Chapter 20. Cisco WAAS and Application Acceleration

This chapter covers the following exam topics:

Benefits of the Cisco WAAS Solution

Cisco WAAS Features

WAN Optimization Using WAAS

Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) is a solution that provides Wide-Area Network (WAN) traffic optimization and application acceleration. Cisco WAAS includes software and hardware components. These components are integrated together in a comprehensive solution to overcome the most common challenges in transporting data over a wide-area network. As a result, end users in a remote branch experience a LAN-like response for the applications and services hosted in a centralized data center.

This chapter gives you an overview of the challenges associated with ...

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