Managed WAN optimization services, from such companies as AT&T, BT Global Services and Orange Business, provide an option for application performance improvements. A tech-support call starts it all.

And with traffic models changing from voice- to data-centric services, it is leading to considerable strains on networks and budgets. Over the past few years, network optimization has been ...

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