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Netflix Survey Hints at Iphone Streaming App
Despite Netflix’s CEO comments in a recent interview to Reuters, it is apparent that the online/rental primer distributor of movies in the US is planning to release a new service targeting, yes, you guessed correctly… millions of Iphone users. Netflix is distributing among thousands of its subscribers an online survey (see below) to float the [...]
Continue reading...FCC to Propose Faster Broadband Speeds
19. February 2010
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a blog dealing with a global study of Internet speed, where it was reported that the US is one of the few countries where the Internet is actually slowing down. On February 17, the Chairman of the FCC (Federal Communication Commission), Julius Genachowski, proposed a decade long program [...]
Continue reading...Discussion & Buzz at the I/ITSEC Show Earlier this Month
28. December 2009
I recently had the pleasure of attending the ITSEC Modeling and Simulation show in Orlando, Florida. This event featured the latest solutions in Gaming and Remote Learning for Dept of Defense clients deployed around the world. Based upon conversations with both the vendors and potential users of these products it quickly became evident that a [...]
Continue reading...Building Applications for a Remote Datacenter Part 1. The network impact
13. October 2009
This series of posts is about the day after a data center move. Now that the data center is remote, how does this paradigm shift impact the way we should develop, test, deploy, monitor and troubleshoot applications. I will try to cover as many topics as possible, but the main focus is still going to be around the role application performance management plays in this new paradigm.
Continue reading...Migrating to Business Ethernet Service
24. August 2009
Impact on Enterprise Application Performance In the current economic environment where growth is tough to come by, Business Ethernet Service (aka Carrier Ethernet, Metro Ethernet) is bucking the trend. A recent analyst report confirms the uptick in growth of these services for Business Applications: Source: Vertical Systems Group, March 2009 Service providers are reaching critical [...]
Continue reading...I will be presenting a Joint Shunra-IXIA solution at Interop in Vegas from May 19th. – May 21st.
7. May 2009
I have been working with Wesley Hand from IXIA on a joint solution that combines IXIA Test Composer, IxExplorer and Shunra VE. This solution creates an automated network emulation test bed that combines traffic generation, WAN impairments, network simulation and test automation.
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5. March 2010