Experiences like this are why WAN optimization has bolted up the IT priority list, and why we're seeing a flurry of vendor activity. Weinberger's decision came down to buying more bandwidth or buying ...

Being a self-confessed “Cisco fan” wasn’t enough to convince Adam Rasner, director of corporate network services at Rayonier, to give Cisco the prize of consolidating locations at the forestry and ...

Like many vendors, Cisco is looking to secure a leading position in the WAN optimization market as greater numbers of enterprises grapple with the challenges of branch office application performance, ...

"Let's set the record straight: to paraphrase Mark Twain, rumors of WAAS' demise have been greatly exaggerated," wrote Mark Lohmeyer, vice president of marketing, Services Routing Technology Group, in ...

Cisco renewed its partnership with Microsoft to address inconsistent software-as-a-service (SaaS) performance. The expanded collaboration targets Microsoft Teams and Office 365, two of the most ...

As the enterprise becomes more dispersed and applications continue to greedily gobble up precious WAN bandwidth, IT struggles to find ways to coax just a little more performance out of its existing ...

Steve Zurier is a freelance technology writer based in Columbia, Md. As virtualization and cloud computing take hold, WAN optimization makers have responded by developing products that support current ...

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REDMOND, Wash., and SAN JOSE, Calif. — Feb. 26, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. and Cisco® today announced that they intend to work together to offer Windows Server 2008 with Cisco WAN optimization in a ...

While large companies need WAN optimization controllers and network monitoring tools, most firms have different teams in each area. Network management vendors like CA, Compuware, HP, NetQOS, Netscout, ...

If you think WAN optimization is a niche market, don't bring it up around Jerry Kennelly. Co-founder, chairman, and CEO of San Francisco-based Riverbed Technology, Inc., Kennelly is a fervent believer ...