The Hybrid WAN requires a new approach to network optimization

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	The Hybrid WAN requires a new approach to network optimization It’s been well documented that the current wide area network (WAN) and data center interconnect (DCI) architecture has been in place now for well over 20 years. That architecture – the legacy one we’ve all become familiar with – was designed for the days when no one expected much from the network. Slow, fast, whatever. It was the Internet and it was expected to be flaky. Not so anymore, though. We rely on the cloud and mobility to drive our lives. Businesses are network-centric, and that’s driving the evolution towards a new WAN model.Now that the WAN is finally evolving, I think it’s time to take a look at the infrastructure that’s used to optimize it. The majority of equipment used to optimize the WAN is designed to solve a specific problem on a private, controlled network. 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