Tag Archives: Application Performance

It’s Worse than that Jim – Bandwidth is not equal to Link Speed either.

In a recent blog my colleague, Phil Bull notes that there’s confusion over bandwidth and speed.  This discussion started with an article on Network World’s website where Netforecast said “No Matter What the FCC Says, Bandwidth Is Not Speed”.  Basically … Continue reading

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Confusion over Bandwidth and Speed!

It appears that even the experts can get confused over the distinction between bandwidth and speed so what chance does the ordinary “Joe” have? I recently came across an article on the Network World web site “No Matter What the … Continue reading

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Cloud Computing Ignores the Network

For any kind of “Cloud Computing” model the network is absolutely intrinsic to application delivery, and yet it’s often just an afterthought. In the beginning the “Cloud” was the network.  Now it’s mostly IaaS or SaaS and sometimes even hosting … Continue reading

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Developing software that utilizes the network

The correct way to develop software that utilizes a network still seems to be a little understood subject. The main issue seems to be that there are few people around who have the experience necessary to understand both the correct … Continue reading

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Watching the World Cup online at work may be illegal

With the World Cup just around the corner, you may be tempted to catch a match live while at work by watching streaming media over your computer. However, today our UK office received a letter from the TV Licensing Agency … Continue reading

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iTrinegy Joins The Cloud Computing Debate

Last month, I was approached by the BCS (British Computer Society) to get involved in a televised panel session to discuss the implications of adopting a Cloud Computing strategy (SEE ”DEBATE” LINK BELOW). We spend a lot of time advising organizations … Continue reading

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