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Oct 5, 2009
Computer World - How we tested HP's ProCurve security blade

We assessed the HP Threat Management System in terms of features, usability and performance.

Using the Spirent TestCenter traffic analyzer/generator and Spirent TestCenter Layer 4-7 test application, we constructed a test bed emulating up to 500 clients and four servers.

Oct 5, 2009
Computer World - HP security blade scores impressive performance results for UDP traffic

Want to get the highest possible performance out of your security device? Make sure it only handles connectionless UDP traffic – the stuff that, according to studies from CAIDA and other sources – makes up less than 5% of traffic on Internet backbones.

Security devices don't have to track state with connectionless UDP, and thus have more resources available to push packets faster. Authors of vendor data sheets love this, because it pumps up throughput rates.

Oct 2, 2009
Wireless Design & Development - Bringing the Real World into the Lab for 4G Wireless Testing

Failure to test base-station or mobile device receivers under realistic conditions can add significant risk in terms of support costs, churn, and operational costs.

Oct 1, 2009
Evaluation Engineering - Building the 4G Foundation

Looked at from several points of view, long-term evolution (LTE) is an apt name for the latest wireless initiative. Literally, it is the name of the 3GPP project to define the long-term evolution of the universal mobile telephone system (UMTS) to a true fourth-generation (4G) level.

Sep 29, 2009
TMCnet.com - Sarance Teams with Spirent Communications

Sarance Technologies, a supplier of high speed interconnect Intellectual Property (IP) technology, has reportedly signed a licensing agreement with Spirent Communications, a global provider of integrated performance analysis and service assurance systems, to incorporate Sarance’s High Speed Ethernet IP Core (HSEC) 40G and 100G IP products in Spirent TestCenter.