* Check out our new features devoted to network optimization
Watch application performance hit the metal as traditional acceleration technologies merge and end-to-end optimization becomes a reality
New features and improved management are in the offing
* Is there a spot for an application delivery architect on your team?
* Future plans include enhancing the PacketShaper line, building Packeteer technologies into Blue Coat devices
* Riverbed, RocketStream and Expand forge new partnerships
* New high-end and low-end devices round out Exinda’s WAN optimization lineup
* Network World readers weigh in on technologies they like
* Citrix and Akamai partner to extend their respective Web application acceleration technologies
