It's a strategy that rarely ever works.

EMC is chomping at the bit waiting for this product to come out.

Exchange has been so painful. Restoring the database to look for just one message can be like re-creating the universe just to look for a blade of grass.

If that capability is not built into any [backup] product in the next 18 months, that vendor will suffer.

A Microsoft-based WAN Optimization and/or WAFS platform that offers native integration with native Microsoft security and management technologies is both unique and highly valued by enterprises that have embraced these technologies. Tacit Networks has the only WAN Optimization and WAFS solution we have seen that is able to offer this Microsoft integration to businesses.

Even the largest of the global companies often have hundreds of remote locations that have just a few employees. WDS appliances that are optimized for larger offices are generally too expensive for these smaller locations. Yet their needs are often greater than the larger remote office. They require all the same functionality of the larger sites, but have no IT expertise. With Riverbed's new CMC, the Steelhead models 100 and 200 can be configured and managed without anyone in the branch touching them, while the form factor and price point make them a perfect fit for the small remote office. These new appliances fit the needs of the remote location with just a few employees like a glove.