Tuesday | 7 October, 2008
Stories about: Ashton, Metzler & Associates
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Pimp your apps 17/06/2008 10:13:45
Tools for speeding sluggish applications traditionally are of two types: application-delivery controllers designed to ease the load on Web servers, and WAN optimization devices aimed at mitigating network latency and bandwidth constraints. Some say it's time for these two to consolidate. - +
Four cool network optimization startups 17/06/2008 09:51:02
When Rich De Brino agreed to let a start-up come on-site and demonstrate how its technology could optimize video applications by aggregating multiple network connections, he didn't make it easy on the vendor. - +
Video teleconferencing: 'Meet me half a world away' 12/05/2008 09:46:46
Travel has become the bane of many companies' existence, thanks to escalating fuel and travel costs, unpredictable and increasingly frequent air travel delays and metropolitan gridlock. A face-to-face meeting can cost thousands of dollars and several hassle-filled days, yet small businesses often have customers at great distances. - +
Network management, security make for happy bedfellows 09/03/2007 13:27:27
With the walls between IT domains crumbling, companies increasingly are putting in place policies, processes and technologies that serve the twofold purpose of managing and securing networks. - +
WAN acceleration goes Orbital 11/11/2005 08:04:25
Orbital Data has produced what it claims is the only WAN accelerator capable of adjusting data flows on the fly. - +
Web services take off 03/03/2005 14:24:11
When Soren Burkhart landed the job of CIO at Aloha Air Group a year ago, his marching orders were to quickly break through the constraints of the company's legacy mainframe system. The problem was serious. "Integration points to external vendors were very limited and very brittle. To extend the system to incorporate customer requirements was close to impossible," he says. - +
Web-based apps challenge traffic management 29/09/2004 10:04:36
A dominant trend in IT shops is to move from custom to Web-based applications. According to the report, "Branch Office Networking: An IT Business State-of-the-Market Brief," by Jim Metzler, a principal in consultancy Ashton, Metzler & Associates, currently about 27% of the traffic on branch-office networks is generated by Web-based applications. - +
SAN slowdowns throttle back applications 21/01/2004 08:00:51
U.S.-based research firm Ashton, Metzler & Associates has found that many SANs just stop causing applications to slow down or suffer what the firm calls a "brownout." - +
Case Study: Industry insiders blast IP telephony myths 01/04/2003 13:53:34
Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto took its IP telephony project very seriously, planning for every situation that could disrupt communication with the outside world. - +
Cisco Technology Boosts Content Flow 03/03/2000 12:01:01
Cisco Systems Inc. this week announced products designed to provide quick delivery of Web and other Internet content across a network.
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Computerworld Live Podcast #97: The Future of Enterprise Networking 25/07/2008 09:45:36
This week CW Live chats with Mark Thompson, global sales and marketing manager for HP ProCurve, on the future of the enterprise networking. Mark discusses the trends we can expect to see in the near future and how the right infrastructure can ensure your enterprise network is secure. - +
Computerworld Live Podcast #96: Security at the Edge 11/06/2008 09:22:22
CW Live speaks with Amol Mitra, HP ProCurve Director of Marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan. Today's topic: how enterprises are starting to shift away from simply controlling security via server logins, firewalls and moving to more adaptive security frameworks. - +
Data Management Edition #10: Multi-Petascale Systems 02/05/2008 09:12:33
This week we look at sustainability and the development of multicore technologies to build multi-petascale systems. - +
IT Security Edition #11: How to poison the Storm botnet 01/05/2008 08:51:55
This week CW Live presents a case study on how to poison the notorious Storm botnet . Plus we take a look at Cisco's plans for Ironport. - +
IT Security Edition #10: Cyber-battles fought and won 24/04/2008 11:09:47
Vendors bow to end user pressure to improve product security, and we take a look at the latest concepts shaping the cyber-battlefield of the future.
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