Don't hoard performance data If you're a Lord of the Rings fan you know where hoarding led Gollum -- right into the fires of Mount Doom. Keeping performance data to yourself, like hoarding other "precious" things, can lead you down an unfortunate path, although hopefully not as dreadful as that. As an IT professional, you have much to gain and little to lose by sharing performance information -- in fact we assure you it will be good for you as well as your employer. Q&A with Cisco, Riverbed competitor Fastsoft Blogger Larry Chaffin asks Dan Henderson, marketing VP at Fastsoft how his company's network optimization product differs from those of Cisco and Riverbed. YouTube introduces video download feature Change may be headed for YouTube as well as Washington D.C. President Barack Obama's YouTube channel, ChangeDotGov, has a feature that no other videos on YouTube have: you can actually download the video clip. Google began experimenting with this new feature late last week, and now, it seems that video download will spread to many other YouTube channels. Network visibility key to application performance Aberdeen Group recently tackled the issue of network visibility, and for another week, its research on the topic is available for free. Google Maps add color to Streamcore software Google Maps is a cool tool for zooming in on businesses or residences you need to find. But how about using it to display WAN performance? The new version of Streamcore's appliance software uses Google Maps to help IT staff geographically zero in on trouble spots. The many uses of Apdex Apdex is a simple formula that converts many performance values into an easy to understand 0-to-1 performance index. Find out how to make it work for you. A new era in application delivery The CIO sends out an e-mail to his IT managers saying that due to the economic downturn, networking costs must be reduced. Certeon goes virtual with application acceleration appliance Server virtualization technology is changing the way enterprises deploy applications - and it's changing the way they view single-function hardware appliances. For companies looking to cut back on branch-office (and data center) hardware, Certeon this week announced a new application acceleration product that's all software and is designed to be deployed in a virtual server infrastructure. January giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet Up for grabs: Two Cisco training courses from Skyline-ATS worth up to $6,990, a Microsoft training course from New Horizons worth up to $2,500, 15 copies each of the hot book titles Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration, IPv6 Security and Chained Exploits: Advanced Hacking Attacks. Get all the entry details here. |
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