The explosive use of peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing, personal networking sites like MySpace, and video-sharing sites like YouTube are all examples of the changes in how we communicate socially. The underlying problem is how drastically these recreational applications can drag down your network performance. Competition for bandwidth originates between recreational traffic and business applications. P2P file sharing, in particular, is aggressive and evasive, and social networking sites can generate viral traffic spikes. The result is unpredictable bandwidth availability and network instability that compromise application performance and threaten an organization's operating processes.

Read this white paper to learn how to control the infrastructure that supports your organization without completely blocking recreational applications that have become an essential part of daily interaction.