When I was younger I waited tables at a neighborhood restaurant. When I first met with the general manager, I promised to work hard to make the customer’s dining experience exceptional. I knew the difference between a good dining experience and a bad one. Little did I know how difficult it would be to deliver [...]
Business Critical Applications – Do You Have A Plan?
Apr 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In my last blog entry I pointed out that market research that I recently conducted indicated that in the majority of instances (62%) in which the performance of a business critical application is performing poorly, the company loses money. That metric on its own tells quite a story about the business value of ensuring acceptable [...]
The Cloud Redefines Corporate WAN Strategies
Mar 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The cloud is everywhere today and has become one of the biggest — if not the biggest — topics of conversation in the tech industry. I recently did a CIO roundtable where we discussed the cloud, and the big topics of conversation revolve around security and deployment strategies. This makes sense, based on where we [...]
Factors Driving WAN Evolution
Mar 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In a blog entry I wrote at the end of last year I pointed out that while the LAN is going through a period of rapid change, there are few if any fundamentally new WAN technologies under development. As a result, when IT organizations look to evolve their WAN they need to do so based [...]
OMG! MWC could be a BFD, LOL!
Mar 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
As Mobile World Congress (MWC) passes on its weary way in Barcelona, those responsible for technology in organizations should be looking on — even if it is with a slight look of bemusement — to see what the goings-on at the event may mean for them. Firstly, even though MWC remains big, its direct impact [...]
For Application Delivery You Need The Whole Enchilada
Dec 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I love enchiladas. The tasty tortilla surrounding the spicy filling and the rich sauce… It just wouldn’t be an enchilada if you took out either the tortilla or the sauce. Every bite has to include all of those great elements. If any are missing, well, it’s just not the complete experience. We can quibble about [...]
SNW Europe: When SSD turned disruptive
Nov 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It’s hard to miss that this is the year of SSD, or solid-state disk. There is a certain irony therefore – or possibly, given its location, schadenfreude – in an event being ‘themed’ to keep up with the latest trends, only to find out that the new theme is already out of date. So it [...]
Controlling Next-Gen WAN Costs
Sep 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
According to a new study from Information Week, “The Next-Gen WAN,” the biggest WAN game changer is the cloud, both public and private. Public cloud users will have to shift from the conventional WAN hub-and-spoke design to a distributed model, where services are delivered over Internet connections at each location, to reduce the load over [...]
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