Businesses in the hospitality industry must provide high-performance Internet for their facilities or face angry customers and loss of business. Property owners and managers must operate highly flexible networks that allow for them to easily add bandwidth as the need arises, mix and match various ISPs for reliability, prioritize critical Internet traffic for performance, and easily monitor and manage the overall network and traffic. They need to be able to allocate resources on a per-user basis and/or traffic type. They also need a robust network that seamlessly operates even if one of the WAN links goes down with minimal or no human intervention.

Many common Internet applications powered by private, public and hybrid clouds also benefit from high-performance Internet. Real-time applications such as video streaming, VoIP, video conferencing and UC (Unified Communications) platforms are nearly ubiquitous and are fundamental for business travelers. These services all significantly benefit from a network that can adapt dynamically to network problems instantly and shield network problems from the end-user applications.