In 2003 Netli created their Application Delivery Network (ADN). This is considered by many to be the earliest "cloud-based WAN optimization" service. Now, "The Cloud" is a household word, and is being used as a platform for many business-critical services.
In the performance management arena, new tools and approaches have been and are being developed to address this rapidly-growing market. Netli has since become Akamai, and other cloud providers have appeared on the scene including Internap, Cloud Leverage, Virtela, and Aryaka. Read more »

I just finished listening-in on an excellent webinar put on by Shunra entitled "5 mistakes to avoid in data center relocations (DCRs)". I highly recommend it.
I listened-in because I always like to get another perspective from folks who are demonstrably smart at solving those problems. Shunra, by the way, is in the application performance engineering business, and produces many good and mature products that I consider extremely complimentary to Ixia's in solving similar issues in our common market. Read more »

Improved firewall support is now available for customers who want to use IxChariot in a strict firewall configuration, when specific source ports for all management connections must be set. This will entail a simple Console configuration. Endpoint machines need not be configured for this requirement.

Quality of service (QoS) validation has always been a strong force behind IxChariot's popularity. Recent additions to the QoS capability list for IxChariot include qWave QoS values for Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 platforms. In addition, the IxChariot Performance Endpoint for Linux now supports the Layer 2 Priority QoS field or CoS (class of service) by setting the Priority field of the VLAN as defined by IEEE 802.1p specification. The user configuration for Linux to support L2 priority QoS is straightforward. Give us a call for details!