[THIN] WAN bandwidth management/performance

We are setting up 2 branch offices with about 50 users each to access our
central office/server farm via Citrix. We are delivering full desktop
sessions (including printing and surfing) to those offices and we're
evaluating products to manage our WAN bandwidth/performance. Currently we're
looking at products from Packeteer and Expand Networks but wanted to bounce
it off the list to see what others are using for this as this will be
critical to ensuring that our users are getting the performance they're
expecting. I see that some of the big Citrix consulting firms are
recommending Packeteer but from what I've looked at it seems like the
equipment from Expand might be a better option? 

 

Our goal is to have as little equipment as possible at the branch office.
Ideally all we'd like at each site would be the router, bandwidth management
device, firewall, switch and then thin clients/dumbed down desktops.  

 

Any advice would be much appreciated. 

 

Thanks,

 

Chris Grecsek

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