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  New leaders emerging in WAN optimization market

  In yet another sign that growing revenues are reshaping the vendor outlook in the network management sector, Gartner recently named vendor Silver Peak one of the leaders in its magic quadrant for the WAN optimization market.

  By Colin Neagle | 28 January, 2012 05:38

  Tags: blue coat, Cisco, dell, EMC, Gartner, hitachi, LAN & WAN, Magic Quadrant, management, networking, network intelligence, riverbed, Silver Peak, Traffic management, wan optimization

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  Net Optics acquires nMetric, targets network intelligence

  In a move to broaden its offerings for the growing network intelligence and diagnostics market, telecom equipment manufacturer Net Optics recently announced the acquisition of network analytics software provider nMetric.

  By Colin Neagle | 24 January, 2012 07:40

  Tags: acquisitions, analytics, applications, business intelligence, business issues, corporate issues, IDC, infrastructure management, management, mergers, mergers and acquisitions, Net Optics, networking, network intelligence, Network management, nMetric, software, Triplelayer

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  WAN optimization market shakeup predicted

  WAN optimization is shaping up to be one of the hottest areas of the network equipment market, prompting industry experts to predict high-profile acquisitions and vendor shakeups in the near future.

  By Colin Neagle | 20 January, 2012 04:26

  Tags: akamai, Cisco, F5 Networks, IDC, LAN & WAN, management, networking, network intelligence, riverbed, Traffic management, wan optimization

Whitepapers about network intelligence

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  Webroot SecureAnywhere Endpoint Protection Cloud vs. Seven Traditional Endpoint Security Products

  PassMark Software® conducted objective performance testing on eight (8) security software products, on Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (64-bit) from December 2011 to January 2012. This report presents our results and findings as a result of performance benchmark testing conducted for these endpoint security products. The aim of this benchmark was to compare the performance impact of Webroot’s SecureAnywhere Endpoint Protection cloud product with seven (7) Traditional Endpoint Security competitor products.

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  Web Security Services: Delegating Security Responsibility to the Cloud

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  Providing effective endpoint management at the lowest total cost

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  Protecting Users from Firesheep and other Sidejacking Attacks with SSL