Web and Application Acceleration
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Catching up on WAN optimization news - Network World
05/03/07
In a market as dynamic as network optimization, it can be hard to stay on top of all the news. Here’s a quick glimpse at recent events helping shape the ...
Akamai accelerates Web apps - Network World
05/02/07
Want to speed up the performance of your enterprise applications? Akamai has made several enhancements including faster performance and more detailed reporting to ...
The three components of application delivery according to Cisco - Network World
04/26/07
This is the second in a series of newsletters summarizing the two seminars that Network World recently produced, and Jim moderated, on the topic of ...
Special Focus: Net managers grapple with appliance overload - Network World
04/26/07
As appliances proliferate across data centers and branch offices, network managers are questioning whether the benefits of these specialized devices outweigh the management burden they create.
Server load balancing: A practical guide - Network World
04/24/07
A practical guide to server load balancing by a Network World reader. Details server load balancing technologies and applications for systems managers.
Hosted application providers eye acceleration options - Network World
04/24/07
The allure of flexible usage policies, less intense deployments and predictable costs is driving scores of enterprises to consider applications ...
How does your company handle recreational use of Internet resources? - Network World
04/24/07
Last week, Network World produced seminars entitled “Network & Application Acceleration: Shifting to a Higher Gear” in San Diego and ...
Wrestling with management challenges - Network World
04/12/07
I read an interesting article last week written by a Network World reader who raised the issue of who in an IT organization should take responsibility for ...
The client frontier - Network World
04/10/07
The next frontier for many WAN optimization players is the endpoint device, and this week Blue Coat Systems is making good on its promise to deliver application ...
Riverbed's hot, but options abound - Network World
03/05/07
WAN acceleration vendor Riverbed is on a tear. It just released glowing financials for 2006 (the year it went public), said it will soon offer a half million more shares of stock, and today unveiled Version 4.0 of RiOS, the operating system that ...
Fit for big and small pipes - Network World
02/20/07
Like a commercial airplane that leaves a terminal with only a small portion of its seats occupied, an underutilized WAN link makes budget-watchers cringe.
The telework effect - Network World
02/15/07
Growing numbers of employees are becoming teleworkers, at least part time. Just in the last two years the number of Americans whose employer allows them to work ...
Akamai buyout takes out a challenger - Network World
02/13/07
Many vendors take a hardware-driven approach to application acceleration. Two players that tackle the problem a different way, via managed services, have ...
What to look for in Web-optimization appliances - Network World
02/13/07
Network architects are spinning new patterns in data centers to support remote users. Increasingly, WAN connections provide the structure to ...
Silicon building blocks - Network World
02/08/07
One good way to get a hint of what appliance makers have in store for tomorrow’s IT buyers is to find out what semiconductor companies are doing on the silicon ...
Akamai to acquire Netli for about $170 million - Network World
02/05/07
Web content delivery company Akamai Technologies has signed an agreement to acquire Netli, which provides services to help accelerate content and services online, the companies announced Monday.
Get to the root of application performance issues - Network World
02/01/07
There are a wide range of tools available for boosting application performance over the WAN, but it’s not easy to figure out which ones are ...
New year, a new author - Network World
01/30/07
Four seconds. Not 45 or 60 seconds. Just four.
Tolly Group puts Ipanema to the test - Network World
01/09/07
As the new year kicks off, start-ups in the application acceleration market are already doing their best to get ahead. The market is poised for growth ...
Standards and WAN optimization - Network World
12/21/06
The application acceleration and WAN optimization markets in 2006 exploded, and now as we move into the new year there is much speculation as to what is to ...
Avocent taps Blue Coat Systems for acceleration, security - Network World
12/19/06
KVM switch and network infrastructure management firm Avocent recently signed on with Blue Coat Systems to make working among the company's more ...
Gartner addresses pressing acceleration, optimization questions Part 2 - Network World
12/14/06
Last time, I shared with readers some thoughts from Gartner analysts on integrating acceleration technologies into network gear. This ...
Microsoft expands benefits for security partners - Network World
12/14/06
Companies that advise customers to purchase Microsoft's new and expanded line of Forefront security software will have extra financial incentives from the vendor through an expansion to the company's security partner program.
Gartner addresses pressing acceleration, optimization questions, Part 1 - Network World
12/12/06
As a reporter, a primary part of my job is to ask questions. Luckily there are several industry organizations, enterprise network ...
Acceleration, security as a service - Network World
12/07/06
The slew of news around acceleration, security and optimization technologies in 2006 could make any enterprise network manager's head spin. How do you ...
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