Vendor Landscape: WAN Optimization

LAN-like performance on the WAN is now possible.

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Steelhead

WAAS/WAVE, vWAAS, WAAS

MACH5 and ProxySG

NX, VX, VRX

ip|engine, Mobile Agent

WXC Series Appliances

Repeater, Branch Repeater

What is a Value Score?

The Value Score indexes each vendor’s product offering and business strength relative to their price point. It does not indicate vendor ranking.

Vendors that score high offer more bang for the buck (e.g. features, usability, stability, etc.) than the average vendor, while the inverse is true for those that score lower.

Price-conscious enterprises may wish to give the Value Score more consideration than those who are more focused on specific vendor/product attributes.

Weight: You can adjust the weight to what is more important to you.

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When both vendor and product weightings are equal to exactly 100%, your custom shortlist will be generated.

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Vendor

Product

Viability

Vendor is profitable, knowledgeable, and will be around for the long-term.

Strategy

Vendor is committed to the space and has a future product and portfolio roadmap.

Reach

Vendor offers global coverage and is able to sell and provide post-sales support.

Channel

Vendor channel strategy is appropriate and the channels themselves are strong.

Total

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Features

The solution provides basic and advanced feature/functionality.

Usability

The solutions dashboard and reporting tool are intuitive and easy to use.

Affordability

The five year TCO of the solution is economical.

Architecture

The delivery method of the solution aligns with what is expected within the space.

Total

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What matters more, the vendor score or the product score? As you weigh the importance, we will generate the vendor shortlist to match your needs.

Weight

Riverbed

Steelhead
Vendor: Product:

Cisco

WAAS/WAVE, vWAAS, WAAS
Vendor: Product:

Blue Coat

MACH5 and ProxySG
Vendor: Product:

Silver Peak

NX, VX, VRX
Vendor: Product:

Ipanema

ip|engine, Mobile Agent
Vendor: Product:

Juniper

WXC Series Appliances
Vendor: Product:

Citrix

Repeater, Branch Repeater
Vendor: Product:

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What is a shortlist?
A shortlist is a personalized list of vendors based on the criteria above.

Your shortlist offers more information about vendor's strengths, weaknesses, price-points, etc, and ranks them according to your needs.

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Your Challenge

Increased data center and server consolidation has led to efficiency gains, but this trend has also stressed the WAN where applications are being delivered to branch offices.
Many Web-based applications are chatty, sending lots of small packets and causing congestion on the WAN. Traditional enterprise applications aren’t optimized for working over a WAN.
Implementing WAN optimization controllers allows traffic to be compressed and accelerated, minimizing bandwidth usage, providing end users a better experience, and possibly deferring bandwidth upgrades.

Our Advice

Critical Insight

WAN optimization controllers can greatly enhance the WAN by compressing traffic and deduplicating data.
Most vendors now offer virtual appliances, allowing for greater deployment flexibility in highly virtualized environments.
Several vendors have different visions for the future of WAN optimization, leading to some highly differentiating features to suit different needs.

Impact and Result

Maximize your WAN performance by deploying WAN optimization controllers to optimize traffic flows, reduce latency, and gain visibility into the WAN.
Gain insight into which vendor best aligns with your organization’s needs and the future of your WAN.

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Assess WAN optimization vendor feature sets and viability
Determine which vendors best suit your WAN optimization needs.
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Develop a custom shortlist based on the criteria most important to your organization.
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