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1: VirtualLab Data Recovery VirtualLab Data Recovery ( Figure A ), which sells for £25, is designed to be an all-purpose data recovery utility. Besides supporting the ual FAT, FAT-32, and NTFS file systems, it supports Mac HFS / HFS+ and even NFS. In addition, it supports data recovery on devices such as USB flash drives and camera memory cards. In my opinion, its most useful feature is the ability to make a sector-by-sector copy of a failing hard drive. This allows you to focus on the recovery process without having to worry about the hard drive degrading further or failing completely in the middle of your recovery efforts. Figure A VirtualLab Data Recovery 2: File Scavenger - Data Recovery Utility File Scavenger - Data Recovery Utility ( Figure B ) is another tool for recovering lost data. Like most disk repair utilities, File Scavenger (which sells for £32) can retrieve data from corrupt volumes. However, the tool’s main emphasis is on recovering dat

Source: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6870/index.html WAN Optimization and Application Acceleration Optimize Your WAN and Branch Offices Optimize your WAN with Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Software, which you can deploy on appliances, on dedicated modules, and as virtual blades, For example, on Cisco Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 (ISR G2), the software can run on: Cisco Services-Ready Engine (SRE) Modules Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Express Easily Move to Cloud Computing Services Cisco WAAS software is an industry-leading WAN optimization solution that delivers: Comprehensive application optimization Application-specific protocol acceleration Bandwidth reduction TCP flow optimization Local hosting of branch-office IT services This software also helps enable a smooth evolution to cloud computing-based services. Simple, scalable, and highly secure SSL optimization preserves trust models and enhances cloud-computing

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