| Sprint, Verizon unveil managed WAN optimization services
Industry watchers have been predicting U.S. companies will start paying more attention to managed WAN optimization services, which so far have been deployed most widely in Europe and other parts of the globe. Riverbed virtualizes its WAN optimization controllers
Riverbed Technology is introducing a virtual version of its WAN optimization controller that makes it less expensive for small businesses to get into optimizing traffic between individual machines and corporate offices. Five reasons to go 'soft' on application acceleration
For years the only solutions for WAN optimization have been hardware-based appliances. But recently WAN optimization and application acceleration technologies have leveraged virtualization technology to give birth to software-based virtual appliances that deliver the performance, flexibility and cost-efficiencies the agile enterprise requires. The appeal of managed WAN optimization services
Potential for cost savings will drive enterprises to consider managed services model, says Forrester Research analyst. Nortel CEO Zafirovski steps down
Nortel CEO Mike Zafirovski stepped down Monday, having failed to revitalize the bankrupt telecommunications giant after a mid-decade accounting scandal and the current economic downturn. Is a managed WAN-optimization service your best option?
Measuring, controlling and accelerating application performance can be tough. Are carrier options worth a look? Verizon Business debuts WAN optimization service
At the heart of Verizon's WAN optimization service is technology from Juniper Networks for improving application performance. Juniper's WXC gear is deployed at customer premises as part of the service; Verizon Business manages the gear on behalf of the customer. Tata, BT launch managed WAN optimization services
Tata gets into application performance optimization, while BT adds to its application service offerings. Fibre to premises gives new housing estate 100Mbps
University Hill in Victoria is a new 400 house residential, commercial and retail precinct which is believed to be the first of its type in Australia to have 100Mbps fibre to the premises (FTTP) connectivity available to each building. BT offers free I-Plate BT broadband accelerator
BT has announced that it is now offering its Total Broadband customers a dedicated broadband accelerator (previously known as the I-Plate) that promises to increase received broadband speeds by 1.5Mbs. August Giveaways
Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Practical Intrusion Analysis; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of SCCM 2007 Unleashed. Google Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Web Geek's Guide to Google Chrome. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries is August 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are | 
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