Riverbed wins 7-vendor WAN optimization test

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	Riverbed wins 7-vendor WAN optimization test As applications move to the cloud, network managers are seeing increasing requirements to optimize and manage WAN connections. Most enterprises have migrated to web-based applications and make heavy use of Internet services for day-to-day business. All of this makes network performance a key factor for productivity and end-user satisfaction. Read More WEBCAST: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Combat Disasters And Optimize Business Operations Offsite data replication is key to ensuring ongoing business operations, but it can be complex and costly, especially when performed over long distances. Join this discussion to discover how you can apply fast, cost effective and reliable remote replication strategies and technologies. View now >> In this Issue Why IBM will win the war with Amazon Web Services What has happened to the word nerd? Duke researchers' device pulls energy out of thin air All about beamforming, the faster Wi-Fi you didn't know you needed Review: PowerCloud delivers Wi-Fi access point and cloud-based management for small business To thwart spies, IETF wants to 'strengthen the Internet' Alcatel-Lucent enterprise on the block again? Security researchers laud Microsoft, Facebook bug bounty programs Stealthy startup at root of Riverbed brain drain WHITE PAPER: Ipanema Technologies Don't Let App Performance Problems Drag You Down Check out this exclusive IDG-Ipanema survey to learn about the far-reaching impacts of poor application performance, and what you can do about it. Learn More. Why IBM will win the war with Amazon Web Services Amazon dominates the cloud, but IBM, strengthened by its SoftLayer acquisition, has unleashed a marketing campaign that fires on all cylinders. Whether IBM's cloud is, in fact, better may matter less than Amazon's ability to challenge a company that's made many competitors crumble over the past 102 years. Read More What has happened to the word nerd? Dan Patrick's "Just My Type" column in Sports Illustrated features a Q&A with a prominent sports personality each week and his latest interview subject, Stanford football coach David Shaw, fielded the following question regarding his former star quarterback, Andrew Luck of the Indianapolis Colts: "Is Luck a nerd?" Read More Duke researchers' device pulls energy out of thin air Researchers at Duke University have created a device that collects stray energy from Wi-Fi and and other wireless signals and converts it into electricity that can charge as efficiently as solar cells. Read More WHITE PAPER: Novell Mobile Zen: Balancing End-User Productivity and IT Control Mobility is often seen as a zero-sum game: either end users or IT can win, but never both. Learn how users can have the convenience and mobile productivity they need, while IT retains control over enterprise goods. Victory for both sides. Learn More All about beamforming, the faster Wi-Fi you didn't know you needed Beamforming is one of those concepts that seem so simple that you wonder why no one thought of it before. Instead of broadcasting a signal to a wide area, hoping to reach your target, why not concentrate the signal and aim it directly at the target? Read More Review: PowerCloud delivers Wi-Fi access point and cloud-based management for small business PowerCloud Systems has released a cloud-based Wi-Fi solution that fills the gaps between residential products that lack management and features, and enterprise systems that can be overkill in smaller organizations. Read More To thwart spies, IETF wants to 'strengthen the Internet' At its meeting in Vancouver this week, the IETF has discussed what it could do to turn its plan to protect the web from government spying into action. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology End-to-End Service Management for Unified Communications As part of Riverbed Performance Management solutions, Riverbed OPNET Unified Communications Xpert allows continuous monitoring of voice and video quality so you can catch and fix problems before they become an issue. View More Alcatel-Lucent enterprise on the block again? Alcatel-Lucent is reportedly looking again to sell its enterprise business as it attempt to cut expenses through an asset sale. Read More Security researchers laud Microsoft, Facebook bug bounty programs Facebook and Microsoft are winning plaudits from security researchers for launching an initiative to offer bounties to bug hunters who discover and report vulnerabilities in widely used products. Read More Stealthy startup at root of Riverbed brain drain Network management and WAN optimization vendor Riverbed Technologies has had a pretty successful year, in some respects – the company finalized a billion-dollar acquisition of Opnet Technologies, broadened its product lineup, and was the only company to make the "leaders" quadrant of Gartner's magic quadrant report for the WANop sector. Read More
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