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WAN Optimization
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Exceptionally stable and reliable but costly
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    Overview

    With FatPipe WAN Optimization, you can measurably increase productivity levels as it reduces response time for interactive applications, helps speed-up large data transfers between your headquarters, branches and data storage and/or disaster recovery sites, thereby increasing speed of data transfer between sites.

    Steelhead is the leading network optimization and application performance solution chosen by over 30,000 organizations worldwide. The performance of networks and applications directly impacts business productivity. Riverbed draws from nearly two decades of experience in driving network and application performance over Wide Area Networks with its flagship offering, SteelHead. SteelHead delivers the underlying technology that helps enterprises of all sizes maximize the efficiency and performance of the networks and applications used to run modern business. 

    SteelHead is proven to dramatically speed up the performance of applications anywhere in the organization while delivering the best end-user experience even under sub optimal network conditions. Reduce bandwidth utilization by up to 95%, deferring costly network bandwidth upgrades. Increase performance by up to 100x for on-premises applications.

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    ElAraby, SFK Leblanc, Bobst Group, Northwest Pipe Company, Halkbank, Tradebridge, EFG Hermes
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    REVIEWERS
    Government25%
    Energy/Utilities Company19%
    Construction Company6%
    Media Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Government10%
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    REVIEWERS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise33%
    Large Enterprise52%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise65%
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    FatPipe WAN Optimization is ranked 10th in WAN Optimization while Steelhead is ranked 4th in WAN Optimization with 22 reviews. FatPipe WAN Optimization is rated 0.0, while Steelhead is rated 8.2. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Steelhead writes "Exceptionally stable and reliable but costly". FatPipe WAN Optimization is most compared with Citrix SD-WAN, whereas Steelhead is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform, WAAS, Citrix SD-WAN and Noction IRP.

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