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  Interop panelists debate future of physical WAN optimizers

  The need for a dedicated physical appliance to handle WAN optimization tasks, in many cases, is a thing of the past, according to experts who participated in a panel discussion Tuesday at Interop in Las Vegas.

  By Jon Gold | 10 May, 2012 07:19

  Tags: wan optimization, WAN, Traffic management, software, networking, management, LAN & WAN, Interop Las Vegas, Interop 2012, Interop, hardware systems, hardware, debate, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance

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  Blue Coat ready to execute new game plan in WAN optimization market

  After having fallen behind in the WAN optimization market, Blue Coat has made changes to help take on a new strategy, including Monday's announcement of David Murphy as new president and COO.

  By Colin Neagle | 28 March, 2012 09:27

  Tags: blue coat, Cisco, IBM, LAN & WAN, management, networking, riverbed, Silver Peak, Traffic management, wan optimization

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  Riverbed teams with Akamai to boost SaaS performance

  Anyone who has endured the painful wait of a slow-loading application is familiar with the frustration and lost productivity that follows. That's the problem that motivated Riverbed and Akamai to join forces for a new SaaS acceleration offering, with the objective of resolving SaaS application performance issues that were previously untouchable.

  By Colin Neagle | 01 March, 2012 03:37

  Tags: akamai, application performance, cloud computing, Gartner, internet, LAN & WAN, management, networking, riverbed, Riverbed Akamai partnership, SaaS, Software as a service, Traffic management, wan optimization

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  Science: too many connections weakens networks

  When it comes to connecting networks or other systems together, it is best to have many, but not too many, connections, mathematicians have found.

  By Joab Jackson | 25 February, 2012 07:02

  Tags: Activity management, management, networking, No companies, popular science, Traffic management

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  Silver Peak to offer free, downloadable versions of WAN optimization products

  After watching customers continually download and install one of the vendor's free, limited products from the company website, Silver Peak CEO Rick Tinsley was interested to see how they would respond to the same access to its more advanced products.

  By Colin Neagle | 22 February, 2012 07:31

  Tags: Cisco, LAN & WAN, management, networking, riverbed, Silver Peak, Traffic management, wan optimization

• The clock is ticking: Give IPv6 a test drive

  Major Websites are to test Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) by participating in World IPv6 Day, scheduled for June 8. Google, Facebook, and Yahoo, among others, have agreed to ensure that IPv6 entrances to their sites will be available, along with any network infrastructure needed to receive IPv6 traffic.

  By Keir Thomas | 13 January, 2011 09:55

  Tags: internet, Internet Society, LAN/WAN, management, networking, Network management, Traffic management, wireless technology

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