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Ask Yourself

Can Packeteer Help You Operate a Faster, Safer, More Valuable WAN? Ask yourself some or all of these questions. Hint: A "yes" answer to any question means you should immediately call or email VistaOne to start a dialogue.

Questions about Applications
Would you like to know exactly which applications travel your network over WAN or Internet links?

Do you have particular applications that are critical to the business, and do they share the WAN with less critical traffic?

Do you have particular applications that monopolize network resources and undermine the performance of other applications?

Are you planning to deploy:

  • Voice-over-IP? or Video?
  • Web-based applications?
  • ERP applications such as SAP or Oracle?
  • Citrix-based applications?
  • Communication and collaboration applications such MS Exchange or Lotus Notes?
  • Host-based applications via TN3270 or TN5250?
  • Do users complain about critical applications being too slow?


Questions Concerning IT Infrastructure
Are you considering upgrading your WAN bandwidth? Would you like to see if you can avoid an upgrade? Or, would you like to make sure your increased capacity goes to the applications that you want?

Would you like to have your IT investments align more closely with business needs and priorities?

Would like to know how deploying a new application will affect the network (ahead of time)?

Do you lack quantifiable data to justify spending money to address end-user complaints?


Questions Related to Technologies
Are you thinking about MPLS?

Do employees depend on VPN for productivity during remote access?

Do you juggle multiple VLANs with a single WAN or Internet link?

Are you considering compression technologies?


Questions about Security
Are worms, viruses, and other security issues disrupting your business or application performance?


Questions for those in Education
Are your teachers, librarians, and staff complaining about poor performance of administrative, academic, or database applications?

Are classes being disrupted by instant messaging?

Is one school in the district hogging capacity?

Do peer-to-peer applications impact your network performance?

Do some dormitory students or some dormitories get an unfair share of bandwidth?

Questions for those in Healthcare
Does your network support the transfer of large image files such as MRIs and CT scans?

Do the emergency staff and mobile physicians receive prompt performance for their truly critical applications?

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