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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Riverbed beats expectations, F5 earnings rise

Riverbed and F5 provide some good news
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Riverbed beats expectations, F5 earnings rise

Ann Bednarz By Ann Bednarz
Revenue gains and profit growth are tough to come by these days, but Riverbed Technology managed to secure both in its latest quarter, beating analyst expectations. Read full story

Ann Bednarz is associate news editor at Network World.

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  6. Researchers show how to take control of Windows 7
  7. Einstein systems to inspect U.S. government's Internet traffic
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