| Editor's note: We will be changing how we send out Network World newsletters over the next few weeks. To ensure future delivery of your newsletters, please add nww_newsletters@newsletters.networkworld.com to your e-mail address book or 66.186.127.216 to your white-list file. Thank you. Coyote Point helps MoveOn speed Web traffic Political organization MoveOn.org started in 1998 when a couple of concerned citizens wanted to see the country "move on" from talk of former President Clinton's personal affairs to more pertinent political issues. At its inception, the organization didn't have to worry too much about overloading Web servers, but with about 2.7 million members now communicating via e-mail and the Web, performance has become a hot-button issue. Best practices for speeding WAN application delivery The message is sinking in: Adding bandwidth isn't a cure-all for application performance problems. Aberdeen Group found in a new report that more companies are looking to WAN optimization and application delivery solutions - instead of simply adding bandwidth to alleviate their application performance woes. Swine flu threat raises telework questions The possibility of a widespread swine flu outbreak is prompting companies to think about business continuity and how options such as telework may become a necessity. How Bluetooth got as fast as Wi-Fi Bluetooth last week stopped being chained to the low-power, low-throughput radio that has been both its strength and its weakness. New code lets Bluetooth applications now run over 802.11g wireless connections in the 2.4GHz, with a throughput jump to 20M to 24Mbps, from 1M to 3Mbps. 100% trade-in credit for Nortel products Cisco Subnet blogger Brad Reese takes note of Enterasys' offer to Nortel customers: 100% trade-in credit for Nortel products. 12 killer freebie SharePoint add-ons Microsoft Subnet blogger Ron Barrett was surprised, but happy, to find 12 add-on tools for SharePoint that are free. Is the Internet ready for a pandemic? As the dreaded word "pandemic" tops this week's headlines about the swine flu virus spreading around the globe, many businesses are dusting off emergency plans for employees to work from home and schools are poised to send students home. If this turns out to be a full-fledged pandemic, not only will people fall ill, the Internet will too. April giveaways galore
Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training courses from Global Knowledge, valued at $2,995 and $3,495, and have copies of three hot books up for grabs: CCVP CIPT2 Quick Reference by Anthony Sequeira, Microsoft Voice Unified Communications by Joe Schurman and Microsoft Office 2007 On Demand by Steve Johnson. Deadline for entries April 30. Network World on Twitter Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news. | 
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