Cisco has announced that its new Cisco WAAS (Wide-Area Application Services) helps in reducing bandwidth requirements, data loss and the time for recovery and replication of data and for recovery. Also, it increases acceptable distance between data centers and aids regulatory compliance. The new version of this software optimizes data center replication capabilities for popular storage applications through a Replication Accelerator mode. The new technology will enable IT managers to overcome WAN bandwidth limitations when remotely replicating data over Internet Protocol (IP) networks between data centers.