SAN/LAN convergence can pay dividends today

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	SAN/LAN convergence can pay dividends today Today's workers want faster computing speeds and more storage, management wants it all under budget, and IT professionals are scrambling to save money and improve productivity. The tools of choice to achieve these goals are typically virtualization, cloud computing and data center consolidation, but IT may be overlooking a simple but effective fix: storage area network (SAN) and local area network (LAN) convergence. Read More WHITE PAPER: Palo Alto Networks The Definitive Firewall Buyers Guide To cut through the noise and hype, check out the buyers guide from Palo Alto Networks – the definitive resource guide that talks about the key requirements, generating an RFP and performing formalized testing. Read now! In this Issue IPv6 migration: Do it for the right reasons Rice demonstrates full-duplex wireless technology IT in cars will reduce road fatalities Automation tools for complex environments Desktop virtualization users say the technology brings challenges Acme Packet: 'We're building a signaling system for the Internet' 2 tools that can kill dead spots Mobility and the WAN Salesforce.com CEO: Sorry, virtualization isn't cloud computing RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: WildPackets Network Visibility and Insight Delivered Isn't it time you saw what your network was doing before analyzing how it is doing it? WildPackets Compass, a free utility, pinpoints the network traffic that requires your attention. See how easy it is to take packet traces from any software, including Wireshark, and visualize exactly what is going on in the network before diving in deeper. Click to continue IPv6 migration: Do it for the right reasons Much of the conversation around IPv6 has been based on the fear of IPv4 address exhaustion and the impending collapse of the Internet if we don't migrate. If we don't comply, customers will be unable to reach our sites and we will simply disappear from the electronic world. Read More Rice demonstrates full-duplex wireless technology Rice University researchers announced they have successfully demonstrated full-duplex wireless technology that would allow a doubling of network traffic without the need for more cell towers. Read More IT in cars will reduce road fatalities New safety technologies, rather than the banning of mobile device use in cars, will have a major role to play in reducing the number of road fatalities during the next 10 years, according to motoring researchers and academics. Read More WHITE PAPER: Kaseya Why Corporations Need to Automate IT Systems Management In today's competitive business environment, corporations across all industries are looking to provide quality products and services while at the same time cutting costs, saving energy and doing more with less. Automated IT systems management is the ultimate facilitator for achieving these goals…and more. Read now Automation tools for complex environments Today's IT environments are more complex than ever, comprised, as they are, of physical, virtual and cloud resources, a variety of applications and platforms and complex interdependencies, and the need to balance resources among often-conflicting demands. Automation can help, but because most automation solutions lack breadth, they require extensive manual coordination, introduce inefficiencies, and create automated processing silos, with no means of global visibility or control. Read More Desktop virtualization users say the technology brings challenges Sacking the old PC in favor of desktop virtualization is starting to grow, and the information technology managers taking the lead on that trend offered some perspectives on the networking and security challenges it brings. Read More Acme Packet: 'We're building a signaling system for the Internet' Not familiar with the terms "session border controller" or "session delivery network"? Don't worry. Andy Ory, CEO of fast-growing Bedford, Mass.-based Acme Packet, is more than happy to share his passionate vision of how SBCs and SDNs -- and the emerging era of "opt-in communications" -- will change your business and the world. Read More WHITE PAPER: ExtraHop Application Performance Management In this eGuide, Network World, with sister publication CIO, offer news on the latest trends, best practices, and straightforward advice on these solutions and the challenges of managing application performance. Learn More! 2 tools that can kill dead spots Shaw reviews D-Link's Amplifi PowerLine AV 500 4-port Gigabit switch and Cisco's Linksys RE1000 Wireless-N range extender/bridge. Read More Mobility and the WAN Consumer devices must be considered to be a part of the corporate network, and the use of these devices across the WAN affects the design and operation of the network in all facets, from security to network performance. Read More Salesforce.com CEO: Sorry, virtualization isn't cloud computing While much of the networking industry last week was focused on VMworld in Las Vegas, Marc Benioff was at his own company's cloud computing event in San Francisco, where the Salesforce.com chief executive answered questions from attendees of Dreamforce 2011. Read More
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