Blue Coat White Paper Sample

There is a new era of networked applications that yields heightened efficiency and productivity for enterprises, provided that the network is properly managed and optimized.

Numerous WAN optimization technologies are available to address some of the issues created by today's hyper-charged WANs. However, enterprises' attempts to adopt a holistic view that positions applications, IT resources and telecom services as interdependent components of the business process are often derailed by the lack of in-house personnel, skills, processes, management systems, and end-to-end network visibility.

The challenge of supporting today's mission-critical enterprise networks and providing reliable, rapid response times for network-centric business processes and applications on a 24 x 7 basis requires a comprehensive up-the-stack approach that managed service providers (MSPs) are well-positioned to offer.