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Crosscheck acquires Forum Systems

Aspera brings faster file downloads to media companies; What's up in the branch?
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Crosscheck acquires Forum Systems

Crosscheck Networks this week announced its acquisition of Forum Systems, an early player in the market for securing and accelerating Web services traffic. Read full story

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Aspera brings faster file downloads to media companies
I had the chance to sit down with Michelle Munson, president and co-founder of Aspera, at Interop to learn why her company is different from other WAN acceleration companies. The first thing you should know is that Aspera is a software company -- unlike Cisco, Riverbed, Juniper, Expand, Blue Coat and Fastsoft, which all offer appliance-based solutions.

What's up in the branch?
Wireless vendors are attempting to ease the pain of branch office computing with multifunction networking products that replicate the headquarters LAN experience and require little or no IT expertise. But don't forget that at any site with more than one possible WAN path to take, you need routing.

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The business impact of MiFi
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Expect more from WAN optimization than just optimization
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