration

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