Thinking of making a change in order to squeeze more
performance out of your applications? MPLS may seem like an obvious
choice, but it has its drawbacks, especially if you have a global
network and network traffic must cross oceans. For one, it’s expensive.
Plus, its bandwidth isn’t overly impressive. Choosing an application
acceleration solution such as optimized WAN as a service over MPLS makes
sense for a number of reasons including, but not limited to, the
following:
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Better application performance – No doubt, MPLS is reliable and predictable within continents. However, it is less so when oceans must be crossed. Plus, MPLS struggles with delivering applications with CIFS performance and HTTP protocols. Using an application acceleration service routes your network traffic over an optimized WAN without the sluggishness of MPLS.
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Lower cost – Choosing optimized WAN as a service can lead to a dramatic improvement in application performance over MPLS and at a much lower cost. Why invest limited capital funds in MPLS when you can pay a small monthly fee for the service out of your operating expenses?
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Faster deployment – As you know, not only is implementing MPLS costly, it is also time-consuming. It could take several weeks, if not months, to implement MPLS. In contrast, you could sign up for an application performance accelerator service and be up and running within minutes (Source: Application Accelerator by Aryaka).
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Flexibility – Application acceleration as a service is like other “as a service” services in that you can easily add or reduce capacity. It scales with you. Some providers even add “burstability” to the equation. For example, Aryaka offers the option to burst bandwidth by up to two times the bandwidth you pay for
These are but a few compelling advantages that application
acceleration services have over MPLS. Better performance, lower costs,
faster deployments, and flexibility combine to make application
acceleration a high performance choice.


