10 big tests

Product Test and Buyer's Guide This newsletter is sponsored by Akamai Tolly Group: Web Acceleration Testing In this whitepaper learn the results behind Tolly's extensive tests pertaining to improving performance for Web applications. Read it today. Product Test and Buyer's Guide, 10/09/07 10 big tests By Network World Lab Alliance Network World is the premier source of objective, authoritative reviews in the network market. We produce weekly reviews of enterprise scope, with a mix of comparative reviews of competing products and timely reviews of products new to the market. Our strategy is to put ourselves in our readers' place - that of a network manager - and evaluate products the way readers would themselves if they only had the time. And now the gates are down, registration is no longer required. Here are 10 must-read tests worth checking out: Case Studies, Market Trends, Peer Discussions Network World's newly enhanced WAN Traffic Optimization Buyer's Guide has everything you need to stay current, research new technology, compare products and implement solutions - all in one convenient location. Visit now for case studies, how-to's, best practices, buying tips, peer discussions and more. Click here to go to the Buyer's Guide now. 1. WAN acceleration offers huge payoff: Test of WAN acceleration tools from Cisco, Riverbed, Silver Peak and Blue Coat. 2. Virtual machine management tools from VM vendors are a good start. But there’s room for third party wares. Test of Microsoft, VMware and XenSource management tools. 3. IBM Lotus Sametime wins test of corporate instant messaging platforms. 4. Giant test of NAC point products: Symantec edges Juniper, Cisco and Check Point in test of 13 NAC products. 5. Test of Microsoft’s Office Communication Server: Is OCS your next unified communications platform? 6. Test of open source management products: Zenoss Core comes out on top. 7. Blades vs. racks: What server architecture is best for your data center? 8. Test of virtual tape libraries (VTL). The down and dirty on data deduplication. 9. Test of mid-tier network management tools: Argent, HP come out on top. 10. WLAN analyzers come of age: AirMagnet reigns.

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