Time for interoperability among WAN optimization vendors Here's the problem: A user behind a Riverbed Steelhead can't communicate with a server behind a Cisco WAAS. This is nuts! The application delivery market is mature enough to fix this. The time has come to standardize how application delivery technology works so enterprises can build multivendor solutions. How to cut network expenses Trimming network redundancy at the University of Connecticut's School of Business was certainly not COO Michael Vertefeuille's first choice to save money. However, as the college faces a 10% budget shortfall this year, falling on the heels of last year's 5% cutback, he's had to dig deep. Is routing undergoing a midlife crisis? At the recent Interop conference, Jim Metzler moderated a panel that had the same name as this newsletter. We will use this newsletter to discuss what kind of midlife crisis (if any) the panelists thought routing was undergoing. In-house IT pays off at biz travel agents Hogg Robinson Business travel providers Hogg Robinson announced an increase in revenues for the last year and said its strategy of developing technology in-house was paying off. Open source data center management emerges The economy isn't the only reason open source management applications are garnering a lot of attention. With vendors building commercial business models around the low-cost tools, now is the time to invest in software that can manage, automate and control enterprise environments. HP ProCurve converges wireless and wired network access As wired and wireless devices of all kinds are IP-enabled, HP ProCurve introduces a single-room access device that lets both connect to a standard-sized wall-jack plate, which combines a Wi-Fi access point with a four-port Ethernet switch. June Giveaways Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training from Global Knowledge to two lucky readers and 15 copies each of books on IPv6 security, the Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module, and Active Directory Domain Services 2008. Deadline for entries June 30. |
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