| Expand Networks takes WAN optimization virtual Scores of enterprises are trying out virtualization in the data center, lured by potential benefits such as improved server utilization, reduced OS licensing fees, more rapid deployments and lower power consumption. To tap into that trend, Expand Networks is going virtual. The WAN optimization vendor last week announced plans to release a VMware-packaged virtual version of its acceleration appliances. NWW readers: "We're not gonna pay a lot for this bandwidth!" An Oklahoma woman's decision to sue AT&T for sending her a $5,000 bill has elicited some strong reactions from Network World readers, many of whom think the company's bandwidth overage charges are disproportionate and excessive. Avoid deluding yourself about your Web site’s performance To know how your Web site is really performing you need to put it through ALL, not just some of its paces. There are two primary Web-site testing approaches: one uses a slimmed down subset of browser functionality packaged into a ‘website tester', and the other uses a fully functioning browser. Not all SOHO routers are created equal As businesses of all sizes continue to encourage telecommuting for a range of reasons from cost-savings to green initiatives to corporate/public health, the odds are increasingly high that the telecommuter will be accessing the network via a SOHO consumer-grade router of some form. And while this is not an inherently bad idea, this router becomes a part of the greater corporate net. Surprisingly, this also can occasionally introduce some unexpected uncertainty. Alcatel-Lucent CEO: Stimulate broadband Stimulus packages that are being put in place in response to the global financial crisis are overly focused on physical infrastructure, and not the digital agenda, said Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen, during his keynote at the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany. "It's very clear that the stimulus packages are written mostly by people who live in the physical world, and that is my generation and older," said Verwaayen. Enter for a Microsoft training giveaway from New Horizons
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