* Microsoft’s new client operating system is changing the WAN optimization game
Here's the skinny on how Microsoft's new client operating system handles WAN optimization
* Forrester Research helps companies get started in the search for the right WAN optimization solution
* Veteran IT vendor Nortel and start-up Strangeloop separately unveiled application acceleration appliances
* A reader shares his ideas for reconciling tactical and strategic IT requirements
* Silver Peak Systems is upgrading the software that powers its WAN optimization gear
* Certeon outfits its appliances with application-specific functions; the latest target is EMC’s Documentum Content Server and eRoom
* Exinda Networks unveils a hosted service for configuring and managing its WAN optimization appliances
* Kemp Technologies aims its traffic management appliance at small and midsize businesses
* Products from A10 Networks, Network General and Silver Peak Systems are finalists in the Best of Interop competition
