Vincent Jardin, CTO of 6WIND, knows that incorporating general-purpose processors into telecom infrastructures enables companies to better meet their customers' ever-increasing needs. "Right now, our customers are spending too much time on doing things that don't support the main applications," says Vincent. "Developers see that with this multi-core general-purpose processor approach, they can really focus efforts on the networking application [itself]. They don't need to spend too much effort on re-inventing the data path."

 

"The threat of new attack possibilities requiring deep data inspection has exponentially increased," says Addepalli. "So, this naturally calls for high-performing security products utilizing more advanced, powerful techniques." Addepalli says that in the past, preparing for such attacks was difficult due to limitations in processor power. But with multi-core processors replacing older, special-purpose architectures, companies like Intoto are developing security software that is affordable and flexible, allowing customers to efficient stay ahead of the ever-changing threat environment.