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Application Switching: Application Optimized Networks and Application Layer-Security

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Overview With enterprises increasingly relying on applications to enhance business productivity and grow revenue, the need to optimize networks for application performance and ensure application-layer security has greatly increased. From server/application load balancing to application-layer security deep packet inspection to secure remote access with SSL VPN's, Nortel Networks Application Switches enable customers to realize the ROI of application deployments (VoIP, Streaming media, Web Services, Wireless, CRM, ERP, etc.).

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Publisher	Nortel Networks
Live Date	1st December 2003 03:32 GMT
Format	Webcast
Topics	Network Security, Switching

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