WAN optimization jumps into the cloud

	Virtela offers cloud-based WAN optimization | USDA details first round of broadband funding
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	WAN optimization jumps into the cloud WAN optimization has finally made the leap into the cloud. Network services provider Virtela, which has long offered customer premises-based managed application acceleration services using dual-ended solutions from the likes of Riverbed and others, announced a cloud-based version of its acceleration service. Read More WHITE PAPER: Novell Intelligent Storage Management at the File Level Many storage management tools for file storage are "dumb." They treat all files the same regardless of business relevance and they lack the ability to automate user-storage management tasks or set policies based on business requirements. Learn how to augment your existing storage management system with intelligence at the file level. Read Now In this Issue Virtela offers cloud-based WAN optimization USDA details first round of broadband funding Private sector committee will look at net neutrality issues Utility ducts to be used in super-fast broadband rollout? Targeting Cisco and Juniper, Brocade unveils unified data center strategy Cloud: Public or private? Microsoft: Features still missing in Azure Cisco vs. HP in the networking market WHITE PAPER: 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. Virtela offers cloud-based WAN optimization Managed service provider Virtela has revamped its infrastructure with a virtualized platform off of which it will run a range of services, the first of which is a flat-fee WAN optimization service with a money back guarantee if customers are unhappy with performance. Read More USDA details first round of broadband funding A first round of funding for broadband projects from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service will bring broadband availability to nearly 530,000 households and 93,000 businesses, the USDA said Wednesday. Read More E-GUIDE: Compuware Perfecting Application Performance The enterprise application scene has become increasingly complicated over the years. Things have changed with the rise of Web services, SOA, Virtualization and cloud computing. In this Executive Guide explore how to get the best performance out of today's application environments. Read Now. Private sector committee will look at net neutrality issues A group of technology and telecom companies has launched a new broadband technical advisory committee that will look into ways to resolve net neutrality issues and other network management challenges. Read More Utility ducts to be used in super-fast broadband rollout? The UK government could utilize water, gas and electricity ducts in a bid to create the "best superfast broadband network in Europe." Read More WHITE PAPER: Adobe Close the Web 2.0 Communications Gap Web 2.0 tools have yet to reach critical mass and broad user adoption. This Forrester report identifies the key Web 2.0 gaps and offers advice to: Build a framework that extends email, Upgrade document-based data collection, and Improve email and document exchange security. Read More Targeting Cisco and Juniper, Brocade unveils unified data center strategy Brocade this week unveiled its converged data center architecture, and a raft of new products to support it. Read More Cloud: Public or private? Dave Malcolm, CTO of Surgient, says a private cloud lets you capitalize on your existing investments while driving up utilization rates, increasing productivity and making IT more dynamic. Siki Giunta, VP of CSC, says public clouds are already well understood, widely used, and easier to adopt because it doesn't require rethinking IT from the ground up. Who's right? Read More Microsoft: Features still missing in Azure Microsoft is quickly ramping up its Azure cloud platform, though some capabilities are still missing. Read More Cisco vs. HP in the networking market In our last newsletter we pointed out that Cisco has been the dominant vendor of enterprise switches and routers for the last 20 years and that that situation is not likely to change anytime soon. We also pointed out that there is some indication that Cisco is vulnerable to losing some market share. We will use this newsletter to discuss how we see HP positioned in the enterprise networking market and whether or not we think that HP will take significant market share away from Cisco. Read More
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