Protecting data is your mantra. And if the plethora of information available from vendors is any indication, no one has the ultimate solution. Yet it's clear that optimization of data is linked to the security of that data. Riverbed has released a report that helps IT managers understand how to perform accelerated network-based backups using wide-area data services (WDS). Riverbed tech experts boast an acceleration rate of 5x and a bandwidth use reduction of 95 percent. Can you manage the same results?

Mind you, the report shows you how to manage the optimization using Riverbed's Steelhead appliances, but the information is useful in that the schematic helps organizations to see where the savings could be appropriated. Go to the Ziff Davis web site for the report.