WAAS: WAN Optimisation
Wide Area Applications Services
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) can provide a minimum 50% bandwidth saving on a WAN link with typical user traffic. For certain protocols this can increase to 80% or even more. This translates into significant improvements in cost and performance.
WAAS allows you to:
- Deliver centralised applications with LAN-like speed to any employee regardless of location, while preserving end to end visibility and security;
- Consolidate costly branch office servers, storage and backup infrastructure into data centers, while optimising WAN bandwidth usage;
- Maximise regulatory compliance and data protection through consolidation of branch storage, as well as acceleration of branch backup applications.
WAAS resource area:
For additional information on WAAS a white paper and case study can be downloaded:
Is WAAS for you?
If you can answer yes to the questions below then WAAS could be for you:
- Do you have concerns about either the cost of WAN bandwidth or the performance of a consolidated infrastructure?
- Do you have at least two representative sites in the UK connected by a leased line?
- Do you have either significant LAN user traffic or significant DR traffic flowing over the leased line?
Free WAAS Proof of Concept
By running a before/after test on a representative live link, the CWL Proof of Concept can accurately estimate the gains you are likely to achieve in your own environment.
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