| Cloud forecast calls for WAN optimization There's no shortage of news about cloud computing. Service providers such as Amazon and Google and traditional IT vendors such as Microsoft and IBM have been bolstering their cloud computing platforms and services ... Akamai puts configuration control in users' hands Akamai Technologies unveiled a tool this week that aims to take away some of the pain associated with configuring application-specific acceleration parameters. The new Configuration Manager tool lets users configure and ... OpSource Says "Get On The Bus" If you are at all involved in the software-as-a-service, hosting or MSP industry, you've likely heard of Internet startup OpSource. Headed by co-founder and CEO Treb Ryan, a former Metromedia Fiber Network exec, OpSource seeks to be the operations services company for others looking to get into the SaaS game. SaaS Spawns Entrepreneurs I'm attending SaaS Summit this week in San Francisco, sponsored by SaaS aggregator OpSource. Companies ranging from Microsoft to my company Absolute Performance attended. To demonstrate the diversity of companies involved in SaaS, even the smallest of companies exhibited. Podcast: It takes a village in the cloud Not to be undone by others in the industry, Savvis announced its SaaS Platform initiative at the end of September. Because Savvis is one of the first top-tier companies to put such a comprehensive program together, I asked Bryan Doerr to join me on the Converging On Microsoft podcast. Savvis has taken a "best of" approach, borrowing ideas from Jamcracker and OpSource for the software-as-a-service marketplace component of the offering. It also took a page out of OpSource's book on wrapping services around what independent software vendors need to get their software onto the SaaS model. Akamai CEO sees opportunity in economic downturn With many companies cutting headcount and costs to weather the economic downturn, Akamai Technologies President and CEO Paul Sagan wants his sales team to spend more time with customers, part of a bid to make sure that ... WAN optimization earnings roundup: Late '08 troubles take a toll on results A handful of WAN optimization and application acceleration vendors recently announced financial results for the last three months of 2008, and it's clear the economy is taking a toll. Still there are some bright spots ... WAN optimization: New form factors, multi-function appliances on tap, experts say When I asked WAN optimization veterans to weigh in on what they think will be the biggest technology and industry trends to watch during the year ahead, the economy (not surprisingly) played a part in many predictions. WAN optimization in the year ahead As 2009 kicked off, I asked a handful of WAN optimization veterans to weigh in on what they think will be the biggest technology and industry trends to watch during the year ahead. Here’s what some had to say (and please stay tuned for more predictions in the next newsletter). Choices abound: How to track Web performance Figure out the best way to watch your site in our Product Guide. Enter for a Microsoft training giveaway from New Horizons
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