F5 Networks continues its tradition of innovation in the content-switching arena with the Big-IP 4.5, which expands Layer 7 traffic inspection and routing while opening HTTP header or payload data to its Universal Inspection Engine. This forward-looking Big-IP incarnation offers customers support for emerging application standards, such as SOAP, so infrastructure architects now can design highly efficient routing architectures based on content or custom headers.
Finalists:
Array TM 6, Array Networks, (866) 692-7729, (408) 378-6800. www.arraynetworks.net
Server Iron 100, Foundry Networks, (888) TURBO-LAN, (408) 586-1700. www.foundrynetworks.com
10 Gigabit Switch
Winner: BlackDiamond 6808 switch with 10GLRi, Extreme Networks, (888) 257-3000, (408) 579-2800. www.extremenetworks.com
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