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October 4, 2006 The Evolving Branch Office: Intelligently Reducing Your Network Infrastructure Footprint by Robert Whiteley, Stephanie Balaouras with Simon Yates, Christine E. Atwood	Average: 7  (1 rating)

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Executive Summary

Enterprises are facing a dilemma: How can they increase services like storage, security, communications, and application services that are available in branch offices while trying to consolidate infrastructure and decrease costs? To date, most firms have deployed numerous point products to solve these woes tactically. But recent technology advancements will streamline infrastructure requirements by consolidating numerous functions — like routing, wireless connectivity, security, application acceleration, IP telephony, IP address management, and remote monitoring — into fewer appliances. So can firms deploy a "branch-office-in-a-box"? No. But depending on the branch profile, firms can intelligently collapse similar services — like security with routing and communications, as well as storage with application acceleration — to reduce the management burden and still offer full-service sites.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Increasingly Distributed Enterprises Necessitate Solving Branch Office Woes
• Firms Should Look To Consolidate Branch Equipment . . .
• . . . But Realistically We Don't See An All-In-One Branch Solution
• Not All Branches Are Created Equal: Identifying Three Branch Profiles

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Before You Consolidate, Build A Baseline To Assess Your Branch Environment
• Steps To Take If You Don't Want To Change Your Network Infrastructure
• Related Research Documents

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