While the benefits of WAN optimization are well documented - better application performance, for example - the right gear can address unforeseen business goals as well.rnBlue Coat customer Michael Shisko, director of IT for Hitachi Consulting, says his company started looking for WAN optimization gear when it switched from an Internet VPN to a hub-and-spoke MPLS WAN service. Shisko says that while 60% to 70% of the company's VPN traffic was ineligible for optimization because it was to and from Web sites, 100% of the MPLS WAN traffic was eligible. The company tested WAN optimization devices from Silver Peak, Riverbed and Blue Coat.
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