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Stick with Riverbed for Network Acceleration. They are the best of breed solution. I work for a Cisco Partner and we are also a Riverbed partner because they have the best technology. I have a lot of comparison data on all the competitors if anyone is interested.
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Systems Engineer
Tredent Data Systems, Inc.
Network Acceleration Specialists
justinl@tredent.com
http://www.tredent.com