I am constantly getting emails with “Best Practice” advice — for everything from traveling to IT. Well, it got me thinking: why doesn’t anyone provide “Worst Practice” advice? Can’t we all learn from other people’s mistakes? So here goes, this is my top 5 list of misconceptions and things to avoid in the data acceleration [...]
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 [...]
Clogged Network Pipes Got You Down?
Apr 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
When networks become congested with bandwidth-hungry applications and inefficient network technologies, it can resemble your typical home plumbing nightmare – backed-up, corroded piping sending murky, slow-moving water into your waiting basin. Not exactly the refreshing splash you were anticipating. Fortunately, when my water pipes are congested because of corrosion from rust and mineral deposits, or [...]
Why My Mama Runs Faster Than Your App
Apr 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
You know the drill. The request comes down to run XYZ app between offices. You run it on the LAN and, of course it all looks fine, but when you put it on the WAN, performance drops about as fast Rich Eisen on the 40. Now you need to explain the problem to your users [...]
Is data center consolidation causing bloating and congestion?
Jan 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
If you answered “yes,” well, I’ve got the remedy. If your enterprise is feeling the ill effects of poor WAN performance, you may assume it’s a bandwidth problem. If you invested in more bandwidth and a bigger pipe to ease the pain, and the problem persisted, the problem may be due to packet loss, latency [...]
Infrastructure won the Gold Rush
Nov 23, 2011 by Leave a Comment
“The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Last week I wrote about discovering the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, and I did my best to relate it to cloud computing and WAN optimization. Today, I’m going to [...]
The Skinny on Fat Pipes (Part 2)
Sep 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
This is part two of our “The Skinny on Fat Pipes” discussion. In part one, we talked about how WAN deduplication plays a role in optimizing high-capacity WANs. Now, let’s discuss how to overcome packet loss and out of order packets in fat pipes. We will also touch on how to support large data center [...]