Riverbed taps solid-state drives

02/09/10

Riverbed Technology added a new twist to its latest WAN optimization appliances: Solid-state drives.

Riverbed, Radware report healthy revenue gains

02/04/10

The numbers are in for the quarter ended Dec. 31, and a handful of WAN optimization and application delivery vendors had some encouraging gains in revenue and profit.

WAN optimization news roundup

02/02/10

As the new year gets underway, WAN optimization and application acceleration players have been busy releasing a flurry of new product announcements and upgrades. Here’s a recap of some highlights, including Blue Coat’s IPv6 secure Web gateway, F5’s SSL VPN addition and A10 Networks’ virtualization roadmap.

Compuware integrates Gomez technology

01/28/10

Compuware announced a new subscription-based offering called Gomez adVantage that combines application performance metrics, user monitoring tools and management functions under a single dashboard.

Riverbed strengthens ties between monitoring and acceleration gear

01/25/10

Riverbed is beefing up its analysis capabilities so enterprises can better assess and improve network performance.

F5 profit jumps 37%

01/20/10

F5 Networks exceeded analyst expectations for its first quarter, lifting sales 16% and driving profit up 37% compared to a year ago.

Federal government solicits telework feedback

01/19/10

Although telework participation is slowly increasing among federal employees, many of the current roadblocks are the same obstacles we’ve heard about in the past.

Global Crossing adds WAN optimization to managed network services

01/13/10

Global Crossing is adding WAN optimization capabilities, based on gear from Juniper Networks, to its portfolio of managed network services.

Exinda aims to uncloak anonymous proxy traffic

01/12/10

New software features from Exinda aim to prevent end users from using anonymous proxy servers to bypass traffic management measures.

Virtualization, cloud to shape 2010 WAN trends

01/07/10

Predictions about the WAN optimization landscape in 2010 center on virtualization, cloud computing and video traffic

Blue Coat shares 2010 WAN optimization predictions

01/05/10

Blue Coat Systems predicts continued expansion beyond CIFS file acceleration and storage; new WAN optimization challenges associated with SaaS adoption; and a greater need to manage and optimize video.

M&A in the WAN optimization market

12/23/09

A handful of mergers, acquisitions and auctions changed the WAN optimization market in 2009. Will there be more in 2010?

Virtualization driving interest in WAN optimization

12/21/09

New survey results point to virtualization as a key driver for WAN optimization deployments.

WAN optimization news roundup

12/17/09

The year is coming to a close, but WAN optimization and application acceleration players are still making news. This time around it’s Akamai, with a new defense system for blocking Web application attacks in the cloud; new partners Gomez and OpSource; and Kemp Technologies, which just slashed the price of its entry-level load balancer.

WAN optimization in 2010

12/14/09

After significant contraction in 2009, the application acceleration market will return to modest growth in 2010, research firm Gartner predicts.

Business continuity, mobility plans lacking, study finds

12/09/09

There’s a fine line between confidence and overconfidence. A new Telework Exchange study suggests a number of IT organizations have crossed that line and have an inflated confidence in their companies’ ability to continue operations in the event of an emergency that necessitates working remotely.

Optimizing Web performance for mobile shoppers

12/08/09

More consumers are using their smartphones and other mobile devices to browse for products, compare prices and make purchases. Retailers need to keep up.

Social networks take a bite out of corporate bandwidth

12/03/09

Facebook and YouTube usage dominates business networks, according to new analysis from managed security services provider Network Box.

Black Friday shoppers bog down retail Web sites

11/30/09

Retail sales on Black Friday topped last year’s sales by 11%, but the high volume of shoppers bogged down many retailers’ Web sites.

Zeus launches pay-as-you-go traffic management

11/23/09

Zeus Technology is offering pay-as-you-go traffic management capabilities on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) platform.

Riverbed sets a course for the cloud

11/19/09

While many organizations are in the early stages of cloud computing adoption, Riverbed’s intent is to keep advancing its optimization wares so that as enterprises get deeper into the cloud, they’ll have WAN acceleration options to consider.

F5 bolsters Big-IP security features

11/17/09

New features in Big-IP version 10.1 are aimed at helping companies address Web application threats and ensure compliance with security regulations such as PCI.

Something new for Alteon users, thanks to Radware

11/12/09

It has been a long time since users of Nortel’s Alteon application switches got an upgrade, but new owner Radware made it happen.

Blue Coat restructures, strikes a deal

11/10/09

Blue Coat acquired S7 Software Solutions as part of its restructuring plan. Also, Crescendo Networks is getting into Twitter.

Riverbed boosts mobile WAN acceleration

11/05/09

IT departments are trying to enable employees to work productively wherever they need to. But being productive requires access to more than just e-mail.

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Ann Bednarz is associate news editor at Network World.