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Palo Alto, SonicWall offer branch office next-generation firewalls
Palo Alto Networks and SonicWall announced next-generation firewalls priced for branch office networks and SMBs. News
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How public policy will reduce your WAN service offerings
Enterprises are now at the mercy of public policy and consumer pricing. Anyone who needs to procure a WAN service should keep this in mind as they build out their networks. Tip
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Branch networking: Comparing branch office routers
This comparison of branch office routers examines the features and functionality offered by leading branch networking vendors. Tutorial
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Maintaining network virtualization over different WAN services
Chapter 7 of the book "Network Virtualization" offers a wealth of information on the best practices of maintaining virtual networks (VNs) over different WAN services. Book Chapter Download
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Silver Peak: Run our virtual WAN optimization software anywhere
Silver Peak Systems is opening up its architecture to enable its virtual WAN optimization software to run on any capable network or storage device. News
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Server consolidation: Protect WAN performance with WAN optimization
WAN optimization hasn't improved application response time for one IT pro, but it ensured that WAN performance was unaffected by a recent server consolidation initiative. News
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Virtual WAN optimization appliance roundup
Get a rundown of use cases and vendor options for a virtual WAN optimization appliance, which can go places hardware can’t and creates opportunities for focused traffic management. Tutorial
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T1 circuit or MPLS network: How to choose
The venerable T1 circuit is making way for the high-speed, easy to manage MPLS network. While the carriers are not ripping out T1 connections, they are pressuring WAN managers to abandon them. Feature
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Expansion during recession: The trend of remote offices
In this podcast on remote offices' expansion during recession, Nemertes Research analyst John Burke discusses the current trends in remote branch offices. He discusses trends in telecommuting, how the recession has affected branch office growth, what... Podcast
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Securing and optimizing the direct-to-net branch network
When IT chooses to connect a branch network to both the Internet and the enterprise WAN, it creates the direct-to-net branch office: The WAN is only for traffic headed to internal hosts. Although this considerably reduces bandwidth demands on WAN con... Tip