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Cisco enters the packet shaping market with a new network module

jheary — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:09:46 -0400

Cisco is setting its sights on the competitors in the packet shaping market place with its newest release of the Application Performance Assurance (APA) Network Module the NME-APA-E3 2.0. The APA 2.0 code adds many of the features that Cisco needed to compete in this market, like the ability to classify and control over 1000 applications and report on its findings with over 100 built-in reporting templates. The APA allows for per user traffic profile granularity that hooks into Microsoft Active Directory. The new NME-APA-E3 leverages ASIC components and RISC processors that allow it to scale up to 45Mpbs of performance. The NME-APA-E3 is targeted at the branch office and regional office segment of corporations. According to Cisco the APA solution provides these features:

Layer 7 stateful packet inspection and classification

Robust support for over 1000 protocols and applications, including:
–Business—Systems, Applications, and Products (SAP), Oracle, Citrix, Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM), Healthcare Level 7 (HL7), FIX, and Blackboard

–General—HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, Telnet, Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3), Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), and others

–Peer-to-Peer (P2P file sharing—FastTrack-KazaA, Gnutella, BitTorrent, Winny, Hotline, eDonkey, DirectConnect, Piolet, and others

–P2P VoIP—Skype, Skinny, DingoTel, and others

–Instant Messaging—Yahoo Messenger, AIM, Google Talk, and MSN

–Streaming and Multimedia—Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), HTTP streaming, Real Time Protocol (RTP) and Real Time Control Protocol (RTCP), and others

Programmable system core for flexible reporting

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The "American Idol" of WAN Acceleration

Sevcik and Wetzel — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:51:55 -0400

Results of our WAN acceleration product feedback are in, and here is a quick summary of what we heard. For starters, if this were the application delivery system version of American Idol, Riverbed’s Steelhead would win.

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Tell Us What You Think of Exinda’s x800

Sevcik and Wetzel — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:43:26 -0400

Australian upstart Exinda Networks is in this week’s “ADS Customers Speak” spotlight.

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Tell Us What You Think of Packeteer’s PacketShaper and iShaper

Sevcik and Wetzel — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:26:13 -0400

This week it is Packeteer’s customers’ turn to describe their experiences with the Packetshaper and iShaper distributed application delivery system (DADS) products. This is the last chance for the world to hear about your experiences with Packeteer-branded products, because Blue Coat is set to acquire Packeteer any day now. We know that there are a lot of Packeteer customers out there--more than 10,000 of you according to official sources--and we hope to hear from many of you.

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Blue Coat/Packeteer combo: stiff competition for Cisco

Cisco Subnet — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:12:55 -0400

Cisco is already trailing Riverbed in WAN acceleration and is about to get stiffer competition from a third vendor. Or a third and fourth vendor combined to be more exact. Now that Blue Coat Systems is buying Packeteer, Blue Coat will not only gain technology improvements, but also a fat book of 10,000 Packeteer customers it can tap into. That can't help but make the WAN optimization market a harsher competitive environment for Cisco.

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What a joke!

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:08:37 -0400

You really need to digg deep to find a new Packeteer customer, I guess giving equipment for free gives Packeteer a much needed reference customer (next thing we will hear good things about iShaper) - Packeteer are in a hole, and it doesn't look good, any other WAN op vendor could have wipped the floor with them... (just look at any of the vendors in the Magic Quadrant)

Performance Optimization Services from AT&T and Verizon

Sevcik and Wetzel — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:21:37 -0400

AT&T and Verizon Business are the only US carriers we know of that offer application performance optimization services built on distributed ADS (application delivery system) technologies from the likes of Packeteer, Riverbed, Cisco and Juniper. More common among US carriers are MPLS services providing less potent "in the cloud" traffic management. We note that distributed ADS services are more widespread outside the US.

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App Performance Services from Vanco and Orange Business Services

Sevcik and Wetzel — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:55:20 -0400

Orange Business Services and Vanco are two forward-thinking service providers offering managed application performance optimization services. They cater to multinational companies (Orange through its Equant acquisition), which places them smack in the sweet spot of the distributed application delivery system benefits we talked about in yesterday's blog - and they are making the most of it.

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