Better and Faster response times ... improve connectivity using WAN Optimization

For those of us seeking more reliable Internet access in the developing countries or operating in remote parts of the world ... have now at least one option.

Note that the first step is ... one has to have Internet access. Even though this access may not be as reliable as one would want, nor responsive enough, but we have some level of Internet access.

Second step ... if in need of improved response times, and ensuring that reliable connectivity ... i.e. if you need to improve application performance provided your issue is not server hardware but high packet drops and high latency then read on ...

One potential solution is ... WAN Optimization.

Product from the likes of Riverbed, Juniper, Blue Coat Systems, Expand Networks, CISCO, Packeteer ... to name a few offer a solution to this problem.

Let us call it an "appliance". This would be needed on both ends of the pipe. It does "network black magic" and ensure greater reliability, performance of data packets arriving from point A to point B.

How? ... Do not ask me but go and google "WAN optimization".

Trust me that this works.

I owe big thanks and gratitude to IBM staff for directing me towards this technology, specifically Keith Angell, Tung Ouyang, and Nathan DeWitt.