First Point-and-Click Solution for Accelerating Virtual Workloads over Distance Unveiled

VMWorld US 2012: Silver Peak Systems, the leader in accelerating data over distance, today introduced the first point-and-click solution for accelerating individual workloads directly from VMware vCenter and other virtual infrastructure management consoles. This is part of Silver Peak’s new “Agility” technology initiative that focuses on improving the application owner’s experience through software-defined virtual workload… Continue reading First Point-and-Click Solution for Accelerating Virtual Workloads over Distance Unveiled

Embrane Unveils Distributed Software Platform for Virtualizing Network Services

Embrane today announced the immediate availability of heleos, the first distributed software platform for powering on-demand elastic network services such as load balancers, firewalls, virtual private networks (VPNs) and WAN Optimization. Targeted to cloud service providers (CSPs) and enterprises building public, private or hybrid cloud environments, the unique platform enables the procurement, provisioning and configuration… Continue reading Embrane Unveils Distributed Software Platform for Virtualizing Network Services

Riverbed Broadens Support for Applications with New WAN Optimization Release

Riverbed Technology, the IT performance company, today announced new features and capabilities to its Riverbed® Optimization System (RiOS®) that broaden the company’s support for key enterprise applications and extend its leadership in delivering speed, scale, simplicity and security to the globally connected enterprise. With RiOS 7.0, Riverbed has expanded its already broad set of optimizations… Continue reading Riverbed Broadens Support for Applications with New WAN Optimization Release

The CIO’s Guide to Optimizing Virtual Desktops

As information technology continually evolves, there is a cycle of tendencies between central and distributed control. You could envision mainframe technology with terminal services at one end of the spectrum: high performing, resilient and singular in its standardized support of thin clients connecting across the network. Open systems might be somewhat opposite, with a range… Continue reading The CIO’s Guide to Optimizing Virtual Desktops