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 »

Integrating virtualization within a host and across a data center requires careful planning and thorough testing to ensure that the functionality, performance, security, and reliability of applications and data is not compromised. Virtualization removes the traditional silos between server, storage and network, making it critical to test in the context of an end-to-end environment. Read more »