Web optimization starts from inside the data center

New Data Center Strategies Newsletter, Network World, 2/13/07

Network architects are spinning new patterns in data centers to support remote users. Increasingly, WAN connections provide the structure to deliver corporate applications to users from servers distributed across the enterprise - and in some cases, the globe.

The move from a LAN to a slower-speed WAN, coupled with increases in server performance, means a higher proportion of application response time comes from the network. Web browsers deliver most corporate applications by opening a connection to receive the main page, and opening each subsequent image (or frame) on the page in the order it appears in the Web page. The resulting staggered delivery of pages, unnoticeable in the LAN environment, becomes annoying across a WAN.

Published: 03/17/06

OrbitalEdge delivers WAN optimization through a software client

By Robin Gareiss, Network World, 01/31/06

The benefits of WAN optimization products are clear. Using compression and latency-reduction algorithms, they essentially increase the amount of traffic that can travel across a WAN link.

By Robin Gareiss, Nemertes Research Inc.

June 14, 2005

Globalization of businesses, data-center consolidation, and the rise in remote workers have made networks more complex. As organizations rely on the Web to transmit documents over long distances, Internet circuit congestion and TCP limitations result in degraded performance, leading companies to consider network-optimization technologies.

By Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Network World Data Center Newsletter, 02/22/05

Many companies are implementing a business strategy focused on “agility” - ensuring they can respond to changes in their markets and deploy new applications rapidly.

By Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Network World Data Center Newsletter, 02/15/05

“Utility computing” is the term most often used to describe “metered” use of computing resources, perhaps purchased from a third party.

By Melanie Turek and Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Network World Data Center Newsletter, 01/04/05

Symantec’s recent bid for Veritas Software makes sense on a number of levels - for end-to-end protection against viruses and other threats, for regulatory compliance and for support for the virtual workplace.

Will Microsoft's agreements that give LCS users access to public IM networks make enterprise IM take off

By John Dickinson, Messaging Pipeline

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By Melanie Turek, Principal Research Analyst, Nemertes Research
July 15, 2004

The news that AOL, Yahoo and MSN will connect to Microsoft’s Live Communications Server 2005 illustrates our prediction that interoperability is a critical step to enabling IM’s growth and long-term survival in the enterprise. We believe it’s the first of many moves to make that happen, and it signals a longer enterprise life for AOL and Yahoo, both of which recently stopped selling enterprise versions of their services.

By Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Network World Data Center Newsletter, 06/08/04

Because many critical resources reside at the corporate data center, data center managers need to understand their companies’ externalization strategies and goals.