Virtualization, 10G Ethernet streamline Cisco user's data center

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	Virtualization, 10G Ethernet streamline Cisco user's data center It is by no means the largest or most sophisticated Cisco network there is -- yet the infrastructure implemented by Transplace is nonetheless a great example of the target application for Cisco's data center switches. Read More WEBCAST: F5 Networks Architect the Network This is a public sector focus webinar showing how to Architect the Network for a Highly Available SharePoint 2010 Deployment. Learn more! In this Issue Cisco: IP traffic to quadruple by 2015 Optimizing bandwidth for fun and profit Computer science grads fielding 'multiple job offers' HP redefines IT performance management No 'Joni Mitchell clouds' here ... OK, just one Private clouds hold a wide lead over public clouds among IT pros polled Vendors tackle Wi-Fi worries of the day Google notes social failures, and touts its social advances Smartphone apps will boost enterprise productivity by 2015 IEEE investigates Ethernet bandwidth needs WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Brute Force Protection for Web Applications Both Denial-of-Service (DoS) and Brute Force Attacks have existed for many years, and many network devices tout the ability to withstand them. However, most of today's DoS attacks target layer 7 (L7) by overwhelming applications with seemingly valid requests and Brute Force programs can send more than one million attempts per second. Learn More! Cisco: IP traffic to quadruple by 2015 Fueled by an explosion of network-connected devices, the total amount of global Internet traffic will quadruple by 2015 and reach 966 exabytes per year, according to an internal study conducted by Cisco. Read More Optimizing bandwidth for fun and profit Bandwidth optimization is now a mainstream technology with more than 61% of companies using the technology to improve application performance and/or reduce bandwidth requirements. Still, some IT architects ask, "why can't I just use QoS technologies like low latency queuing or class-based weighted fair queuing to meet application performance requirements?" Read More Computer science grads fielding 'multiple job offers' It's good to be a computer science major. Job prospects are rosy for today's graduates, who are entering the workforce at a time when tech hiring is on the rise and talent is hard to find. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Transaction Tracing through Complex Web Applications In this Quest white paper, learn about the components of a transaction as they cross various application domains. Then, discover the difficulty in connecting transaction components for monitoring, why continuously monitoring is key and how a third-party solution simplifies the challenge. Learn more. HP redefines IT performance management When enterprise IT professionals think about IT performance management after today, HP hopes they do so with a much different idea in mind -- and capabilities at hand -- than traditionally so. Read More No 'Joni Mitchell clouds' here ... OK, just one A colleague recently sent around this quote from a university CTO he interviewed for an upcoming article: "We're not building some generic Joni Mitchell cloud. The thing we're trying to do is build a cloud that is really infrastructure and services, not some vanilla, virtualized blah, blah, blah." No generic Joni Mitchell cloud for these guys; no sir, no way. Read More Private clouds hold a wide lead over public clouds among IT pros polled Public clouds have a way to go if they want to be the top choice of businesses looking to put resources in a shared, centralized computing environment, according to a poll of 1,200 IT professionals. Read More WHITE PAPER: Belden Wire Overcoming Data Center Heat Management Issues A major challenge faced by data center managers is ensuring that cooling systems provide uninterrupted cooling of the sensitive electronic components in IT equipment enclosures. This white paper offers a look at some of the innovative solutions for tackling this cooling issue. Read More Vendors tackle Wi-Fi worries of the day Wireless LAN vendors are working to help enterprises gain control over personal mobile devices accessing their networks and to identify and mitigate sources of interference as Wi-Fi usage volumes ramp up. Read More Google notes social failures, and touts its social advances Google expanded it's Google +1 button to the full Web Wednesday, just a day after former CEO Eric Schmidt admitting missing the boat on social networking and Facebook's threat to the company. Read More Smartphone apps will boost enterprise productivity by 2015 Smartphones and tablets are already starting to flood the enterprise and this trend is expected to accelerate rapidly over the next four years. Enterprises expect mobile apps to accomplish some big goals including reducing paper in the office. Read More IEEE investigates Ethernet bandwidth needs The IEEE standards body is forming a committee to assess the future bandwidth needs of large organizations and service providers, with an eye toward next steps in Ethernet standards. Read More
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