Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) for desktops delivers powerful, centralized control over your Microsoft application portfolio. But it can also put a heavy performance burden on expensive WAN network links and slow response times for remote branch office users.

Blue Coat WAN Optimization solutions can help you get the most out of your App-V investment. Using Blue Coat ProxySG, you can accelerate and optimize the deployment of Microsoft App-V virtualized applications, reduce network costs and help remote users work more productively with better application performance. Blue Coat ProxySG enables you to:

• Improve Microsoft App-V performance by 80% or more.
• Reduce bandwidth utilization by 98% or more, depending on the application size and network speed.
• Use Blue Coat MACH5 for additional security while accelerating RTSP or HTTP via SSL to encrypt the communication between ProxySGs on the WAN.