Patent ID: 7719997

Claim:
A system for optimizing global data traffic in a network environment, the system comprising: a plurality of applications connected by a telecommunication network (WAN), wherein said applications residing at a plurality of environments and said WAN is managing one or more control groups; at least one edge processor coupled to an environment for conducting one or more functions to reduce load of the global data traffic to fulfill performance objectives of an application; at least one shaper coupled to the edge processor to prioritize the global data traffic at ingress points to the network to fulfill the performance objectives of the application; a network control coupled to the WAN to activate and direct the control groups of the WAN; a monitoring and management control module for receiving real time data from the edge processor, shaper and the WAN via the network control; said module determining actual performance of the application performance objectives; a policy engine coupled to the module for specifying the performance objectives of the applications; and a cost model coupled to the module and the policy engine for providing pricing information on at least one of the data traffic, the edge processor, the shaper, the WAN, and the costs of processing or transporting the data traffic for each said application.