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Award
Sun Microsystems, Inc. Steals the Show: Wins Network Computing's Well-Connected Award and Infrastructure Product of the Year Award for 2004
Sun's Nauticus Networks N2000 Series Secure Application Switch Demonstrates Technical Superiority, Reliability, Efficiency and Cost-Effectiveness
Today at Networld + Interop in Las Vegas, Sun Microsystems' Nauticus Networks N2000 Series Secure Application Switch was awarded the 10th-annual Network Computing Well-Connected "Infrastructure" Award for 2004. On top of this great honor, the N2000 Switch was named Infrastructure Product of the Year by the editors of the magazine based on the switch's outstanding performance in the test labs. Established by Network Computing magazine to recognize the best of the best products reviewed in its labs throughout the past year, the award signifies Sun's continued dominance in providing network technologies that directly benefit enterprise data centers.
"Simply put, the N2000 Series is breakthrough technology that significantly improves application delivery and increases utilization of compute resources for customers," said John Fowler, acting executive vice president, Network Systems Group, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "With industry-leading security performance and a unique ability to create flexible networking zones via virtualization capabilities, the Nauticus Networks N2000 Series proves it is an excellent addition to Sun's platform for building 'well-connected' network architectures. An endorsement such as this from long-time industry watcher Network Computing is a highly credible testament to the technical excellence of the N2000 Series."
Put through a rigorous deployment environment that emulates real enterprise product implementations, the Nauticus Networks N2000 Series Secure Application Switches proved its technical prowess in optimizing secure Web-based application delivery. Featuring a staggering SSL performance, which includes more than 18,000 connections per second, up to two Gbps of encrypted throughput and 480,000 concurrent connections, the N2000 Series sets the standard for high-performance application switching, security, and virtualization services.
More information on the Network Computing Awards can be found at:
http://www.nwc.com/showitem.jhtml?docid=1509wcasec7
More information on Sun's Nauticus Networks N2000 Series Secure Application
Switches can be found at:
http://www.sun.com/products/networking/switches/n2000/
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