Juniper: How Networks Can Assist Application Delivery
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May 2009-
Approaches to application delivery vary according to the venue and intended recipient, according to Tim Richards of Juniper Networks. Application delivery on a campus or within a building is handled differently than for a branch office or when delivering apps to remote users, but virtualization and server consolidation can make the process much simpler, while providing higher levels of service. Richards also discusses the idea of a creating a single data center fabric as a ...
Cisco: How Networks Can Assist Application Delivery
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May 2009-
In order for application delivery to work, the applications and the network have to work in concert. Cisco Systems’ Mark Leary discusses how striking the right balance between availability, performance, security, capital costs, and operating costs in all three areas -- the network, in the data center, and the end user – is a major challenge for today’s IT organizations. According to Leary, in application delivery, knowledge is everything: recognizing the warning signs of trouble; ...
How Networks Can Assist Application Delivery
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May 2009-
Virtualization technology is being implemented in both hardware and software, and is being touted as the solution to many of the ills plaguing IT organizations today. Gary Hemminger, director of product management at Brocade Communications, takes a realistic look at the pros and cons of virtualization, and how networks can assist application delivery. With a pair of ADCs being deployed for each new application, virtualization can turn one underused ADC into multiple ADCs that can ...
Application Performance Management
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May 2009-
Application performance management means different things to different people, and IT organizations are judged both on end users’ productivity as well as service delivery. NetQoS’s Matt Sherod discusses the business realities of application performance management, including how to actually implement it. The importance of getting the right information to the right person at the right time is stressed, through the use of native instrumentation and automated analytics.
The Future Of Application Delivery
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May 2009-
A couple of years ago, it was common to equate application delivery to network and application optimization. However, ensuring successful application delivery requires that IT organizations do more than just implement optimization techniques. It also involves planning, management, and control that extends to a wide range of IT disciplines, not just networks. As a result, most of the application delivery vendors have begun to develop expertise in other areas including security, storage, and management. In ...
Tuning, Tweaking, And Troubleshooting Your Virtual Infrastructure
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May 2009-
Virtualization is great, but the business application is king. Getting your virtual infrastructure to perform optimally is essential to meeting application service levels. This requires performance monitoring and management; capacity management and chargeback; and troubleshooting tools that successfully navigate the complexities of the entire virtual infrastructure, including servers, storage, and networking. This panel discussion, moderated by Barb Goldworm, introduces some of the ways IT can address application performance and capacity management across virtual infrastructure.