Why Manage Network Traffic?

On many networks as little as 5% of the users use up to 80% of the bandwidth, often for non-business purposes.

Today's network traffic is growing exponentially, with new applications and protocols being deployed almost daily, and network infrastructure is struggling to keep pace with the transformation. All this means that enterprises and IP service providers need traffic management solutions that improve network performance, throttle non-business uses of the network and enable the deployment of critical, time-sensitive applications.

By limiting bandwidth abuse, you can delay upgrading your WAN connection until it is truly a business requirement.

Packeteer's Application Traffic Management System gives IT managers a powerful, flexible tool that monitors, controls, and accelerates WAN traffic based on business priorities.

Packeteer's four-in-one solution delivers business-critical application performance, reduces IT administrative costs and enhances the return on investment in vital business applications:

• VISIBILITY - Layer 7 Classification and Monitoring
• CONTROL - Bandwidth Management and QoS
• ACCELERATION - Compression and Protocol Acceleration
• MANAGEMENT - Centralized Reporting & Policy Admin

See:  Packeteer Data Sheet 

 Examples of Applications That Packeteer Classifies & Controls

Comparative review by IT Week focuses on how enterprises can use traffic management techniques to optimize WAN performance:

Packeteer® Named Editor's Choice In Head-to-head Review By Leading IT Publication  (April 2005 Press Release)