NETWORK WORLD ARTICLE: STEVE TAYLOR ON WIDE AREA NETWORKING ALERT 03/25/08 WAN optimization starts in application development By Steve Taylor and Jim Metzler Instead of implementing an application that runs poorly over the WAN and which then requires IT organizations to implement network and application optimization techniques, how about writing applications that run well over the WAN?Read full story Steve Taylor is president of Distributed Networking Associates and of Webtorials. For more detailed information on most of the topics discussed in this article, connect to Webtorials , the premier site for Web-based educational presentations, white papers, and market research. Taylor can be reached at Jim Metzler is the Vice President of Ashton, Metzler & Associates, a consulting organization that focuses on leveraging technology for business success. Jim assists vendors to refine product strategies, service providers to deploy technologies and services, and enterprises evolve their network infrastructure. He can be reached via e-mail . This article is sponsored by MASERGY MASERGY specializes in simplifying enterprise networks for expanding global business needs. Serving hundreds of customers with flexible convergence solutions and a superior customer experience, MASERGY guarantees site-to-site delivery for real-time application performance anywhere in the world you do business. Contact MASERGY. Learn the Performance Benefits of WDS Discover how to optimize TCP/IP traffic and future applications with the right acceleration appliances in this whitepaper, "Adding Business Value with Wide-Area Data Services." The benefits of WDS include: cutting bandwidth utilization, accelerating application performance and increasing user productivity. Find out about additional benefits today. RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS Podcast: 5 Ways to Recession-proof your IT With a possible recession around the corner, now is the time for IT organizations to start planning ways to make their organizations lean and mean. Keith Shaw talks with Francis Carden, the CEO of OpenSpan, about some ways that IT can make sure that they're projects are not overly bulky, that legacy applications are stretched, and how application virtualization can save tons of money (19:44). 10 Gig access switches: Not just packet pushers anymore, 03/24/08 Our tests found seven next-generation switches bristle with features that don't exist in many previous models - not just physical features like 10-gigabit Ethernet uplinks but also 802.1X-based network access control authentication, enhanced multicast support, storm control, DoS protection and IPv6 support. Is Cisco coming out with a blade server? Isn't the next step for Cisco to come out with its own blade servers for its big Nexus 7000 switch? Some think so. How to upgrade or replace power supply in Cisco Catalyst 6500 switch Cisco Catalyst 6500/6000 series modules have different power requirements. Certain switch configurations can require more power than a single power supply can provide, which depends on the wattage of the power supply. How to configure a Cisco Catalyst switch to act as a DHCP relay agent Relay agents are used to forward requests and replies between clients and servers when they are not on the same physical subnet. Relay agent forwarding is distinct from the normal forwarding of an IP router, where IP datagrams are switched between networks somewhat transparently. Another NAC vendor bites the dust: Cisco to blame? A security blogger reckons Cisco has left no room for smaller players in the NAC space, and that customers only have two choices of NAC vendors: Cisco and Microsoft. Who is Trixbox? Cisco Subnet blogger Brad Reese takes a look at Trixbox, the IP telephony company that former Cisco Premier Certified Partner Thomas Techologies recently abandoned Cisco to join. Microsoft puts Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services to the test in its own internal network Microsoft tests outs Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services on its own network and lives to tell the tale. Unions have no place in today's economy Cisco Subnet blogger Michael Morris goes head-to-head against a central office tech and concludes that unions - as in the old telecoms unions - make it difficult for telcos to adquately serve their customers. Cisco updates its employee blogging policy Does Cisco's new staff blogging policy muffle its workers? Cisco beats rivals in 10G switch test scores Cisco's $33,000-plus Catalyst gets top marks in a Network World test but is its high price tag justified? Cisco stockholders should be screaming bloody murder Dave Roberts, Vyatta VP of strategy and marketing no-holds-barred thoughts on Cisco's ASR 1000 routers. How to configure an L2TPv3 Ethernet pseudowire Cisco Subnet blogger Mark Lewis explains pseudowires, the most popular application for L2TPv3. What was Microsoft thinking? Cisco Subnet blogger Larry Chaffin writes: what is Microsoft going to do when they figure out that the solution they are going to push to Server 2008 customers using the WAAS is not that good. Cisco Subnet's Top 20 Cisco Press books: How do you rate them? Since we launched Cisco Subnet at the beginning of last year, we've been regularly posting exclusive chapters from new and classic Cisco Press books on our site (see our library here ). We've compiled the top 20 most-read Cisco Press book chapters as accessed by our readers over the year. What did you think of the book/chapter? Was it helpful in your job/career? Give your ratings for the top 20 books/chapters here . LIVE CHAT: Cisco Networking Simplified with Neil Anderson Mark your calendars for Tuesday, March 25 from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. EST. Neil Anderson is co-author of the best selling book series, Cisco Networking Simplified. When not writing books, he is the Director of Enterprise Systems Engineering with Cisco Systems. He has more than 20 years of broad experience in communications systems, including public telephone, mobile phone, and IP networks. Neil will be available to answer your questions about network design, wireless networking, VoIP, and video-over-IP systems. Attend this chat and have a chance to win one of 10 free copies of Cisco Networking Simplified (published January, 2008). Must be present to win. MARCH GIVEAWAYS: This month's giveaways from Microsoft Subnet and Cisco Subnet Microsoft Subnetis giving away a free training course worth up to $2,500 courtesy of New Horizons; your choice of cool gadgets courtesy of Global Knowledge; and 15 copies of the book Guide to Office 2007 Servers".Cisco Subnetis giving away to one lucky reader free access to Cisco training partner Tech 2000's CCNA Lab Simulator. Cisco Subnet also has 15 copies of the Cisco Press book "Cisco Networking Simplified, 2nd Edition" up for grabs. Go here for the entry instructions for all the competitions. TOP STORIES | MOST DUGG STORIES 1. Test: 10 Gig access switches 2. IRS' data warehouse to blame for audit 3. Microsoft warns of new Word attack 4. Vista SP1: Threat or menace? 5. IBM's top 5 predictions for UC 6. Hyper-V leaves Linux out in the cold 7. Intel stretches Wi-Fi to cover 60 miles 8. First look at Firefox beta 9. Feds to award flood of telecom deals 10. Outsourcing security is controversial 11. 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