--- begin forwarded text Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 10:52:46 +0200 To: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: <Somebody Subject: Re: Are these things crypto accellerators? (was Re: Edupage, 8 May 2000) Hi Robert, Yes, they include crypto acceleration, based on the ssl accelerators that Intel got when they bought iPivot. Seems like they have added XML support to the two current products in their line of network based ssl accelerators, the 7180 and the 7110: http://www.intel.com/netstructure/ecommerce_equipment.htm Patrik At 23:03 2000-05-08 R. A. Hettinga wrote: >At 4:44 PM -0600 on 5/8/00, EDUCAUSE wrote: > > > > INTEL TO INTRODUCE 2 NEW DEVICES > > The new Intel NetStructure 7280 XML Director and 7210 XML > > Accelerator, devices that will make online business transactions > > 150 times faster, will be introduced by the company today. > > The new products are designed to remove a portion of the weight > > carried by network servers, and are intended for use in data > > centers and by application service providers on the Internet. > > The devices are based on XML, a format that is becoming more > > commonly used in business transactions on the Internet for > > structured documents such as invoices and purchase orders. The > > introduction of the two devices is a continuation of Intel's > > drive to provide e-commerce tools that accelerate business on the > > Web. (New York Times, 8 May 2000) > >-- >----------------- >R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> >44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA >"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, >[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to >experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
