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HP blade takes a stab at Cisco; Cheap SANs boast high-end features

HP security blade scores impressive performance results for UDP traffic; Cheap SANs boast high-end features
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Review: HP blade takes a stab at Cisco

HP has an alternative to the many security appliances that combine firewall, intrusion detection and VPN functions: Just put a single blade in the vendor's ProCurve switch and be done with it. Read full story

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