It has been a busy few weeks for WAN optimization and application acceleration vendors. Among the highlights is Afore Solutions' introduction of a network acceleration appliance designed to optimize ...

Packeteer is blending the functions of two of its WAN-acceleration devices into a single box, making it possible for users to address network problems that may be slowing site-to-site performance ...

Expand's portfolio of Accelerator appliances uses data-compression algorithms to boost WAN capacity without requiring bandwidth increases. The vendor's new ...

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 ...

The new Silver Peak VX-Xpress appliance is based on the Silver Peak Virtual Acceleration Open Architecture (VXOA) that powers the entire portfolio of NX, VX, and VRX products. Silver Peak offers the ...

Colorado Springs, Colo. – WAN acceleration appliance company Riverbed Technology Inc. is shipping the second major software release to customers this summer. The Steelhead 2.0 suite will be ...

Blue Coat Systems’ SG line of WAN accelerators builds on traditional WAN optimization methods by adding a couple of their own, including support for SSL encrypted traffic and streaming media. Based on ...

Speeding up the delivery of applications and data to remote users is the No. 1 goal of WAN acceleration and optimization. Not only does it help get more done over the same amount of bandwidth — or ...

IT managers are always being asked to do more with less. When it comes to WAN links, less is sometimes all you have to work with. The Steelhead 2000 WAN acceleration appliance from Riverbed Technology ...

Akamai's announcement this week of much broader acceleration benefits-- to all IP applications, including VOIP -- extends its WAN optimization capabilities into enterprises and out to remote users.

We're trying to implement some WAN acceleration devices but we're running into a snag with it being unable to optimize WAN RPC traffic, like AD replication and Exchange MAPI connections. The issue ...

Common Internet File System is a remote file access protocol that forms the basis for Windows file sharing. CIFS performs poorly over high-latency WAN links because it’s chatty, meaning a large number ...