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Branch consolidation and WAN optimization in the private cloud
Chapter 3 of “Private Cloud Computing” provides essential information on WAN optimization and consolidation in the private cloud, including next-generation WAN techniques. Chapter Download
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Bringing application control and awareness to micro-branches
Next-generation firewalls bring more granular application control to enterprises, but extending this control to micro-branches is more of a challenges. There are several approaches engineers can take to keep these tiny remote sites connected and with... Feature
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A cloud computing tutorial for WAN managers
If your company is considering cloud services, check out this cloud computing tutorial that will walk you through what wide area network (WAN) managers need to know about cloud computing technology, which cloud types work for the enterprise, the pros... Tutorial
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Cloud computing adoption requires WAN optimization controllers to improve application traffic
Cloud computing adoption creates additional application traffic across the wide area network (WAN). Learning Guide
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Networking, WAN vendors look into the changing face of customers
At Interop Las Vegas 2009, a Forrester gathering raised and answered many attendees' questions about the ongoing changes in customer makeup and attitude, as well as evolving marketplace of WAN products and technologies. Blogs
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Network designs going lean and green
Live from the FutureNet Conference, editor Tim Scannell reflects on the benefits of green networking, both for the planet and the network budget. Blog
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Benefits of a software as a service model
This column discusses the challenges of going to a software as a services (SaaS) platform both from the companies considering purchasing a SaaS solution to companies looking to provide customers with their software as a managed service. Tech Article
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WAN optimization tools, techniques and technologies: Chapter 3 of 'The Shortcut Guide to Optimized W
Although WAN optimization draws its ideas and techniques from many different computing disciplines, it uses them in its own interesting and specific ways to reduce the amount of data that must traverse WAN links, the frequency at which such traversal... Book Chapter
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WAN optimization basics
This introduction to WAN optimization, excerpted from 'The Shortcut Guide to Optimizing WAN Application Delivery,' discusses the importance and basic methods of WAN optimization. Book Chapter
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WAN technologies summarized
This excerpt from 'The Shortcut Guide to Optimizing WAN Application Delivery' introduces current and existing WAN environments and technologies. Topics include point-to-point links, circuit and packet switching methodologies, virtual circuits, dial-u... Book Chapter
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Cloud WAN optimization keeps global design firm offices in sync
Design firm Hirsch Bedner Associates uses Aryaka's cloud-WAN-optimization service to speed download times and improve workflow between global offices. News | 11 Apr 2012
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Higher education SaaS provider relies on F5 Big-IP for app delivery
Hobsons uses F5 Big-IP application delivery controllers to accelerate apps to users for reliable Web experiences. News | 16 Mar 2012
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Embrane eases virtualized network services for cloud providers
Heleos, a virtualized Layer 4-7 network services platform offering from startup vendor Embrane improves cloud scalability for cloud providers and their customers. News | 01 Mar 2012
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WAN trends for 2012: Cloud computing, virtualization, SaaS and more
Cloud computing is one of the top five technology trends for 2012 that are reshaping the wide area network (WAN). Discover the other trends in this slideshow. Slide show | 10 Jan 2012
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Private cloud computing over the wide area network
Stephen Smoot, author of “Private Cloud Computing,” answers questions WAN managers may have about private cloud computing over the wide area network. Q&A | 01 Dec 2011
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Cloud WAN optimization makes Internet like MPLS for mobile users
WAN optimization appliances work well in branch scenarios, but not for users working at third-party locations. Cloud WAN optimization solved that problem for one WAN pro. News | 21 Sep 2011
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Breakthrough WAN technologies that will change your company's network
At Interop Las Vegas 2011, moderator Jim Metzler hosted a panel of five vendors creating breakthrough WAN technologies that will change the way you create and manage your network. News | 18 May 2011
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Vendors aim to improve SaaS performance with cloud WAN optimization
Vendors announced plans this week at Interop 2011 to beef up their cloud WAN optimization products, including a partnership between Riverbed and Akamai to tackle SaaS performance. News | 10 May 2011
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Riverbed cloud performance Q&A: Demand more visibility, better SLAs
Riverbed's cloud guru Steve Riley tells SearchEnterpriseWAN.com about what to expect and demand from cloud providers in terms of cloud performance, visibility and SLAs. Q&A | 09 Mar 2011
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Cloud networking services boost public cloud performance sans hardware
Cloud networking vendors are developing hardware-free services that use their global points of presence to improve public cloud performance. News | 16 Feb 2011
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Ensuring private cloud performance assurance
Ensuring performance assurance becomes part of IT's responsibilities when enterprises choose to adopt hybrid or private cloud computing environments. Tip
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Cloud access: Alternatives to Internet connectivity
The Internet's unreliability and questionable security keep many enterprises from adopting cloud services. But companies can consider these alternative cloud access options. Tip
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How to integrate your WAN with Internet cloud services
Learn what issues are involved with integrating your wide area network (WAN) with Internet cloud services and how to solve problems around Internet-based cloud services. Tip
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How does your WAN intersect cloud services?
Where is the line between cloud service and the wide area network? In this tip, Tom Nolle breaks down information flows to recommend the best WAN connectivity for cloud computing. Tip
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Cloud monitoring across the WAN for virtual application delivery
Cloud monitoring tools are essential for successful virtual application delivery across the wide area network (WAN). Learn in this tip what to ask service providers so that your cloud-based apps don't suffer from poor performance over your corporate ... Tip
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Troubleshoot cloud application performance with SOA-based management
Diagnosing problems across distributed applications -- particularly when you don't control many of the components -- is a real challenge for IT. Understand how wide area network (WAN) engineers must embrace service-oriented architecture (SOA)-based m... Tip
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Cloud adoption most popular with SMB market, not large WANs
Cloud adoption is taking off in the SMB market but not among large enterprises. This article from the TM Forum explains why large companies with wide area networks (WANs) are not adopting cloud computing services quite yet. Guest Column
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TM Forum's Cloud Services Initiative encourages enterprise adoption
This guest column describes how TM Forum's Cloud Services Initiative plans to improve cloud computing management and standardization for large enterprises with wide area networks (WANs). Guest Column
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Using WAN performance optimization for cloud computing environments
While cloud computing poses significant wide area network (WAN) challenges, network managers can significantly improve the chances of success by looking at advanced WAN services and thinking strategically about which network operator to use in order ... Tip
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WAN optimization technology improves cloud computing performance
Not only can wide area network (WAN) optimization technology accelerate slow applications across a network, it can also be used to improve cloud computing performance. In this tip, learn how WAN optimization works and how it can be applied to a cloud... Tip
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Can cloud VPNs completely secure network traffic?
In this Ask the Expert response, VPN expert Rainer Enders discusses cloud VPN security and how enterprises can best protect their network's perimeter. Answer
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GB billing
In the telecommunications industry, gigabyte (GB) billing is a form of Internet usage-based billing determined by how many GBs of bandwidth are used by a customer across an Internet service provider's (ISP's) network. Definition
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bandwidth
Bandwidth is generally either (1) the amount of data that can be carried from one point to another in a given time period (usually a second) Definition
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disaster recovery plan (DRP)
A disaster recovery plan (DRP) -- sometimes referred to as a business continuity plan (BCP) or business process contingency plan (BPCP) -- describes how an organization is to deal with potential disasters... (Continued) Definition
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OSPF (Open Shortest Path First)
OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) is a router protocol used within larger autonomous system networks in preference to the Routing Information Protocol (RIP), an older routing protocol that is installed in many of today's corporate networks. Definition
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managed service provider (MSP)
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virtual private network (VPN)
A VPN is a network that uses a public telecommunication infrastructure, such as the Internet, to provide remote offices or individual users with secure access to their organization's network. A VPN ensures privacy through security procedures and tunn... Definition
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tunneling or port forwarding
Tunneling is the transmission of data intended for use only within a private, usually corporate network through a public network in such a way that the routing nodes in the public network are unaware that the transmission is part of a private network... Definition
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WAN (Wide Area Network)
A wide area network (WAN) is a geographically dispersed telecommunications network. The term distinguishes a broader telecommunication structure from a local area network (LAN). Definition
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extranet
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Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)
Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is an extension of the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) used by an Internet service provider (ISP) to enable the operation of a virtual private network (VPN) over the Internet. Definition
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Top 5 wide area network (WAN) trends of 2012
Cloud computing, mobility and video are some driving forces affecting enterprise networks. See the top five wide area network (WAN) trends of 2012. Photo Story
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How does cloud computing affect WAN bandwidth?
This podcast interview with IT network expert Zeus Kerravala answers the question: How does cloud computing affect wide area network (WAN) bandwidth? Learn the answer to this question and discover what a WAN manager can do to lessen the negative effe... Podcast
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Application benchmarking for QoE podcast
In this podcast, Dennis Drogseth and Kara Gattine focus on application benchmarking and quality of experience in order to determine if networked applications are functioning optimally and users are productive. Podcast
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Affordable IPv6 upgrades are possible -- unless you wait
In this podcast, IPv6 expert Chip Popoviciu shares his advice on how best to manage an IPv6 upgrade without breaking the bank. Popoviciu is co-author of the book "Global IPv6 Strategies" as well as a Cisco technical leader. Podcast
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Cloud WAN optimization keeps global design firm offices in sync
Design firm Hirsch Bedner Associates uses Aryaka's cloud-WAN-optimization service to speed download times and improve workflow between global offices. News
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Higher education SaaS provider relies on F5 Big-IP for app delivery
Hobsons uses F5 Big-IP application delivery controllers to accelerate apps to users for reliable Web experiences. News
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Embrane eases virtualized network services for cloud providers
Heleos, a virtualized Layer 4-7 network services platform offering from startup vendor Embrane improves cloud scalability for cloud providers and their customers. News
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Ensuring private cloud performance assurance
Ensuring performance assurance becomes part of IT's responsibilities when enterprises choose to adopt hybrid or private cloud computing environments. Tip
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Cloud access: Alternatives to Internet connectivity
The Internet's unreliability and questionable security keep many enterprises from adopting cloud services. But companies can consider these alternative cloud access options. Tip
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WAN trends for 2012: Cloud computing, virtualization, SaaS and more
Cloud computing is one of the top five technology trends for 2012 that are reshaping the wide area network (WAN). Discover the other trends in this slideshow. Slide show
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Top 5 wide area network (WAN) trends of 2012
Cloud computing, mobility and video are some driving forces affecting enterprise networks. See the top five wide area network (WAN) trends of 2012. Photo Story
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Branch consolidation and WAN optimization in the private cloud
Chapter 3 of “Private Cloud Computing” provides essential information on WAN optimization and consolidation in the private cloud, including next-generation WAN techniques. Chapter Download
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Private cloud computing over the wide area network
Stephen Smoot, author of “Private Cloud Computing,” answers questions WAN managers may have about private cloud computing over the wide area network. Q&A
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Can cloud VPNs completely secure network traffic?
In this Ask the Expert response, VPN expert Rainer Enders discusses cloud VPN security and how enterprises can best protect their network's perimeter. Answer
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About Cloud computing and SaaS
New service options, namely cloud computing and SaaS (software as a service), are emerging as ways for enterprises to gain access to additional IT resources. These services impact the WAN, however, and their pros and cons must be considered. Learn more about the basics of each and how to mitigate their effects on network security, data sourcing and storage, application performance and traffic bottlenecks.