WAN Acceleration: The 2 Prong Approach to WAN Optimization to Maximize WAN Bandwidth

If you want to gain the most WAN acceleration from your WAN bandwidth, it's important to develop a strategy that implements both WAN capabilities and Adaptive Private Networking (APN) so that you don't experience the typical lags associated with WAN optimization. By utilizing both, you get the best of both worlds- improved bandwidth and speed, but without the intermittent sluggishness typically associated with WAN bandwidth.

WAN optimization alone provides the average user with 2 to 4 times an increase in bandwidth. Pretty sweet, right? Well, if you implement APN with your WAN acceleration, you'll increase your WAN bandwidth by more than 30 to 100 times, in terms of dollar value, for all your applications. While WAN optimization overall increases bandwidth, there still are sluggish periods caught up in necessary latency functions. APN, however, fixes this by creating a more streamlined network, so you harness the maximum potential of your WAN acceleration.

Really, both WAN optimization and APN are necessary in order to harness the greatest bandwidth potential. WAN acceleration does 2 things best- disk-based compression and fixing the limitations CIFS protocol for file transfers, which APN does not directly address.

Yet APN allows businesses to build networks with far greater WAN bandwidth that's more reliable and at a lower monthly cost. APN provides application performance benefits far ahead of what WAN optimization offers, but it's still necessary to have WAN acceleration available for compression and protocol issues.

WAN optimization will reduce the time for a transfer the second and successive times a file is retrieved at minimal to no cost, which means your APN networks gain WAN bandwidth and all data transfers go through quickly and accurately. There's no sluggishness, occasional burps, or errors cause by data breakdown when you utilize both technologies.

When your network experiences a loss, APN provides backup to ensure a streamlined performance. APN hides these issues from contemporary WAN optimization devices, so you get the benefits of both solutions that lead to optimal WAN bandwidth. APN takes the sluggishness out of WAN acceleration so that you enjoy the full capabilities of both technologies.

Get the most out of your WAN acceleration by utilizing both APN and WAN optimization networks. You gain the greatest leverage of your bandwidth, as both end up supporting each other. Harnessing the benefits of both APN and WAN technologies, you access the full potential of your WAN bandwidth by as much as 200 times, yet spend less doing it. Technology helps you gain the greatest leverage through a combination approach.

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