The majority of today’s data center initiatives have one thing in common: data is becoming more centralized, while users are increasingly more distributed. This places an increased emphasis on the network, making every data center vulnerable to bandwidth, latency, and service quality challenges that impact all applications. However, don’t fret, because there are methods to [...]
SMTC Keeps Global Data Flowing
Apr 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
SMTC (Nasdaq: SMTX) is a global electronics manufacturing services provider that has more than 2,000 employees who rely on a variety of centrally-hosted applications including ERP, Windows-based file sharing, and remote desktop (RDP) connections. Like many other companies similar in size to SMTC, increasing data volumes and a congested MPLS network were impeding the company’s long-distance [...]
Mobile Computing is a Double-Edged Sword
Mar 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Mobile computing has become an essential part of our daily lives for both personal and business use. A vast number of employees are already using their own mobile devices at work, and mobile computing is quickly becoming a key strategy for virtually every organization. It’s easy to see why Facebook is capitalizing on its success [...]
Move Over VDI, Here Comes HTML5 (Video)
Mar 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Does HTML5 mean the end of virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI) as we know it today? In part five of this video series on 2013 IT trends, Silver Peak founder and CTO David Hughes discusses how more applications will be based on HTML5 and how HTML5 gets the application onto all different kinds of endpoints without [...]
WAN Small Step for VDI
May 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
For the last several years I’ve received numerous reports about the imminent and massive adoption of desktop virtualization (VDI) in the enterprise space, and while the reality hasn’t come close to the hype, often because of network issues, it appears that the SMB market is now poised to jump on this still-stuck-in-first-gear bandwagon. According to [...]
Top Law Firm Optimizes Citrix VDI and Replication (Video)
May 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Law firms commonly rely on the wide area network (WAN) to share files, communicate with clients, and back-up data. Unfortunately, these networks often lack the flexibility to react to fast-paced changes in daily demands. Top real estate law firm Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP (“Cox, Castle”) experienced this first-hand with application performance challenges using the [...]
In San Diego? Join us for Lunch and WANop Discussion!
Jan 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Happy New Year to all IT and networking professionals in San Diego! Start your year off by joining Silver Peak, FusionStorm and EMC at our informative lunch next week, where you will not only enjoy a fabulous meal but also an exciting update on the latest in WAN optimization and storage efficiencies. Learn how WANop [...]
When Virtualization Meets Reality
Jun 27, 2011 by 1 Comment
Back in 1982, the common perception of virtualization was depicted on the silver screen in the movie “Tron” in which a computer hacker becomes trapped within a mainframe computer system. Now, one sequel and nearly 30 years later, the reality of virtualization is far removed from that realm of science fantasy. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, or [...]
Virtual Machine Migration with EMC VPLEX Geo
May 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Check out this demonstration of the Silver Peak WAN optimization integration with EMC VPLEX Geo to accelerate a virtual machine (VM) migration over a long-distance, cross-country WAN.
Fastest Growing WAN Optimization Company
Mar 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
For anyone following the WAN optimization market, Silver Peak’s growth is undeniable and unavoidable. We recently closed our fiscal second quarter as the fastest growing WAN optimization company based on increased customer adoption, rapid international expansion, a growing channel partner program, aggressive hiring, and positive industry analyst feedback. Our rapid growth is fueled by more applications [...]
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