High-speed connections are important when serving information to end users from content servers, or when passing transactional information between commerce servers and database servers. After all, many customers will simply click to a competitor site if the server takes too long time to respond. Cisco Catalyst 5000 switches provide high-speed Fast Ethernet connections between content servers, commerce servers and database servers. When there is problem on a server, LocalDirector directs the customer to the next available server. E-commerce security requires a multifaceted approach at both the network and the application layer.
Cisco routers act as the fist level of network defense.