Archives : network optimization

the future of networking, at the speed of light

published on 2012/04/16 by Yann Gourvennec

If you think that the world has gone faster recently, which in turn has led to more globalisation and the ability to access data and systems everywhere at any time (aka Cloud Computing), you haven't seen anything yet. For there is one thing which has plagued the world of real time IT for years on end: "latency". ...

the future of networking, at the speed of light

application performance: what's the promise?

published on 2012/03/19 by Katie DeTitta

Application performance and WAN optimization have been part of IT's vernacular since about 2008, yet it seems that people throw these terms around without a thorough explanation as to what exactly the technologies offer, or what to expect when implementing application performance on an enterprise network. So I talked with Nicolas Drogou, our WAN optimization product manager, to get -- and share -- the scoop....

application performance: what's the promise?

Four steps to outstanding application performance in the cloud

published on 2011/06/23 by Anthony Plewes

Why has performance management become such a key issue in cloud computing? Well it's simple: there is little point in moving to a cloud solution if end users can no longer use their business-critical applications effectively. We spoke to Orange Business Services expert Jean Critcher to find out about the four key issues you need to address when looking at application performance in the cloud. ...

Four steps to outstanding application performance in the cloud

A brain for the Internet?

published on 2011/04/19 by Stewart Baines

Could a software project at Stanford University change the way that the Internet works, for the better? OpenFlow, a project developed in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley, could enable application software to tell the routers and switches underpinning the Internet what to do....

A brain for the Internet?

Blade Network Technologies: "we do business with people for whom, when the network goes down, it will cost millions of dollars!"

published on 2010/06/25 by Yann Gourvennec

the network as a business enabler On June 3rd, 2010, at the end of our press trip in the Silicon Valley, we have had the opportunity to meet with Vikram Mehta, President and CEO of Blade Network Technologies (BNT), a four year-old company dedicated to "providing the interconnect fabric" behind cloud computing to put it in the words of our host who welcomed us at BNT's headquarters in Santa Clara, Ca. What is behind this concept of "interconnect fabric" is the provision of intelligent networking and storage application connectivity for virtualised data centres. what is keeping CIOs awake at night? What......

Blade Network Technologies: "we do business with people for whom, when the network goes down, it will cost millions of dollars!"