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Top-notch, innovative gear is out there--all our Well-Connected Infrastructure winners use raw power, intelligence or a combination of the two to make sure your network keeps humming along.
When it comes to LAN power, the IEEE continues to make once-theoretical connectivity upgrades a reality--802.3ae, the 10 Gigabit Ethernet standard, is proof. Moreover, vendors like Extreme Networks and Foundry Networks have proved that 10 Gig isn't merely possible, it's practical, albeit still a little pricey. And if you're monitoring your backbone, as you should be, it's good to know that help is there when your Gigabit Ethernet connections run out of steam.
Often, just adding some intelligence to your network can improve performance markedly. Such is the case with F5's Big-IP 4.5, with its ability to distribute content requests among Web resources even more intelligently than its predecessor, which was our 2002 Infrastructure product of the year. And, when you combine raw power with intelligence, you get the DataPower XA35 XML Accelerator, which impressed us so much we named it this year's Infrastructure product of the year.
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Winner: Big-IP 4.5, F5 Networks, (888) 88 BIG IP, (206) 272-5555. www.f5.com
Bob Friday, Chief AI Officer for Juniper Networks, explains how the advanced technology is transforming operations.
Contact center leaders from 8x8, Awaken Intelligence, and 360insight discuss the importance of agent experience.
AI may force enterprises to rewire parts of their data centers so they are fully optimized to run such workloads. The question is do you use Ethernet or InfiniBand?
