Network Management Strategies for the CIO-
Mr. Hughes founded Silver Peak in 2004, and is responsible for the company's technical direction and product vision. Silver Peak is a privately held company that develops enterprise-class network appliances for the re-centralization of branch office infrastructure, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Silver Peak is funded by Benchmark Capital and Greylock Partners.
Mr. Hughes previously held senior architect positions with Cisco Systems, Stratacom, Blueleaf, and Nortel. Dr. Hughes has a PhD in packet network optimization.
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Contributions from Retired expert - David Hughes
- Does WAN optimization work when compression's enabled on host devices?
- How do I calculate the time taken for a file to be transferred over a WAN link?
- At what circuit utilization percentage should I increase bandwidth?
- Assessing WAN connectivity, identifying latency for centralized application access
- What causes packet loss across the WAN, and how can I tell when it affects application behavior?
- Does it make sense to construct a WAN using Internet protocol?
- Do I need WAN optimization if my replication software is already performing data de-duplication?
- Can a L3 switch be used in a WAN environment?
- Why are remote workers on the WAN being disconnected from the network?
- Should my company restrict users from using streaming radio on our network?
- How can I tell where inbound traffic is coming from and where outbound traffic is going to from our
- Is there a general rule of thumb to apply when capacity planning a remote site?