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• Trajan beefs up network to meet global demand

  Biotech research and development firm, Trajan Scientific and Medical, has embarked on what head of IT, James Orgill, says is a major “reinvention of the network”.

• In pictures: Customer experience monitoring in the digital era - CIO roundtable

  Tech chiefs from Brisbane discussed how they are measuring the experience internal and external customers are having with their digital products and services. The luncheon was sponsored by Riverbed.

• Royal Flying Doctor Service no longer "flying blind" on network issues

  Up until recently, Queensland's Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) was "flying blind" when it came to managing the performance of its network, says its ICT infrastructure manager, Dean Coulter.

• Riverbed bolsters net mgmt. software for greater automation

  Riverbed tacked three new software modules onto its SteelCentral network management product today, broadening the features already available through that framework.

• MTC Australia phases out desktop phones and PCs as part of cloud first strategy

  Not-for-profit employment/training provider MTC Australia has ditched 500 desktop phones in favour of voice over IP (VoIP) and is now phasing out its aging PC fleet.

• In Pictures: Top tools for WAN optimisation

  Upstarts Exinda and Ipanema challenge network optimisation kingpin, Riverbed

• MTC overcomes data lag with IT transformation

  A lag in data transmission was causing issues at not-for-profit employment and training provider, MTC Australia, until it embarked on a data centralisation project.

• Buyback program intensifies Aryaka/Riverbed rivalry

  WAN optimization-as-a-service provider Aryaka has announced an aggressive buyback program that targets competitor Riverbed's customers, adding a new point of contention to an already heated rivalry.

• Cisco adds app performance to branch routers

  Cisco this week extended the software capabilities of its ISR branch routers with previously separate security and application performance features, including WAN optimization.

• Riverbed's billion-dollar Opnet buy could pay off big, analysts say

  Despite a substantial decline in Riverbed's stock price after the news of its $1 billion acquisition of Opnet this week, industry experts say that the buyout leaves Riverbed in a uniquely strong position in the network management arena.

• Riverbed rolls out Stingray products

  <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/072011-riverbed-buyouts.html">Riverbed Technology</a> is launching Stingray, a new product line of devices that brings together products the company acquired last summer when it bought Zeus Technology and Aptimize Limited.

• Akamai and Riverbed team to speed hybrid cloud performance

  LAS VEGAS -- Riverbed and Akamai are teaming up to offer technology and services that promise to optimize WAN traffic more effectively when it travels between corporate data centers and cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) providers.

• Macquarie Telecom 'delighted' about NBN reach

  National voice and data carrier Macquarie Telecom is pleased with the development of a National Broadband Network even though it is releasing its own WAN optimisation solution today.