As much benefit as cloud computing can provide to the WAN, there must be WAN governance to ensure performance can meet expectations.

When the company moves to cloud computing, the WAN actually becomes the backplane of virtual, cloud-based data centers. WAN optimization governance helps to ensure these centers operate as necessary to deliver the desired experience.

WAN optimization governance helps to monitor the more complex environment of the Internet and MPLS jointly delivering applications to users. An efficient business relies on performance and reliability, demanding that the WAN optimization is a crucial business resource that requires full attention from IT managers.

Overall, WAN Governance is a method of IT management developed by Ipanema (News - Alert) Technologies to ensure the enterprise can rightly manage their WANs as a “cloud-ready network”. It also ensures that WAN is understood and its usage is understood. The performance of the WAN must be controlled, optimized and continually aligned with business goals.

Cloud-ready networks that are able to understand, control and optimize traffic between branch offices and public and private data centers with the ability to automatically adapt to new traffic patterns adhere to WAN optimization governance. Ipanema offers an all-in-one solution that can control global networks and deliver WAN optimization governance.

Ipenema’s WAN optimization governance enables any large organization to gain full control and optimization of all applications over its global network, which includes evolutions to private and public cloud computing. With WAN Governance in place, applications delivery and performance adapt to ongoing infrastructure transformations, allowing the enterprise to take control of tomorrow.

WAN optimization governance also requires central control and Ipenema’s solution uses physical devices at only a few strategic sites, including data centers and network locations with host servers, to achieve global enforcement. Complete control is delivered through mobile agents, virtual alliances and tele-appliances.

To achieve complete WAN optimization, it is important that the applications put in place adhere to performance objectives that define the business priorities and the level of experience that should be guaranteed to users. This level of performance should be delivered wherever and whenever it is needed to ensure optimal use.

WAN optimization is the ideal approach for those who want to protect their information across any platform. When cloud computing is in the mix, WAN optimization takes on a whole new level of importance.