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	Cisco unveils latest Nexus data center switch Cisco this week unveiled a raft of networking enhancements and extensions designed to scale data centers to securely support increasing amounts of data. Read More WHITE PAPER: Wildpackets Eliminate Packet Loss during 10G Monitoring There are a number of choices for deploying packed-based monitoring and analysis against 10G segments, but as traffic volumes grow, the limitations of many options become problematic. This EMA paper examines the issues surrounding 10G network management and monitoring with emphasis on effective packed-based instrumentation. Read More In this Issue Cisco and the Consumerization of IT Gartner: The top 10 strategic technology trends for 2012 Gartner: Big challenges lurk in building enterprise wireless networks Hell Has Frozen Over: HP and Cisco Collaborate in the Data Center Death to Firewalls; Long Live Firewalls Transition to IPv6 is inevitable for companies envisioning long-term presence on the Internet WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies The Changing Role of IT This white paper analyzes research conducted by IDG Research Services about the changing role of IT: what's driving the change, what skill-sets will be more valued and what should forward-looking IT executives consider as IT shifts increasingly towards an IT supply chain model. Learn More Cisco and the Consumerization of IT It's painfully obvious that the consumerization of IT isn't going away. You hear it in the news, from manufacturers, and the loudest voice of all – your end-users. Most likely, helpdesk requests about configuring, updating or using consumer devices has eked their way into your top 10 most common calls list. (A personal favorite, though not a top 10: "How do I get that bird game on here?")... Read More Gartner: The top 10 strategic technology trends for 2012 The technology that makes up many of the systems in the IT world today is at a critical juncture and in the next five years everything from mobile devices and applications to servers and social networking will impact IT in ways companies need to prepare for now, Gartner Vice President David Cearley says. 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! Gartner: Big challenges lurk in building enterprise wireless networks ORLANDO - When you start off with this bit of information from Gartner: By 2015, 80% of newly installed wireless networks will be obsolete because of a lack of proper planning - you understand the challenges enterprises face in ramping up mobile environments. Read More Hell Has Frozen Over: HP and Cisco Collaborate in the Data Center Despite the on going feud between Cisco and HP, the two IT giants put aside their difference and jointly collaborated to co-engineer a Cisco Fabric Extender (FEX) blade that will be the network inside an HP BladeSystem chassis. Read More WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com Redesigning the IT Help Desk in the Cloud The complexity of an IT help desk has ballooned—supporting more devices with fewer resources than ever. Discover how a cloud-based IT help desk not only "keeps the lights on," but also transforms the help desk experience—delivering lower costs, greater collaboration and increased user satisfaction. Read now. Death to Firewalls; Long Live Firewalls Firewalls have been slowly changing over the years as their network architectures have been evolving. Firewalls are becoming more decentralized and becoming increasingly virtualized. As firewalls move from solely located at the perimeter inward toward the servers, many other changes are taking place. The pendulum of centralized versus distributed systems continues to swing back and forth as the... Read More Transition to IPv6 is inevitable for companies envisioning long-term presence on the Internet Transition to IPv6 is inevitable for companies envisioning long-term presence on the Internet, but the mode and length of the transition remains very much a mystery. In Nemertes' 2011-2012 benchmark, IT professionals at 78% of companies said they had no transition plans yet. Coyote Point recently added IPv4/IPv6 gateway services to its Equalizer line of application delivery controllers, which to my... Read More
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