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Vendors offer application acceleration options

Steve Taylor By Steve Taylor and Jim Metzler
Webtorials, in a joint venture with Layland Consulting, recently released the 2009 version of the "Application Acceleration Challenge." Read full story

Steve Taylor is president of Distributed Networking Associates and publisher/editor-in-chief of Webtorials. Jim Metzler is vice president of Ashton, Metzler & Associates.

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