Ann Bednarz

Associate News Editor

 

abednarz@nww.com (612) 926-0470

Network World, Inc. 118 Turnpike Road Southborough, MA 01772

Recent articles by Bednarz

Google on the prowl, Web attacks increase, social networks unravel: All part of bold 2009 ...
Dec. 31, 2008
2008 is nearly spent, but there's no shortage of forecasts for the coming year -- including the idea that some unemployed IT pros may soon turn to life of crime.

10 tech people you should know
Jan. 05, 2009
These power-brokers' decisions could shape IT in the enterprise for years to come.

Catching up with Silver Peak Systems
Dec. 18, 2008
Network choices have changed considerably since the days when private leased lines were the predominant option for business connectivity. The availability of MPLS services and Internet-based VPNs has enabled enterprises ...

Cloud forecast calls for WAN optimization
Dec. 16, 2008
There's no shortage of news about cloud computing. Service providers such as Amazon and Google and traditional IT vendors such as Microsoft and IBM have been bolstering their cloud computing platforms and services ...

Google Maps add color to Streamcore software
Dec. 11, 2008
Google Maps is a cool tool for zooming in on businesses or residences you need to find. But how about using it to display WAN performance? The new version of Streamcore's appliance software uses Google Maps to help IT ...

Tata, BT launch managed WAN optimization services
Dec. 09, 2008
For companies that want a hand measuring, controlling and accelerating application delivery over the WAN, managed service providers including AT&T, BT Global Services and Verizon Business are standing by.

Google on the prowl, Web attacks increase, social networks unravel: All part of bold 2009 ...
Dec. 31, 2008
2008 is nearly spent, but there's no shortage of forecasts for the coming year -- including the idea that some unemployed IT pros may soon turn to life of crime.

Web sites falter as holiday season opens
Dec. 04, 2008
The big test of retailers' Web sites occurred in the days following Thanksgiving, and a number of top retailers at times couldn't keep up with the heavy loads, according to Web monitoring firms.

Speedy net for financial services firms gets bigger
Dec. 02, 2008
In the financial services industry, expectations for network speed and reliability are among the highest anywhere. Telecommunications providers cater to those expectations, tailoring network services that offer ...

Grim forecast for holiday e-commerce sales
Nov. 26, 2008
Judging by the first 23 days of November, retailers can expect flat spending growth for the 2008 holiday e-commerce season, predicts Web measurement firm comScore.

Are retailers' sites ready for an onslaught?
Nov. 25, 2008
With Thanksgiving just two days away, retailers are about to find out how their Web sites will fare during the industry's high shopping season. A poor economy puts even more pressure on retailers to make sure Web ...

Sun, wind, algae: Future data center power sources?
Nov. 25, 2008
Researchers and policymakers gathered at E3 2008 to share progress in the development of renewable energy sources including wind, solar and biofuels.

Anagran appoints new CEO
Nov. 20, 2008
The month of November is flying by, but before it closes I wanted to catch up on some news in the world of network optimization. For starters, network traffic management start-up Anagran has a new president and CEO: ...

OPNET, Riverbed share a box
Nov. 18, 2008
As businesses become more distributed and the number of branch offices climbs, enterprise IT teams are becoming keen on reducing the number of appliances they have to deploy in each remote environment.

Blue Coat plugs into PacketShaper
Nov. 13, 2008
Blue Coat Systems this week announced a tool designed to open the lines of communication between its home-grown ProxySG appliances and the PacketShaper gear gained in its $268 million acquisition of Packeteer earlier ...

Akamai puts configuration control in users' hands
Nov. 11, 2008
Akamai Technologies unveiled a tool this week that aims to take away some of the pain associated with configuring application-specific acceleration parameters. The new Configuration Manager tool lets users configure and ...

How smart spending can bolster WAN application delivery
Nov. 06, 2008
It might surprise readers to learn the companies most successful at WAN application delivery don't necessarily spend a whole lot more money than those that struggle to optimize application delivery.

Best practices for speeding WAN application delivery
Nov. 04, 2008
The message is sinking in: Adding bandwidth isn't a cure-all for application performance problems.

Tomorrow’s IT: Who will get us there?
Jan. 05, 2009

ROI potential keeps WAN optimization projects on the table
Oct. 30, 2008
In the last newsletter I wrote about quarterly results reported by F5 Networks, Citrix Systems and Riverbed Technology. But quarterly results don't tell the whole story - particularly when the economy has changed so ...

F5, Citrix and Riverbed report quarterly results
Oct. 28, 2008
F5 Networks, Citrix Systems and Riverbed Technology last week reported financial results for the three months ended Sept. 30. F5 announced an impressive jump in fourth-quarter profit, tempered by a supply issue that ...

Radware, ICT bolster WAN acceleration wares
Oct. 23, 2008
It has been a busy few weeks for WAN optimization and application acceleration vendors. Among the highlights is Afore Solutions' introduction of a network acceleration appliance designed to optimize data-center-to-data- ...

What's to like about IT rollouts
Oct. 21, 2008
With the flood of disheartening economy-related stories dominating the news, it's nice to read something positive for a change. I had an opportunity to ask a handful of enterprise IT pros what they like best about today ...

What IT pros like best about next-generation technology
Oct. 20, 2008
The flexibility, costs savings and eco-friendly operations from next-generation IT technologies like server and storage virtualization make enterprise IT executive's list of best benefits.

Sprint, Verizon unveil managed WAN optimization services
Oct. 16, 2008
Industry watchers have been predicting U.S. companies will start paying more attention to managed WAN optimization services, which so far have been deployed most widely in Europe and other parts of the globe.