Analysis: Optimizing Your WAN
Few users rave when application traffic traversing a beefy corporate LAN meets a typical WAN. Even fewer enterprises are willing to spend to fix the problem. The answer: Make the most of expensive wide-area pipes with optimization appliances.

Windows Stack Changes Boost Network Performance
Enhancements to Longhorn and Vista--such as receive-side window autotuning and Compound TCP speed data transfer--look to make more efficient use of network resources.

Strategic Info Management: Virtually Extend Your Data Center
Face it: We're going to continue to store data at remote offices. In the past, we've relied on a single process--the nightly backup to tape--to protect against data loss. But is there a better strategy? We say yes.

Survivor's Guide to 2007: Network Infrastructure
Get ready to change gears in 2007. While consolidation was the watchword for 2006, 2007 will be all about differences. New and expensive technologies are stretching IT dollars, increasing management overhead and placing increased performance demands on networks.

WAN Services: New WAN Order
We sent out an RFI for our fictional company, which is considering a move from frame relay to MPLS. Our Editor's Choice is a mature offering with a wealth of integrated options. But was it the best value?

Market Analysis: Real-Time User Monitoring
Complex networks hide the end-user experience. Real-time user monitoring technology lets you see things from your customers' perspective and address performance problems promptly.

Review: Wide Area File Services
With wide area file services, your remote users can access a central data center as if it were local. We tested three applications that speed data to wherever your users are. Our Editor's Choice impressed us with its solid reporting and performance.

Market Analysis: Continuous Data Protection
Restoring from days- and even hours-old backup won't get your company back in the game. Continuous data protection is the IT equivalent of no harm, no foul. We explain what constitutes CDP and examine the true capabilities and limitations of today's offerings.