Addressing WAN packet loss – go where the loss isn’t

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	Addressing WAN packet loss – go where the loss isn't We continue our discussion of what can be done to address the impact of packet loss on application performance over the WAN. In our previous 3 columns, we've covered five of the six different possibilities listed in the first column of this arc. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Silver Peak Silver Peak's WANop Awarded Editor's Choice Extensive Testing Confirms that Silver Peak Software Optimizes WAN Traffic as well or better than Comparable Riverbed Physical Gear. See why its software-based wide area network (WAN) optimization scores a perfect 10 for value. Click here to read the full report. In this Issue Unlucky Las Vegas man besieged by lost-phone seekers DARPA wants to dot ocean floor with network of robotic pods that can spy, explore Looking forward to a future Internet The big time travels of Eric Schmidt WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel® Xeon® Processors Blade Servers eGuide In this eGuide, Network World sister publications InfoWorld, and PC World examine some of the current uses of blade servers in today's data center, as well as how trends such as server virtualization are reshaping enterprise computing. Read Now! Unlucky Las Vegas man besieged by lost-phone seekers Wayne Dobson has had all he can take of Sprint customers showing up at his Las Vegas home to demand that he hand over the cell phone of theirs that they are mistakenly certain Dobson possesses because a GPS-based tracking application has led them to his front door. Police corroborate Dobson's professions that he is no phone thief, in part because they, too, have mistakenly responded to the man's address.... Read More WHITE PAPER: Ixia Anue The Evolving Visibility Challenge Network monitoring has become more complex over the last few years, due in large part to virtualization and convergence. Learn how a state-of-the-art monitoring system that maximizes your existing monitoring tool investment can help you attain greater visibility into your network without adding complexity. Say goodbye to virtual blind spots. Learn More DARPA wants to dot ocean floor with network of robotic pods that can spy, explore This plan sounds a bit like a science fiction scenario where alien devices were planted in the ground thousands of years ago only to be awoken at some predetermined date to destroy the world. Only in this case it's the scientists at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency who want to develop a system of submersible pods that could reside in the world's oceans (presumably not in anyone's territorial... Read More WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Sophisticated Simplicity The key is to build simplicity and ease of use into these solutions from Day 1. This white paper will demonstrate a clear path to UC simplicity, and to overall success of UC deployments. Learn more. Looking forward to a future Internet Going into last month the future of the Internet, to borrow a phrase from the great film noir movie "A Touch of Evil," looked like it may have been all used up. The feeling of the traditional telephone folk and controlling governments was that the Internet had done just about enough of this changing the future stuff -- thanks very much -- now it was time for a bit of control. But the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai did not turn out quite the way that those who would control the Internet wanted. Nor, did the WCIT turn out quite the way that those of us who wanted a more hands-off future would have liked. Read More The big time travels of Eric Schmidt Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has had quite an entourage, from President Obama to Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Read More
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