The Cisco ACE Application Control Engine 4710 Appliance, a member of the Cisco family of Data Center 3.0 solutions and a critical component of Cisco ACE product family, is a powerful new standalone application switching and optimization solution. It represents the next generation of application switches for maximizing the availability, security, and acceleration of data center applications. This paper details the acceleration technologies of the Cisco ACE 4710.
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