Merial tackles global WAN acceleration

07/09/09

When animal healthcare giant Merial decided to centralize its key business applications, the project spawned a handful of related IT projects, including a WAN optimization deployment designed to boost application delivery worldwide.

What customers say about WAN optimization

07/07/09

Network optimization means different things to different people. That’s one of the reasons I enjoy keeping tabs on the field, since the technologies, customer settings and implementation tactics seem endlessly varied.

F5, Blue Coat unveil WAN optimization upgrades

07/02/09

In the news: F5 is getting tighter with VMware, Blue Coat is boosting its traffic-spotting capabilities, and Level 3 is speeding some big city connections.

NASA boosts packet inspection on 10 Gig WAN links

06/30/09

NASA has turned to a start-up specializing in packet inspection to monitor some of its 10G bit/sec WAN links.

Google rallies for a faster Web, shares best practices

06/25/09

What would be possible if browsing the Web were as fast as turning the pages of a magazine? That’s what Google wants to know. In a campaign made public yesterday, Google is lobbying Web developers to join its efforts to speed up the Internet.

Riverbed upgrades Cascade gear

06/23/09

Nearly four months after closing its acquisition of Mazu Networks, Riverbed Technology has unveiled a new version of the Cascade appliances gained in the deal.

Virtual desktop performance gets Streamcore’s attention

06/18/09

As more enterprises consider deploying desktop virtualization technology, be prepared to deal with performance problems, Streamcore warns.

Survey highlights SAP performance problems

06/16/09

In a survey conducted last month, 90% of respondents reported monthly SAP performance problems.

Array debuts 10Gbps acceleration gear

06/11/09

Array Networks this week unveiled a new high-end application delivery controller that’s built on a retooled architecture.

Making a case for application performance management

06/09/09

Lots of folks talk about aligning IT with the business, but it’s not always easy. Recent research from Aberdeen Group found that many companies don’t know how applications are used in key business processes and can’t easily determine how many users are impacted when there’s an issue with application performance.

Is it time to deploy mobile WAN acceleration?

06/04/09

With IT resources being consolidated and employees becoming more mobile, here’s a question: Is it time to deploy a mobile WAN optimization solution?

Mushroom Networks upgrades broadband bonding gear

06/02/09

New broadband bonding gear from Mushroom Networks offers higher throughput, enhanced QoS and traffic prioritization features.

Crosscheck acquires Forum Systems

05/27/09

Crosscheck Networks this week announced its acquisition of Forum Systems, an early player in the market for securing and accelerating Web services traffic.

Contest seeks tired, knotty Web apps

05/22/09

Got a thorny Web application that needs some help? If it’s truly bad, you might consider exposing its flaws publicly for a chance at some free performance-boosting advice.

Riverbed, Ecessa, Expand unveil WAN optimization upgrades

05/20/09

This week’s Interop conference brought with it a flurry of product news from WAN optimization and application acceleration vendors.

A10 extends load balancing lineup with energy efficiency in mind

05/19/09

A10 Networks' new load-balancing appliance is designed to provide high throughput in a compact size. The AX 5200 offers throughput of 40Gbps and a maximum power-consumption of 680 Watts.

Brocade unveils application delivery controllers

05/14/09

Included among a handful of products Brocade unveiled this week is a new line of application delivery controllers that could better position Brocade to compete with vendors such as F5 Networks, Cisco and Radware.

Gearing up for Interop

05/12/09

The spring Interop event kicks off in Las Vegas next week, and WAN optimization and application acceleration technologies promise to be well represented at the venerable networking trade show.

Blue Coat looks to streamline WAN optimization rollouts

05/07/09

Blue Coat Systems is aiming for instant gratification with a new configuration wizard designed to help IT professionals get their ProxySG appliances up and running quickly.

ComScore, Citrix report Q1 results

05/05/09

Internet measurement and market research firm comScore found something to be happy about in the first quarter: a 23% boost in subscription revenues as compared to a year ago.

Load balancing upgrade keeps MoveOn.org up to speed

04/30/09

Online visitors are a finicky bunch - not to mention impatient. Studies have shown Web visitors will abandon a site in just seconds if performance is subpar.

Riverbed beats expectations, F5 earnings rise

04/28/09

Revenue gains and profit growth are tough to come by these days, but Riverbed Technology managed to secure both in its latest quarter, beating analyst expectations.

Gomez unveils mobile monitoring tools

04/23/09

In the last newsletter I wrote about a benchmark created by Gomez and dotMobi to rate how well companies such as Amazon, Google and Bank of America serve online content and applications to mobile users. For those who want to do their own mobile benchmarking, this newsletter is devoted to a new tool from Gomez that helps customers measure the performance of their mobile Web sites, mobile applications and SMS services.

Ranking mobile Web performance: How Google, Amazon, Bank of America serve mobile users

04/21/09

There are now more than 1.1 million Web sites designed for mobile users, according to research from dotMobi. To help end users find the cream of the crop, dotMobi got together with Gomez to create a benchmark that tests and ranks the mobile Web experience provided by top businesses in airline, banking and search.

OS upgrade sharpens Expand Networks'application visibility

04/16/09

Greater application visibility can lead to more effective application control. To that end, Expand Networks last week released a new version of its operating system software that's designed to deliver more a more detailed view of application traffic to users of its WAN optimization appliances.

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Ann Bednarz is associate news editor at Network World.