Companies separately update software to better manage distributed clients and servers.
* Retirement community needed to optimize traffic and prioritize bandwidth
Big Blue adds network-awareness and performance metrics to client and server management software.
* Cisco debuts branch office wares
BMC touts benefits of managing IT infrastructure for the sake of better application and service delivery.
* Gartner's take on Citrix and Microsoft teaming on branch office appliances
* LSU finds alternative to throwing bandwidth at traffic problems
