The network’s role in improving application security, reliability and efficiency

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	The network's role in improving application security, reliability and efficiency Access to data center resources needs to be fast, secure and reliable, a significant challenge for the data center network infrastructure. Read More WHITE PAPER: Alcatel-Lucent The Application Fluent Network This paper will show how your organization can respond effectively to a shifting IT climate to create competitive advantage and drive customer loyalty while minimizing cost Read now! In this Issue Force10 data center switch delivers impressive performance Send us your fave raves Study: Virtual medicine as effective as physical doc visits HP's Leo Apotheker: We're heading to the cloud AccelOps, Zenoss flesh out cloud management wares Quick and easy productivity wins for IT Trade group sets off debate over spectrum 'hoarding' Verisign signs on for upcoming 24-hour IPv6 trial Identity problems -- speed bump or brick wall? Wi-Fi group plans to simplify hotspot access WHITE PAPER: AccelOps Managing the Shift to Enterprise Private/Hybrid This report explores the readiness, deployment and operational controls of an internal/private cloud and hybrid approaches. We review adoption considerations; virtualization and cloud delivery of IT services impact as well as the challenges associated with data centers monitoring cloud services. Read now! Force10 data center switch delivers impressive performance High port density, high throughput, and very low latency are bedrock requirements in the data center, and Force10's new S4810 top-of-rack switch delivers on all counts. Read More Send us your fave raves Do you have a favorite enterprise IT product you can't live without? Tell us about it and we'll share your raves with our readers. Read More Study: Virtual medicine as effective as physical doc visits A study involving the treatment of 200 HIV patients via remote control systems over the Internet has showed that over a five-year period the medical results were as satisfactory as those obtained in a visit to the hospital. Read More WHITE PAPER: PC Mall Securing Virtualized Data Centers Download this HP White Paper to learn how to protect your high value virtual assets with a combination of purpose-built IPS platforms and enterprise-class management solutions. Read Now HP's Leo Apotheker: We're heading to the cloud In an exclusive interview, HP's new CEO expands on his strategy and offers frank assessments of his competition. Read More AccelOps, Zenoss flesh out cloud management wares With each passing week, another one or more network and systems management companies tout the roles their products will play in managing cloud-based IT environments. Read More Quick and easy productivity wins for IT Eight ways to help speed progress on critical IT projects and make your department look good. Read More WHITE PAPER: Internap Colocation versus Managed Hosting The practice of outsourcing certain business functions or responsibilities has become more prevalent because it addresses two simple business needs, lower expenses and better allocation of resources. Learn More Trade group sets off debate over spectrum 'hoarding' A TV trade group questions why its members should give up additional spectrum for mobile broadband. Read More Verisign signs on for upcoming 24-hour IPv6 trial Verisign is the latest major Internet player to sign up for World IPv6 Day, a 24-hour trial of the next-generation Internet Protocol that is scheduled for June 8. Read More Identity problems -- speed bump or brick wall? So far it hasn't been a great year for identity and those in the business of identity. Read More Wi-Fi group plans to simplify hotspot access The Wi-Fi Alliance plans to make getting onto a public hotspot as easy as connecting to a cellular network, a change that mobile operators are likely to welcome as they look to shift more data traffic onto Wi-Fi. Read More
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