Archive for April, 2009

  • Someone Is Wrong On The Internet…

    Someone Is Wrong On The Internet…

    I’d read the O3 Magazine article by John Buswell with great interest, as well as Lori MacVittie’s response article.  I thought they both made great points as I said in my previous post, and I was content to leave it at that. Then I read...

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  • Review: Ecessa ShieldLink 100

    Review: Ecessa ShieldLink 100

    This article represents the first in a series of reviews of a market segment known as link load balancing.   Link load balancing are a class of device that allow multiple Internet connections of an unrelated nature to be shared, load balanced, and fail over, all...

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  • Roll Your Own or Shrink Wrapped: F5 versus O3

    Roll Your Own or Shrink Wrapped: F5 versus O3

    As pointed out by Shawn Nunley on the lb-l mailing list, o3 Magazine did a piece on rolling your own SSL accelerator and load balancer.   Lori MacVittie over at F5 (who shares my affinity for cat pictures with grammatically dubious captions) did a cautionary...

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  • Press Release: A10 Networks Releases AX 1000 Entry Level ADC/Load Balancer

    Press Release: A10 Networks Releases AX 1000 Entry Level ADC/Load Balancer

    This morning A10 Networks sent me this press release, announcing the release of their new AX1000, an entry-level offering to the AX load balancer/ADC line.

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  • Radware Completes Purchase of Nortel’s Alteon Assets

    Radware Completes Purchase of Nortel’s Alteon Assets

    I just got word that Radware has just completed their acquisition of Nortel’s Layer 4-7/Alteon business.   In the press release, they reiterated their commitment to continuing development of the Alteon line, with the purchase not just being a customer list buy. Final purchase price was...

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