WAN optimization in 2010

Broadband lags in U.S.; Ethernet switch cheat sheet Network Optimization Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile | Forward this to a Friend >>> Sponsored by Emerson Network Power The Four Trends Driving the Data Center Future Does efficiency have to come at the expense of availability? Not according to this paper, which outlines the four data center infrastructure trends that are reducing design, operating and management costs while improving data center performance. Those trends are Infrastructure Management, Eco Availability, Flex Capacity and High Density. Learn more. Spotlight Story WAN optimization in 2010 After significant contraction in 2009, the application acceleration market will return to modest growth in 2010, research firm Gartner predicts. 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Nortel purchase to test Avaya big time 2010 should be a watershed year for Avaya, which has been reinventing itself for the past three years and is just about to take on the challenge of acquiring and integrating the enterprise assets of Nortel. Data centers drive Ethernet switch market in 2010 2010 promises to be an interesting year in the enterprise LAN switching market. Verizon Business lights up 100G backbone in Europe Verizon Business has deployed 100Gb-per-second equipment on a fiber link between Paris and Frankfurt, activating the next generation of optical networking for commercial services to enterprises. Today from the Subnet communities On Cisco Subnet: Annual revenue for Cisco TelePresence and Cisco's EMC/VMware collaboration viewed favorably; On Microsoft Subnet: Power outages cause Windows Server 2008 problems; On Google Subnet: Google claims its new URL shortening service is more secure Network World on Twitter? You bet we are Ethernet everywhere! Inside planes, trains, cars and spaceships, Ethernet is a morph master. Here's a look at some of Ethernet's cooler implementations. 7 tools to ease Windows 7 rollout These utilities help you plan, ensure app compatibility and manage images. How to Improve NOC Efficiencies Network managers are grappling with data center consolidation, expanding networks and shrinking change windows, network compliance and security issues, VoIP, and flat headcounts. Managing the network is getting more and more challenging. What's needed is a lifecycle approach based on an integrated tool set. This video shows a solution to those complexity challenges. View Now Improve Data Center Monitoring and Management with BSM and ITIL Older generation monitoring products are not able to unify fault/event, performance management and BSM all within one system. This gap forces IT to deploy and integrate multiple systems in order to get an end-to-end view. 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