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Network Optimization This newsletter is sponsored by Exinda Networks Improving Application Performance - A Unified Approach Stop the complaints about applications running too slowly. Regain control of your network. Boost application response time with Exinda's Unified Performance Management, an integrated WAN optimization and application acceleration solution. Find out why network managers worldwide are falling in love with this highly effective solution. Network World's Network Optimization Newsletter, 08/28/07 Take tech for a free spin By Ann Bednarz Last month I wrote about an offer from Packeteer aimed at helping companies get started on the WAN optimization path. Packeteer’s free WAN performance evaluation uses its PacketShaper visibility and monitoring tools to discover network applications, identify “top talkers,” and reveal response time characteristics. For example, the evaluation will highlight the Top 10 applications running on a network, how much bandwidth each application is consuming, and how efficiently the network is performing. Packeteer isn’t alone in offering potential IT buyers a freebie. Here are a few other options enterprises can consider as they ponder which technologies might be a fit for their WANs. Best practices for WAN Optimization Join Mark Fabbi, Gartner Vice President and Distinguished Analyst, as he discusses the four critical actions you must take to meet your application acceleration goals. Also, learn how to choose the best WAN optimization solution for your needs, how to building a scalable architecture and more. Click here to learn more. * Exinda Networks is offering a free trial of its network optimization and application acceleration appliances. The company’s inside sales team will help to identify the key problems each trial participant is trying to solve -- such as understanding network usage patterns, prioritizing VoIP or CRM applications, or accelerating CIFS traffic. Team members also will recommend appropriate Exinda appliances for the 14-day trial. Free technical support is available to assist in installing and testing the appliances in production network environments. Details are available from Exinda. * Ipanema Technologies is offering a free WAN application performance evaluation that’s designed to help enterprises with multiple office sites assess all the applications running on their networks, highlight how critical business applications are performing, and identify the root causes of any application performance issues. For details, see Ipanema’s offer. * Shunra, which makes network emulation products, is offering a free five-day trial of its VE Desktop (Standard Edition) software. This Windows-based client software simulates a WAN link so an IT administrator can test applications under a variety of current and potential network conditions. The aim is to help developers and IT managers predict application performance over the network, find and fix problems, and determine capacity requirements throughout the application development lifecycle. Check out Shunra’s Web site for details about the offer.   What do you think? Post a comment on this newsletter

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Contact the author: Ann Bednarz is an associate news editor at Network World responsible for editing daily news content. She previously covered enterprise applications, e-commerce and telework trends for Network World. E-mail Ann. This newsletter is sponsored by Exinda Networks Improving Application Performance - A Unified Approach Stop the complaints about applications running too slowly. Regain control of your network. Boost application response time with Exinda's Unified Performance Management, an integrated WAN optimization and application acceleration solution. Find out why network managers worldwide are falling in love with this highly effective solution. ARCHIVE Archive of the Network Optimization Newsletter. BONUS FEATURE IT PRODUCT RESEARCH AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Get detailed information on thousands of products, conduct side-by-side comparisons and read product test and review results with Network World’s IT Buyer’s Guides. Find the best solution faster than ever with over 100 distinct categories across the security, storage, management, wireless, infrastructure and convergence markets. Click here for details. PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE You've got the technology snapshot of your choice delivered to your inbox each day. Extend your knowledge with a print subscription to the Network World newsweekly, Apply here today. International subscribers, click here. SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. This message was sent to: networking.world@gmail.com. Please use this address when modifying your subscription. Advertising information: Write to Associate Publisher Online Susan Cardoza Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2007