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NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile Online shoppers catch retailers off guard By Ann Bednarz Omigosh, the weekend before last was soooo busy! There were, like, millions of people buying stuff online. Can you believe it? Oh, wait, it was the weekend after Thanksgiving. It's supposed to be a monster shopping weekend. So why were so many e-commerce sites unprepared? Read full story 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. SPONSORED BY BLUE COAT Get the latest on Web Acceleration Tools Discover how to significantly improve document delivery times for users that are physically away from your centralized data center. A document that takes 80 minutes to delivery to a user across the globe could be delivered in three minutes with Web acceleration. Learn how your IT organization can benefit from this technology. Listen to this Webcast now. RELATED NEWS: Virtual desktops could overload WANs, warns expert, 12/03/2007Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) projects could come unstuck if implementers treat them as just another flavor of server-based computing, a WAN ... WAN optimization gear a triple threat, 12/03/2007Silver Peak Systems is announcing three new ways its WAN optimization gear can speed up throughput between its appliances. . . The company's NX ... Silver Peak software upgrade improves WAN efficiency, 11/30/2007Silver Peak Systems has announced three new ways its WAN optimization gear can speed up throughput between its appliances. . . The company's NX ... Don't be a WAN optimization laggard, 11/29/2007If you're still thinking that simply increasing bandwidth is going to solve your application delivery woes, it might be time to give up that ... HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Find the very best tech holiday gift ideas. '07 ENTERPRISE ALL-STARS Honoring outstanding technology projects. SPONSORED BY BLUE COAT Get the latest on Web Acceleration Tools Discover how to significantly improve document delivery times for users that are physically away from your centralized data center. A document that takes 80 minutes to delivery to a user across the globe could be delivered in three minutes with Web acceleration. Learn how your IT organization can benefit from this technology. Listen to this Webcast now. Get Expert Directory and Identity Training at DEC 2008 Join NetPro, Microsoft and the world's top directory and identity experts for the Seventh Annual Directory Experts Conference (DEC) 2008, the only conference for expert training on Microsoft directory and identity technologies. DEC 2008 runs March 2-5, 2008, at the Hilton Chicago. Register today at: http://www.networkworld.com/psa2_1203 Featured reader resource 90% of IT Managers are leaving their company at risk for a DNS ATTACK. Get the tools and resources you need to keep your DNS healthy and secure. Run a DNSreport on your domain today - 56 critical tests run in 8 seconds. Visit www.dnsreport.com to learn more. (apply coupon NWW2007NLA for a 25% membership discount)   12/04/07 TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES: Carnegie Mellon to build robo-tank Verizon's 4G move may signal consolidation Cisco confirms ability to eavesdrop Green buildings make employees see red All-in-one firewalls fall short Hidden gem in HP's software updates 2007 Cool Yule Tools Gift Guide Teleworkers called back to cubicle life Open source's future Cyberattacks on the rise, McAfee says MOSTREAD TEST: All-in-one firewalls fall short Storage Trends Explained Learn how IT shops can optimize their current storage systems with new tools and practices in this informative Webcast, Storage Trends and Options. Listen to industry experts explain the latest developments and address the hype surrounding future storage platforms. Click here for more information. IT Buyer's Guides Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now.   To continue receiving NetworkWorld's Network Optimization Alert newsletter, please add @nwfnews.com to your white list. COMPLIMENTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE As a NW newsletter subscriber you are eligible to receive 50 issues of Network World Magazine, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Sign up for your subscription today: Apply here. 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. Terms of Service/Privacy Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2007