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ALSO CALLED:
Network Acceleration Cards,
Hardware Accelerators,
Hardware Acceleration Cards,
Accelerator Boards,
Accelerators,
CPU Accelerator Hardware,
CPU Accelerators,
Network Accelerators
DEFINITION: Acceleration hardware refers to devices that speed up data communications, storage and retrieval, encryption and decryption, mathematical operations, graphics, and Web page viewing. Acceleration hardware can consist of an individual integrated circuit (also called an IC or chip), a printed circuit card, or a self-contained system.A NAS accelerator is a printed circuit card that offloads TCP/IP processing
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WAN Optimization: Why Go Virtual?
sponsored by Silver Peak
WEBCAST:
In this 3-minute video, you’ll learn from CEO Rick Tinsley about Silver Peak’s portfolio of virtual WAN Op solutions – from the high end VRX with 20X the capacity of any other virtual appliance to the self-service free downloads on the VX-Xpress Marketplace. Bonus footage includes real world results from two customers.
Posted: 07 Feb 2012 | Premiered: 07 Feb 2012
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Case Study - Petrobas
sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc.
CASE STUDY:
Petrobras needed to accelerate data replication from offshore drilling platforms back to the corporate headquarters. Download the case study to learn how Riverbed deployed Steelhead® appliances to reduce Petrobras’ backup window from 34 hours to four hours, improve application performance for remote workers to LAN-like speeds, and more.
Posted: 12 Jan 2012 | Published: 12 Jan 2012
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ACCELERATION HARDWARE DEFINITION (continued):
from a microprocessor. This can reduce latency, increase throughput, and reduce overhead costs in a storage area network (SAN). A server accelerator card, also known as an SSL card, is a PCI card that generates encryption keys for secure transactions on e-commerce Web sites. A graphics accelerator is a computer component to which a program can offload the sending and refreshing of images to a display, optimizing special effects. An acceleration server is a bridge between a dialup connection and a Web page that facilitates high-speed dialup, also known as broadband dialup. A floating-point accelerator
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