Branch Office solutions are Enterprise Data Management (EDM) solutions with a single vantagepoint. Whereas Green Solutions emphasize the reduction of burdening the environment, consumption of valuable natural resources and advocates sustainable computing environments, Branch Office Solutions focus on consolidation in order to improve manageability, security, efficiency and compliance, as do most EDM solutions, but it is of special concern to larger organizations with multiple smaller (home) offices. Recently technologies have emerged like Wide Area File Systems (WAFS), WAN vaulting and Data caching, etc. that help address issues typical for these situations.