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TechValidate Survey Reveals Customer Preference for WAN Optimization AppliancesJun 18, 2010 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- A survey by Silicon Valley research firm TechValidate has revealed a strong customer preference for software-based WAN optimization appliances with the associated CAPEX and OPEX savings. The survey, conducted by TechValidate for NetEx, a company involved in WAN optimization software, found 88 percent of users queried indicated a preference for software-only WAN optimizers with the distinct benefits they provide over proprietary hardware optimization solutions. The user research also revealed support for virtualization technology and its ability to move server images between virtual machines within a data center and over a WAN connection to remote offices for disaster recovery/business continuity sites. The TechValidate survey also found strong support for using software-only WAN optimizers in virtualized infrastructures, with 50 percent of the respondents citing virtual machine movement as the most important application to be optimized, according to officials. "Deploying WAN optimization as a software-based virtual appliance is a game changer for IT, creating new efficiencies with lower acquisition and operational costs and the flexibility to rapidly and easily add a WAN optimization VSA wherever and whenever needed," said Robert MacIntyre, NetEx Vice President of Business Development and Marketing. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) |