Applying user-specific WAN controls

Network Optimization Alert NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile Applying user-specific WAN controls By Ann Bednarz Let's face it: There's a corporate hierarchy, and some end users are more important than others. That's why sometimes it's not enough to give priority to certain applications. IT departments need more granular ways to provide user-level performance guarantees. Read full story Ann Bednarz is an associate news editor at Network World responsible for editing daily news content. She previously covered enterprise applications, e-commerce and telework trends for Network World. E-mail Ann. MORE STORIES SPONSORED BY PACKET DESIGN Regaining MPLS VPN WAN Visibility with Route Analytics Organizations that have outsourced their WAN backbone to a MPLS VPN service lose their ability to independently manage their network since MPLS VPNs are an opaque routing "cloud" between all the VPN-connected sites. 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