By discovering redundant data segments and storing only a single instance of information, this technology dramatically reduces storage space and allows more data to be protected over time. But that is just the beginning. In recent years, data deduplication has also made its ways into the ranks of the networking community.

Data deduplication has become an important tool for optimizing application performance across the WAN. By eliminating the transfer of repetitive IP traffic, deduplication significantly improves WAN utilization and accelerates data transfers between geographically disperse locations. This saves bandwidth costs and helps to overcome many obstacles when communicating across a WAN.