* The need to optimize won’t be going away any time soon
* Anybody remember the acoustic coupler?
* Steve and Jim’s take on ‘free’ services
* A hitch with free conferencing services
* Akamai’s perspective on network performance
* F5’s take on network, apps optimization
* Thoughts from Network World’s recent network/application optimization seminars
* Cisco’s take on application delivery
* Findings from the recent Network & Application Acceleration seminar
* Plain old telephone service as the answer to your multimedia woes
