* Webtorials, Robin Layland offer ‘Application Acceleration Challenge’
* The problems addressed by application accelerators
* Who do you work with to troubleshoot IT problems?
* Survey finds encouraging numbers of IT groups aligned with the business
* Few survey respondents work directly with applications providers
* Metro Ethernet MAN services redefining the notion of "fast"
* Metropolitan-area networks return with sophistication
* Rounding out our reader discussion of the future of user groups
* What value does Avaya and IBM's SOA-based contact center announcement hold?
* Reader feedback on carrier user groups
