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Windows Vista has users buzzing about network performance improvements, but industry watchers caution that the new client operating system is no WAN-optimization cure-all.
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In certain scenarios, the improvements implemented in Vista and slated for Windows Server 2008 (Longhorn) will alleviate the problems of latency and inefficient protocols that have hampered application performance over the WAN. But the improvements will have limited or no effect on performance until PC hardware is upgraded, applications are reworked and Microsoft Vista or Longhorn machines sit at both ends of a WAN link.
From a communications perspective, Longhorn and Vista are works in progress, says Joe Skorupa, a Gartner research vice president. "There's a lot to like, but don't dash to deploy Vista just to get these features. As well tested as it has been, you'll want to make sure you take a measured approach to deployment."
Although the vast majority of enterprises plan to adopt Vista, most are in waiting mode, according to a recent survey conducted by Walker Information in collaboration with CDW. Among 753 IT buyers, 1% have deployed Vista, 25% are implementing it and 61% plan to do so within the next 12 months or more.
Respondents acknowledged Vista's potential performance improvement; 56% cited that as a key perceived benefit.
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Great point Mark. TheBy loftenter on October 13, 2007, 8:00 pmGreat point Mark. The carriers can barely meet their existing SLAs for uptime. Application acceleration will be more and more necessary as time goes by. It will...
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Vista & WAN optim -- not the whole pictureBy Mark Weiner on June 20, 2007, 6:35 pmWhile there appear to be improvements in Vista and Longhorn around transport and file transfer protocols, this by no means spells the 'beginning of the end' for...
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WAN OptimizationBy Anonymous on June 20, 2007, 4:17 pmWAN Optimization just like the IP PBX isn't going away anytime soon. Microsoft likes to dream big, but they again have failed to produce anything of real value....
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Vista over the WAN: good but not greatBy Microsoft Subnet on June 19, 2007, 2:34 pmSome folks have wondered if this means that WAN optimization is going away. The idea being if Microsoft operating systems like Vista and enterprise apps like SAP...
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