Faster Surfing

It doesn't look all that imposing .. kind of a like a server bank we've seen in dozens of Silicon Valley companies.

But the new testing lab set up in Santa Clara by IXIA will eventually help you surf the 'net faster than ever. IXIA's new facility, just opened today, is a testing pad for companies like Cisco, Juniper, and AT&T .. companies that give its customers faster internet, smart phones, and IPTV.

Those companies can pre-test its new gear in IXIA's site, getting a good idea of how a city will react if a certain amount of users log on at the same time. This testing will allow the company to tweak its hardware & software, to better your experience.

This goes back, in some ways, to the early days of the dot com boom. Companies like Cisco and Marimba used to talk about "plumbing." It wasn't sexy, but it made the dot com world work. It's still working, and thanks to IXIA's new plumbing .. it will work faster.