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Sun Launches Unique New Accelerator For Secure App Delivery
At its Network Computing '04Q4 launch, Sun Microsystems Inc announced the Sun
Secure Application Switch -- N2000 Series. The application switch, based on
technology acquired from Nauticus Networks in January, enables customers to
dramatically improve the availability, performance and security of distributed
network applications.
The announcement reflects Sun's strategy of delivering complete network
computing solutions with best-in-class components for distributed network
applications featuring a tight integration of microprocessor, operating
system, high-speed backplane and content switching. The Sun Secure Application
Switch -- N2000 Series solves the cost and complexity challenges faced by
enterprises, service providers and governments, delivering mission-critical
network and security services to the data center.
"Sun is addressing the real-time system availability, security and high
performance needs of heterogeneous data center environments more
comprehensively than any other vendor," said Jonathan Schwartz, president and
chief operating officer of Sun Microsystems Inc. "IT departments are working
to lower TCO by consolidating costly, specialized networking and security
equipment. Couple that trend with our servers, the Solaris OS, and now the Sun
Secure Application Switch -- N2000 Series, and we simply out-class competitors
by providing the highest-performance, most secure platform for
cross-enterprise application delivery."
Similar to the virtualization capabilities found in the Solaris 10 Containers
and high-end Sun Fire servers, the Sun Secure Application Switch -- N2000
Series delivers dynamic network resource virtualization to help cut the costs
of dedicated, redundant, under-utilized systems infrastructure. With these
complementary virtualization technologies in place, customers can deploy
critical new business application strategies, such as application isolation
and per-application security policies.
"As enterprises continue to horizontally scale out their data centers, they
are increasingly embracing network intelligence in order to more effectively
manage application-level performance and security," said Lucinda Borovick,
analyst at IDC. "Sun has clearly recognized this trend. With the combined
dynamic virtualization and security features in Solaris and the Sun Secure
Application Switch -- N2000 Series, Sun has a compelling solution."
Sun Secure Application Switch -- N2000 Series Outperforms The Competition 10x
Boasting a new benchmark record, the Sun Secure Application Switch -- N2000
Series achieved the following results:
- A 10x price/performance improvement over competing products on the market,
for virtually all network applications running on SPARC and AMD Opteron
processor-based systems. This results is a 4x to 10x capital cost advantage
over competitors in sustaining similar throughput levels.
- Provides over 12,500 connections per second of SSL and over 2.1 gigabits
per second of encrypted throughput for improved resource utilization.
- Provides faster application switching -- 56,000 Layer 7 application
switching connections per second, allowing businesses to offer customers a
highly personalized web experience.
- Delivers easy integration into an existing infrastructure, which can
provide immediate improvements in application-level security and optimization.
About Sun Microsystems Inc
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The
Computer" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems Inc to its position as a provider
of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the Net work.
Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide Web at
http://sun.com/.
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