Web and Application Acceleration

Your source for the latest Web and application acceleration news from networking vendors and providers.

The future of network optimization
May. 08, 2008
It's a challenge deciding what to write about each week in this newsletter - but not because it's hard to find material. Quite the opposite. Every time I turn around there's a new product launch, or a partnership, or a ...

Stress testing your application performance appliances
May. 08, 2008
We've often discussed the extreme importance of both application acceleration and application delivery, both as a concept and as appliances. In fact, this year Jim published his 2008 version of

Speeding Web services
May. 06, 2008
Corporate application portfolios are changing as software-as-a-service (SaaS), rich Internet applications and service-oriented architecture (SOA) deployments catch on. Traditional methods of accelerating applications ...

Net monitors make Riverbed visible
May. 05, 2008
Riverbed has done deals with several developers of network monitoring software to get them to add support for its Steelhead WAN appliances.

Network Optimization Alert
May. 09, 2008
Network optimization news and resources from Network World.

Velocix unveils free content delivery service
May. 01, 2008
While there are plenty of no-cost software products for IT managers, tackling everything from net management to security,

Blue Coat to buy Packeteer
Apr. 21, 2008
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SaaS vendors mull onsite vs. hosted acceleration
Apr. 10, 2008
Hosted application providers know all about the advantages of on-demand delivery - and they make a living extolling those virtues. But when it comes to accelerating the delivery of hosted Web applications, not all ...

Accelerating SaaS applications
Apr. 08, 2008
It's proving time for vendors that market hosted applications. They've made their case that the software-as-a-service model can be a fit in enterprise settings. Now SaaS vendors have to prove service delivery and ...

Juniper offering no migration path for DX customers
Feb. 07, 2008
Anyone interested in buying a Juniper DX application-acceleration box better do it soon, because the very last day to buy one is Sept. 15, after which all models will be dropped from the product line.

Companies with Cisco | NetworkWorld.com Community
May. 08, 2008
Cisco Subnet Community Companies with Cisco Good to see Riverbed opening this up to other vendors to add/provide value to customers using different monitoring software. What are the companies working with Cisco? ...

Cruise lines try one- and two-ended WAN acceleration
Feb. 12, 2008
Two luxury cruise lines faced the same satellite-delay challenges for shipboard Internet access and came up with different ways to address the unavoidable latency on those ship-to-shore connections and keep passengers ...

Cisco wheels out new gear for better WAN performance
Jan. 22, 2008
Cisco is introducing a new load-balancing appliance that accelerates Web applications and provides application-layer security.

Autodesk promises remedy for file transfer woes
Apr. 04, 2008
Software developer Autodesk has said it will fix the file format that's caused trouble for AutoCAD users who also use Riverbed's Steelhead WAN accelerators.

Array Networks on a green streak
Apr. 03, 2008
The IT industry is keen on green as enterprise companies look for ways to cut back on energy consumption and cooling costs in the data center. Server vendors like Dell, HP and IBM are natural leaders in the effort to ...

Optimizing the big links
Apr. 01, 2008
The range of network optimization technologies available is enormous - and daunting when you consider that an appliance tuned for accelerating, say, SAP application delivery to remote office employees is very different ...

Optimizing the WAN
Mar. 31, 2008
Curt Hastings, Director of Enterprise Architecture at Ball Corp, maker of the famous glass mason jars, explains how his group is optimizing the use of its Metro Ethernet WAN connections between three locations and ...

Broadband bonding appliance adds cellular wireless option
Mar. 27, 2008
Not long ago I wrote about a start-up with a broadband-bonding technology that lets enterprises cobble together multiple high-speed wired Internet connections to boost network speed and reliability. Now the company, ...

The optimization boon
Mar. 25, 2008
There is no shortage of demand for more bandwidth to remote locations. The combination of more branch offices housing more employees needing access to more applications dictates increased spending on bandwidth. Or does ...

Making an airline's applications fly
Mar. 25, 2008
How can you tell if a technology you've piloted is worth purchasing? One good indicator is when end users complain when the trial period ends. That's what happened when Canadian airline WestJet deployed bandwidth ...

Tolly Group puts A10 Networks to the test
Mar. 20, 2008
It can be hard for newcomers in the application acceleration arena to distinguish themselves from the incumbents who enjoy the lion's share of the market. When it comes to front-end devices that provide services such as ...

Packeteer thinks small
Mar. 13, 2008
Spatial planning is always a concern for IT pros. There are only so many power-guzzling and heat-generating boxes that can be fit into data centers, server rooms and IT closets. The latest product from Packeteer ...

Red Hat buys Amentra to bolster JBoss enterprise plan
Mar. 13, 2008
Red Hat has purchased Amentra, an IT consulting firm with open source expertise, to sell its JBoss Java infrastructure to enterprises as the basis for service-oriented architectures.

Digging into SOA performance
Mar. 11, 2008
The distributed, modular nature of a service-oriented architecture (SOA) can be a boon for flexibility. With SOA technology, IT teams can share reusable application components across an enterprise and assemble them in a ...

The importance of application SLAs
Mar. 06, 2008
It's easy to talk about aligning IT initiatives with business objectives. But without application-specific service-level agreements, it can be hard to deliver. To help IT teams get the job done, market research firm ...