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Brocade hones app delivery controllers for IPv6, net management
Brocade this week released new software for its application delivery controllers that gives users greater visibility into performance, and enhances...
Riverbed upgrades 'edge virtual server infrastructure'
Riverbed today announced the release of updates to its Steelhead network performance products as well as its Granite product line, which is based on...
New leaders emerging in WAN optimization market
In yet another sign that growing revenues are reshaping the vendor outlook in the network management sector, Gartner recently named vendor Silver...
WAN optimization market shakeup predicted
WAN optimization is shaping up to be one of the hottest areas of the network equipment market, prompting industry experts to predict high-profile...
Riverbed upgrade targets video, satellite traffic
A Riverbed software upgrade means more efficient distribution of video over WANs and optimizing traffic that runs over satellite links.
Private investment firm buys Blue Coat for $1.3B
Blue Coat Systems has agreed to be bought by a private equity firm for about $1.3 billion, which will buy out shareholders for a 48% premium over...
WAN optimization: Network vs. application layer optimization
The application layer of the Open System Interconnection (OSI) stack has long been regarded as a focal point for wide area network (WAN)...
Real estate firm boosts bandwidth, cuts costs with Talari
Chicago-based real-estate management company Equity Office ran all its voice and data traffic over an MPLS WAN, but when poor peak-time performance...
Cisco WAAS shows pizzazz
The latest release of Cisco's WAN optimization product line -- Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) 4.4 -- proves that the company famous for...
WAN optimization hardware vs. WAN optimization services
The two best things about WAN optimization are that it practically guarantees better response times for applications while at the same time either...
Riverbed rolls out Stingray products
Riverbed Technology is launching Stingray, a new product line of devices that brings together products the company acquired last summer when it...
Cisco preps virtual desktops for video
Cisco this week filled out its desktop virtualization product line by adding a thin client that improves processing and bandwidth utilization for...
Cisco upgrades WAN optimizers
Cisco is coming out with six new WAN optimization appliances that upgrade its current line of Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) gear ranging from...
Strangeloop enables faster downloads for Apple, Android, Microsoft smartphones
Strangeloop is coming out with a Web-site optimizer that speeds up page builds on mobile devices based on Apple, Android and Microsoft operating...
VMworld: Silver Peak offers WAN optimization for free
At VMworld this week Silver Peak Systems is introducing a free version of its WAN optimization software for virtual environments as well as an...
Riverbed preps to take on F5, Citrix via 2 buyouts
Riverbed is gearing up to take on F5 Networks and Citrix in speeding up application delivery with the purchase of Zeus Technology for $110 million.
Silver Peak introduces pay-as-you-go WAN optimization
Silver Peak is pushing to deploy its WAN optimization software on a broad range of network devices such as generic servers, routers and storage...
Geo-replication, a tool for maximizing collaboration solutions for distributed teams
As teams become increasingly dispersed and mobile, you must ensure every team member can efficiently access up-to-date, centralized information and...
Akamai and Riverbed team to speed hybrid cloud performance
Riverbed and Akamai are teaming up to offer technology and services that promise to optimize WAN traffic more effectively when it travels between...
WAN optimization headed to the cloud
WAN optimization has grown from a way to squeeze more out of corporate bandwidth to an enabler of data-center consolidation and now is helping move...
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