Managed WAN optimization services, from such companies as AT&T, BT Global Services and Orange Business, provide an option for application performance improvements. A tech-support call starts it all.

Joel Snyder, Ph.D., is a senior IT consultant with 30 years of practice. An internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, messaging and networks, Dr. Snyder is a popular speaker and ...

Cisco renewed its partnership with Microsoft to address inconsistent software-as-a-service (SaaS) performance. The expanded collaboration targets Microsoft Teams and Office 365, two of the most ...

When selecting a SD-WAN technology provider, make sure the partner doing the configuration and installation is experienced. The partner needs to be vetted as much as the technology. Usability, it ...

Robert Beck is a network engineer with the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families. When portions of two Wisconsin state agencies combined to form the Department of Children and Families (DCF), ...

Robert is the founder of Netify. Compare the SD WAN and SASE Cybersecurity market using their managed provider and vendor shortlist tools. Managed SD-WAN offers businesses the capability to fully ...

"Let's set the record straight: to paraphrase Mark Twain, rumors of WAAS' demise have been greatly exaggerated," wrote Mark Lohmeyer, vice president of marketing, Services Routing Technology Group, in ...

The noise in the Software-Defined Wide-Area Networking (SD-WAN) marketplace has reached pandemonium levels, as a wide range of vendors seek to disrupt the hegemony of Cisco Systems in the networking ...

In an effort to fill a gap in its product line, Silver Peak is launching the NX-5500, which supports 50 Mbps of WAN capacity. Until now, the vendor’s application acceleration appliance line ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. The application layer of the ...

Joel Snyder, Ph.D., is a senior IT consultant with 30 years of practice. An internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, messaging and networks, Dr. Snyder is a popular speaker and ...

Joel is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, networking and messaging. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) @joelsnyder. As enterprise wide area networks become taxed by ...