Report Date: December 2010 The wide-area network optimization controller market is maturing rapidly, but remains dynamic, with a high level of innovation from vendors. Organizations looking to acquire WOC capabilities should identify their specific needs and conduct real-life trials before committing to any purchase. The WOC market is maturing rapidly, but it is still dynamic with a high level of vendor innovation. This has led to different vendors offering different combinations of features. So, before choosing a vendor, ensure that you understand the applications and services running on your network and the protocols they use. Also, conduct a detailed analysis of your network traffic to identify specific problems (for example, excessive latency, bandwidth oversubscription or lack of prioritization for certain types of traffic). Finally, insist on a real-life trial before committing to any purchase. Performance measurement and service-level agreement (SLA) reporting are other features that are well-aligned to WOCs and that vendors can add to increase value. At present, WOC capabilities are largely delivered by dedicated equipment, usually purchased by the user organization. As the market develops, we expect to see increasing deployment of managed WAN optimization services, increasing "openness" of WOC platforms to third-party applications, and some integration of WOC features into other network equipment, such as routers. Software-only "virtual" WOC implementations are also emerging.
Mentions: Bell Canada, Blue Coat, BT, Cisco, Citrix, EMC, Exchange,
Exinda, F5, IBM, Ipanema Technologies, Juniper, Microsoft, NetQoS, NTT,
Orange, Packeteer, Riverbed, Swisscom, System, Tata, T-Systems, Verizon
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