On the value of WAN Optimization and loyal animals:

Eric Siegel recently wrote about heroism, cost cutting and WAN optimization in his Burton Group blog (April 26, 2009.)  Read it here.

He starts out with a look at cats guarding the foxhole, which is a clever twist on foxes guarding the hen house, and presumably comes full circle with poultry guarding the cat house.  Oh my, this has gone terribly wrong somehow.  Let’s leave my quagmire of twisted logic and mixed metaphors aside and instead check out Eric's main point….

 

Namely, WAN optimization can indeed provide massive savings in network bandwidth costs AND provide amazing application acceleration.  Any Riverbed customer knows this is true, but anyone else looking for a quick insider tip the “Do More with Less” Derby would be well advised to give it a try.

 

I look forward to Eric’s other posts and more hefty analysis.  It’s great to see the industry’s sharpest thinkers catching on to the best kept secret for improving IT infrastructure performance.  At very least it’s far more productive than discussing cats, foxes, chickens, and swine flu….