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Biographical Information

Edward Sharp

Evangelist and Business Development Director, Content Delivery

408.822.6000
Sharp joined Network Appliance in 1998 as manager, business development for the content delivery business unit at Network Appliance. Since then Sharp has been instrumental in bringing a benchmark process to the caching arena, developing protocols for caching, promoting the streaming media market, fostering the next generation of internet content, and developing the Internet Content Adaptation Protocol (ICAP).

Articles for Edward Sharp

Understanding and Deploying Caching Technology

An overview of considerations for network managers deploying caching technology for rich media content from the edge.

Caching Performance Realities

Contributor Edward Sharp discusses the benefits and drawbacks of testing your caching appliances in a live environment and in the lab. Learn why it's necessary and what your primary goals should be to help ensure maximum performance.