WAN Virtualization, is it time?

Increase application reliability and scale bandwidth while lowering networking costs

Unfortunately, IT staff face a dilemma when they try to improve the reliability and capacity of their WANs. Multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) is reliable and provides fairly consistent performance, but adding capacity can be expensive. Internet connections via broadband technologies such as cable and DSL are much less costly, but reliability and performance are inconsistent. WAN optimization products accelerate performance and effectively increase bandwidth, but they can’t overcome all of the issues when the underlying WAN is unreliable or unavailable.

Time to Virtualize your WAN

A new approach called “WAN virtualization” offers a solution to this dilemma. This technology logically binds multiple MPLS and broadband paths into a single logical path. With WAN virtualization, quality of service (QoS) rules, path selection and traffic shaping can be applied to ensure that high-priority applications always perform well. WAN virtualization can also ensure that all bandwidth on all paths is fully utilized. In addition, critical business processes can be protected against network outages. If even a single path remains, key applications can be switched over in milliseconds and continue uninterrupted operation with no discernible impact on end user productivity.

The Unique Power of WAN Virtualization Solutions is achieved by:

1. Measuring and monitoring network paths in both directions.

2. Assigning priorities to applications

3. Applying the knowledge gained from measuring and monitoring paths to optimizing the reliability and performance of network traf c for the top-priority applications

At LKMethod we can do just that, help you virtualize your WAN and optimize to increase your application reliability and scale bandwidth. To receive the white paper please contact us today.