Wide-Area Network
Data networks that reach across large distances (across states or even continents), known as wide-area networks or WANs, have different requirements and network packet-switching tech...
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This far into our special section, you probably are wondering how you can invest in Web 2.0 companies.Here's the bad news: There are almost no pure plays in this field. In April, Yahoo YHOO paid $6...
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One of the most important traits a winning stock can have is superior earnings growth. That growth will usually be reflected in IBD's Earnings Per Share Rating.Measured on a scale of 1 (worst) to 9...
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This month investors will know whether Riverbed Technology, one of the hottest IPOs of the past year, can maintain its roll.Several analysts have been raising their second-quarter expectations for ...
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Nasdaq stocks closed the week Friday with a modest gain, but volume backed off from Thursday's total. The composite tacked on 0.2%. But losers edged out winners by 7-to-6. Baidu.com BIDU, which has...
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The Nasdaq composite climbed 1.2% Wednesday, its fourth-consecutive gain, as talk of takeovers helped ease concerns about the credit crisis.Volume rose a bit from the previous session.The star of t...
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Call it an old adage with a 21st-century Web-security twist.Something old. Something new. Something borrowed. Something Blue ... Blue Coat Systems. The 1990s company that thrived by making dial-up ...
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Judging by the rapid growth of Riverbed Technology's clientele, most companies prefer to work at the speed of light. That's how fast a PowerPoint file or other electronic document should travel fro...
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Stop the bad, accelerate the good.Blue Coat Systems' BCSI appliances do that dual duty in helping firms manage and secure their computer networks. The approach is working well. The Sunnyvale, Calif...
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Earlier signs of a rebound dissipated in late trading as investors' fears of an economic slowdown grew, despite Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's reassuring comments.The only index to close in the green ...
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Wide-Area Network
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