Archives : Jean Critcher

Eight steps to best practice in end-to-end network optimization (pt 2)

published on 2010/04/14 by Jean Critcher

In the first part of this post I talked about the first four steps for successful end-to-end network optimization. These steps were focused on identifying the applications that meet business priorities and the KPIs that will measure the success of the network optimization project in terms of the business. The next four steps deal with the actual work that needs to be done to optimize your applications and infrastructure. Step 5: Determine the infrastructure constraintsNow that all the high-level decisions have been made, our process digs down into the IT infrastructure layers that support these business priorities. As outlined in the last......

Eight steps to best practice in end-to-end network optimization (pt 2)

Eight steps to best practice in end-to-end network optimization (pt 1)

published on 2010/04/13 by Jean Critcher

Applications are a key part of your business processes and their performance impacts directly on your bottom line. But to improve application performance, it's no longer enough to simply improve a single element of the IT infrastructure, such as the server or the network, instead you need to look to optimize all components of the IT infrastructure together. ...

Eight steps to best practice in end-to-end network optimization (pt 1)

Why WAN optimization is important to consider during this economic climate?

published on 2009/10/28 by Jean Critcher

As 2009 winds down, most enterprises who follow the standard calendar fiscal year, are typically in budget planning mode if not already finished for 2010 spend. Indeed, we have seen some hestitation or delay in some investments this year. A more popular request of late is that enterprises are requesting more OPEX based services rather than adding CAPEX to their end of year bottom lines. WAN optimization remains a technology area still in demand given the changes of focus on consolidation and virtualization, which are common areas for quicker cost reduction around IT but where maintaining performance remains a challenge. Managed WAN optimization provides many......

Why WAN optimization is important to consider during this economic climate?