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Nortel Networks recently rolled out a pair of application switches, a hardware-based firewall and enhancements to its Alteon operating system and SSL VPN software, geared primarily towards mid-size businesses.
The Alteon Application Switch 2208 and 2216 help fill out the lower end of Nortel's Application Switch portfolio - the next generation of the Alteon Web Switch. The boxes provide customers with server load balancing, security acceleration and bandwidth management features.
The 2208 sports eight 100Mbps Layer 4 to Layer 7 switch ports and a pair of Gigabit Ethernet ports, while the 2216 boasts 16 100Mbps ports.
The dual uplink ports are an important feature, said Pat Patterson, director of product marketing for Alteon.
"Even though these were designed for the mid to lower end of the market, they still maintain the...