Computer hardware and computer software programs for networking connectivity which provides secure and optimized connectivity between users and their applications utilizing Ethernet and IP transport optimization capabilities Refers to the key technology themes enabled in the product named ASE3300. The three areas of the technology include: - Network Acceleration: through the use of features like lossless data compression and forward error correction the product can improve the performance (throughput) of protocols like TCP/IP, UDP, Fibre Channel, etc. when traversing wide area networks through data reduction and data loss prevention. - Security: the product supports multi gigabit rate AES256 encryption over links (defined by the logical association of ingress and egress gigabit Ethernet or Fibre Channel ports) on the ASE3300. This enables the ASE3300 to encrypt all traffic for secure transport over wide area networks. - Edge: refers to the location in a wide area network where the ASE3300 will be typically deployed. The edge of the cloud, or located at en enterprise premise location prior to connecting to a wide area network