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Shunra on the Road – Interop 2010, Day 1

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

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Today was the first day of Interop 2010, and the conference & exhibition kicked off with a variety of discussions on performance engineering and exciting opportunities at Shunra’s booth #2056.  Top of mind from speaking with attendees were infrastructure virtualization initiatives.  Other themes included the need to manage effective data center relocation initiatives, and the [...]

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The FCC Invites You to Check How Slow Your Internet Access Is

Friday, March 12, 2010

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The FCC just released a set of tools designed to test a user connection to the Internet,both for PC platforms (works on IE and Firefox) and applets for Iphone and other smart phones.  Just access www.broadband.gov and you will be prompted to review the national plan to deploy broadband and invited to test your own [...]

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FCC to Propose Faster Broadband Speeds

Friday, February 19, 2010

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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 [...]

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Is Apple’s IPAD a Game Changer?

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

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Since Steve Jobs presented Apple’s new addition, the IPAD, the press and the blogosphere are trying to assess the real impact on the new gadget. Is it a passing fad, like the Newton or the attempts by IBM to implement a tablet computer or a real game changer that finally, after almost 30 of personal [...]

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Join Shunra’s NEW User Group

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

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Kicking off the first meeting in Chicago, IL … You are invited to join Shunra’s User Group Community in the Chicago area.  Connect with your peers, exchange ideas and hear from experts in application performance management space. What to expect The Shunra User Group’s mission is to provide the user community with a forum to [...]

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“From the Boulevard of Broken Dreams…”

Friday, January 22, 2010

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I was recently requested to support a Federal Agency that was tasked with validating the performance of an application to be globally deployed. Due to current events the timelines for testing and certification had become critical and the contractor responsible for the project was under enormous pressure to complete this engagement quickly. In conversations with [...]

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WAN Emulation vs WAN Simulation

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

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One of the topics we are frequently asked is to explain or clarify the difference between WAN Emulation and WAN Simulation. WAN Simulation methodology is a set of theoretical algorithms which are usually applied on a trace file. These algorithms aim to predict applications response times with different conditions and then applied to the captured [...]

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Why Has MPLS Become So Pervasive on Today’s Global Networks?

Monday, December 28, 2009

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Many of the largest networks today employ Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) for a myriad of reasons. So what are some of the key motivators that would entice an organization to make the leap to MPLS? Protocol neutrality, extensibility, adaptability and scalability are among some of the many reasons. Additionally, because MPLS was designed to openly [...]

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Improving the Quality for the End User

Monday, December 21, 2009

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One student at a time… Recently, I visited a company that develops and distributes software for Independent School District’s across USA. Their main product, originally developed for challenged kids, centers around dynamic computerized teaching and testing programs. This product proved to be so successful among this population that the company adapted it for other kids [...]

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Applications, Applications, Applications

Monday, December 21, 2009

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I have been asked by a colleague “Why would someone use Application Virtualization?” You may already know that adopting the likes of Application Virtualization is not an easy task.   Many applications are simply not built to be deployed in such an environment. Not to mention all the other challenges faced within the IT organization. One [...]

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