Duplessie also notes end-user ease: Once it's up and running, no one knows or does anything different -- they only notice that things are moving much faster now. No one has to act any differently -- which has long been the bane of many technology companies, Duplessie says.
JEOs Klasna agrees, saying he never educated his users on the system. I just asked them if they noticed a difference, and they said, Yup.
Despite the flurry of activity in the WAN mobile optimization world, the industry is still a long way off from creating standards that would allow mobile users to interact freely with varying networks. Until that happens, all of the software products will strap users into only networks that have their mother appliance.
In an earnings call Thursday, Riverbed execs spent a chunk of time hyping the mobile product, which they said will enlarge the companys potential market. According to execs there are a couple of hundred million remote people who work at home a much larger number than the amount of companies that will invest in a Steelhead appliance.
The companys second quarter financial results, reporting a turn to profit as revenues for the quarter surged 199%.
Bob Friday, Chief AI Officer for Juniper Networks, explains how the advanced technology is transforming operations.
Contact center leaders from 8x8, Awaken Intelligence, and 360insight discuss the importance of agent experience.
AI may force enterprises to rewire parts of their data centers so they are fully optimized to run such workloads. The question is do you use Ethernet or InfiniBand?
