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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Wednesday, 15 July 2009 | |
  
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According to F&S, "WAN optimisation solutions have rapidly moved from 'hype' to 'hero' in the past year as these tools have become the preferred choice for companies in optimising bandwidth utilisation to support their regional expansion needs. The explosion of corporate WANs (wide area networks) across Asia-Pacific, as the region continues to be the growth hub for many, has left corporations reeling from often inadequate and costly bandwidth, particularly in developing economies, while needing to ensure reliable IT connectivity." Large enterprises accounted for 61.6 percent ($US152m) of the revenues in 2008 - a majority of these investments being at data centres and branch offices, F&S says. However F&S analyst, Arun Chandrasekaran expects uptake among SMEs to rise as WAN optimisation solutions mature in scalability, functionality and affordability, especially if the drive towards integration with other security and networking solutions becomes a reality. "The idea of managed WAN optimisation services, which are said to be on the cards, will also drive SME adoption, as well as speed-up the use of the technology in the fast-growing and geographically dispersed Southeast Asian nations, India and China," he says. • Riverbed leads in WAN optimisation, says Gartner Riverbed emerged the clear leader in Gartner's just-released magic quadrant for the WAN optimisation market. In number two position was Blue Coat Systems, and just scraping into the leaders quadrant was Expand Networks.
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