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Web Front-End Acceleration Devices
Network World
Scheduled for publication in summer 2005
There's a new class of devices to boost data-center performance: the Web front-end accelerator. Besides boosting performance through conventional L4-L7 load-balancing functions, these devices also help improve server farm performance with new features like TCP compression and TCP connection multiplexing.
Review methodology
10-Gigabit Enterprise Switch/Routers
An Ongoing Series
Network World has extended an open invitation to all vendors of 10-Gigabit Ethernet switches to undergo the same tests we've used with early market entrants. We plan to publish updates on a regular basis, giving readers a sense of the state of the market.
Review methodology