When I asked WAN optimization veterans to weigh in on what they think will be the biggest technology and industry trends to watch during the year ahead, the economy (not surprisingly) played a part in ...

Performance-management technologies are becoming the add-on of choice for many optimization vendors looking to maximize the functions of their appliances. Coupling management capabilities and ...

In addition, Juniper launched a new high-end router for large enterprises and service providers. The new products come as Juniper is working to build up its channel business in the data center space, ...

It's clear the WAN optimization market is no longer a niche play. According to Gartner, WAN optimization is expected to grow from the $700 million market it was in 2006 to a $1.9 billion market in ...

WAN optimization in a large enterprise is a nascent and headline-grabbing market. Still, IT managers are faced with the burning question: Is it really worth the investment? The technology uses ...

Riverbed will sell Microsoft’s Windows Server bundled with its WAN optimization devices as a way to simplify purchasing for its customers. The server will run on the Riverbed Service Platform (RSP), a ...

Networking manufacturer Lanner and managed service provider GTT this week announced new SD-WAN capabilities leveraging universal customer premises equipment (uCPE). Lanner, one of several ...

The product choices continue to expand for users seeking devices that can boost the performance of file sharing via the Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol. F5 Networks Inc. today plans to ...

While relocating a command headquarters in Iraq, the Marine Corps used wide-area network optimization technology to increase transfer speeds via a satellite link to back up data. The Multi-National ...

SAN FRANCISCO, USA: WAN acceleration vendor Riverbed Technology introduced a wide area network (WAN) optimization solution, Riverbed Cloud Steelhead, purpose-built for public cloud environments. Cloud ...

Another company in the group I work for is considering getting steelhead WAN optimizers/accelerators. Frankly it sounds like a few useful things (particularly samba optimization) combined with ...