Compression, as the name implies, squeezes or “compresses” the size of a file or data set. Compression techniques are used for voice, video, audio, text, and program data in hundreds of different ...

Chris Sherwood was ready to upgrade his load-balancing and compression tools in order to get something that could handle gigabit speeds. In the process, he came upon a better way to compress – or in ...

In the never-ending quest for better network performance, two technologies – compression and traffic shaping – are often touted as bringing great advantages to enterprise networks. And while it’s true ...