Edmund Wong

Upgrading plays a major part in this increasing cost of switching and routing - an issue that Radware focused on while designing the OnDemand Switch: "The software-upgradeable concept that underpins the switch contradicts the industry norm, which requires forced and costly hardware upgrades in order to increase performance," said Edmund Wong, Radware marketing director for the Asia-Pacific region.

"Our switch platform represents a shift in the application networking industry. The ability to upgrade is particularly important right now for IT buyers that are facing the prospect of flat or reduced budgets during a period of worldwide economic downturn. IT managers are still being held accountable to provide more computing 'horsepower' for the various technologies in the network but with limited dollars at their disposal," said Wong.