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Review: Riverbed closes the WAN gap

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Review: Riverbed closes the WAN gap
Riverbed Steelhead with RiOS 7 takes a huge bite out of UDP, video, and VDI traffic over the WAN, adding to its excellent TCP and file access optimizations Read More


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Web Acceleration: The Rules Have Changed
Optimizing your web page loading time is essential for retaining your website visitors. Download Web Acceleration: The Rules Have Changed to learn how front-end optimization can improve Time to Action for your web and mobile content, and how it can be done in front of your existing CDN with minimal integration required. Learn More!

The network benefits of WAN Virtualization
Having covered in recent columns what WAN virtualization is and how it relates to WAN optimization, let's look at the benefits to the network that WAN virtualization delivers for the WAN manager, which are substantial. Read More

8 ways to customize Windows 8
The Consumer Preview of Windows 8 -- which was made available to the public to download, install, and use for free until the new Microsoft OS is officially released -- has its share of the good and not-so-good. Fortunately, you can tweak various things to make it work the way you like, particularly if you're not fond of its radically new Metro UI. Read More

Take me out to the ballgame, with 4G
Ever been to a sports game and tried to send a text message, upload a photo to Facebook, or send a tweet about that awesome play that just happened? If so, you may have been left frustrated by the overcrowded network that prevented that all-important message from making your friends jealous. Read More


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Find out how IBM Business Analytics solutions can help your company turn disconnected data into information, information into insight, then turn insight into action that can boost your bottom line. Learn More

VMware acquires desktop management company Wanova
VMware has acquired Wanova, a developer of software used to centralize and simplify image management on physical and virtual desktops. Read More

Brocade struts its SDN stuff
The concept of "software defined networks" (SDNs) has become all the rage in networking over the past year or so. Now, I do believe that the "mouthshare" for SDNs far exceeds the amount of money being spent on it, but it's clear, from the inquiries I get from network managers trying to understand what SDNs are and if they're applicable for their organizations, that SDNs will be here to stay for the foreseeable future. Read More

VoIP provider files net neutrality complaint with FCC
A Florida VoIP carrier has filed a net neutrality complaint against a Georgia utility and broadband provider, after the utility accused the VoIP firm of theft of service for using its network to deliver voice service without paying for it. Read More


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Cisco mobility bundles target BYOD, mobile virtual desktop
Cisco announced three pre-tested bundles of products and services designed to cut through the confusing complexity of enterprise mobility. Read More

WAN virtualization's benefits "beyond the WAN" for security, cloud computing
Last time, we covered the network benefits of WAN virtualization. Here, we look at how WAN virtualization delivers benefits "beyond the WAN" to the security and computing sides of the enterprise IT shop. Read More

New engine to power Xangati's performance monitoring product
The latest version of Cupertino-based Xangati's virtual dashboard product will boast a new performance management engine and the ability to work with eight instances of VMware vCenter, instead of just one. Read More



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