So Juniper is throwing in the load balancing application acceleration towel saying that its DX line is "insufficiently distinguishable from competitors' devices," reports Tim Greene of Network
Is Juniper dropping DX a sign of trouble in the load balancing corner of the market (and if so, how might this affect Cisco's ACE), or is this a problem specific to Juniper? In Tim's story, one customer said DX, which Juniper acquired from Redline Networks, never seemed integrated fully with Juniper's other products...
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