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Transparent Caching for University Campus Networks

University students are high-volume consumers of Internet bandwidth. Demand for viral videos, file sharing, software updates, gaming, Netflix and similar entertainment services all combine to put a constant strain on the network. Data from PeerApp customers suggests that streaming video alone consumes up to 70% of universities’ network bandwidth. Meanwhile, the student community expects high quality broadband service and the University’s data network is even touted as a selling point to prospective students, faculty and researchers. University IT professionals need strategies that help them cost-effectively cope with this constant traffic growth.

• Improved end-user quality, resulting in satisfied users and fewer help desk calls
• Operating expense savings through reduced need to expand IP transit links
• Capital expense savings through ability to defer investments in routing and switching capacity expansion
• Full transparency, resulting in preservation of application logic, ensured freshness of content, and strict adherence to content copyright laws
• Low total cost of ownership (TCO) through simple provisioning and automatic adaptation to changing traffic composition

The PeerApp Impact