WAN Optimization
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Geo-replication, a tool for maximizing collaboration solutions for distributed teams
As teams become increasingly dispersed and mobile, you must ensure every team member can efficiently access up-to-date, centralized information and...
Akamai and Riverbed team to speed hybrid cloud performance
Riverbed and Akamai are teaming up to offer technology and services that promise to optimize WAN traffic more effectively when it travels between...
WAN optimization headed to the cloud
WAN optimization has grown from a way to squeeze more out of corporate bandwidth to an enabler of data-center consolidation and now is helping move...
How WAN optimization is saving lives
The International Justice Mission's payoff for using WAN optimization is measured not in dollars but human lives.
Google funds tools to expose government attempts to censor, shut down the Internet
In the wake of Internet blackouts in Egypt and Libya, Google has announced it is awarding at least $1 million to Georgia Tech researchers working on...
WAN performance in a cloud-based world?
We are in the process of discussing the issue of how does one optimize WAN performance in a cloud-based world in a Thought Leadership Discussion at...
Library system dumps MPLS with cheaper DSL, cable services
The Sno-Isle, Wash., public library system expects to save $400,000 this year by yanking its MPLS network and replacing it with multiple, less...
Gauging the volume
The hockey stick growth projections for data storage and network traffic don't look like they will level off anytime soon. So plan to stock up on...
How to reduce WAN costs
There are basically two ways to cut WAN costs: reduce the amount of bandwidth used or find somebody who sells cheaper bandwidth.
Silver Peak further reduces WAN traffic
Silver Peak's upgraded WAN optimization software includes a high-speed virtual appliance for data centers and enables a dramatic reduction in the...
The slowly evolving WAN
We use the phrase cloud networking to refer to the functionality that has to be in the network and in the management of the network in order to...
Ipanema attacks the North American WAN optimization market
Ipanema Technologies is 11 years old and mainly does business in Europe, but the French company is making a push into the United States hoping to...
F5 gear aims to make carrier networks more efficient
F5 is coming out with new hardware and software for service providers that will allow them to provide new revenue generating services and offer...
CEO Interview: Blue Coat Systems Mike Borman
In a candid discussion, brand-new CEO Mike Borman lays out his plans for WAN and network security vendor Blue Coat
How to improve WAN performance
The performance of applications across the WAN are beset by a range of problems – latency, congestion, chatty applications, contention with other...
Application delivery networking: What are the components?
As mentioned in the prior newsletter, this is the second of a three-part series in which our colleague Robin Layland is sharing insight from the just...
The new WAN architecture: a blueprint
If you're struggling to rearchitect your WAN to handle unprecedented growth, you're not alone. Enterprise organizations are gearing up for a...
Congress punts net neutrality back to FCC
Somewhat predictably, Congress has decided to not do anything about net neutrality.
Fiber-to-the-jungle
Arizona State University and the Smithsonian Institute are using a fiber-to-the-jungle connection to provide distance learning that could include...
Dish network for the enterprise
Despite the widespread availability of wired broadband, there are still scenarios where an enterprise might consider satellite connectivity. And that...
How to reduce WAN costs
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