ABC's of ADCs in the cloud

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	ABC's of ADCs in the cloud Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) are critical to a smoothly functioning data center. They provide key functions including server load balancing, monitoring the health of servers and apps; protecting the data center from distributed denial-of-service attacks, performing SSL encryption and decryption; making servers more efficient by managing connections, running specialized application scripts and accelerating applications. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Network World The Critical Path to IPv6: December 13 in New York With IPv4 addresses rapidly depleting, transitioning to IPv6 is necessary. Attend The Critical Path to IPv6 and gain practical insights and best practices for getting started with IPv6, planning address assignments, avoiding pitfalls, and more. Learn from industry experts, interactive panels and breakout sessions. Complimentary admission. Learn More In this Issue Will the sky fall if you don't deploy IPv6? OpenFlow demystified Riverbed rolls out Stingray products Want a raise? 11 IT jobs set for 6%-9% pay hikes in 2012 Cisco seen turning things around High-speed Ethernet planning guide 'Advanced persistent threat' concerns boosting security budgets Look who's getting ready for legal online gambling Adobe acquires Auditude to address video advertising Paycheck payoff for IT certs still declining WHITE PAPER: Raritan What to Look for in Smart Card Readers Deploy servers with PKI authentication without sacrificing convenience or security. Learn how modern KVM switches with smart card capabilities go beyond simply integrating card readers as an additional peripheral at the KVM workstation, but rather make necessary KVM feature adjustments to enable seamless use of the reader. Learn More Will the sky fall if you don't deploy IPv6? Will the world end? Will the Internet grind to a screeching halt? Will your computer systems disintegrate into a pile of bits and bytes? In short, no. At least not yet. But you may want to consider a few things. Read More OpenFlow demystified OpenFlow, the exciting new networking technology recently bursting out of academia and into industry, has generated considerable buzz since Interop Las Vegas 2011, which has been called "The Coming Out Party For OpenFlow." The protocol is simple but its implications on network architectures and the overall $16 billion switching market are far-reaching. Read More Riverbed rolls out Stingray products Riverbed Technology is launching Stingray, a new product line of devices that brings together products the company acquired last summer when it bought Zeus Technology and Aptimize Limited. Read More WHITE PAPER: Intel Boost virtualization w/ HP & Intel 10GbE This paper describes why the Intel® Ethernet X520 SFP+ Direct Attach (DA) Server Adapter for HP ProLiant Rack and Tower servers is one of the most flexible and scalable Ethernet adapters for today's demanding data center environments. Click to continue Want a raise? 11 IT jobs set for 6%-9% pay hikes in 2012 Mobility, data overload, security threats and collaboration demands are creating opportunities for enterprise IT pros with skills in these areas to command more pay, according to new data from Robert Half Technology. Read More Cisco seen turning things around The reinvention and recovery are well underway. Another Wall Street analyst expects Cisco to hit the mark this quarter, just two quarters after eliminating 12,000 jobs in a restructuring to focus back in its core routing and switching businesses. Read More High-speed Ethernet planning guide Ten-gigabit Ethernet was so last year. Read More WHITE PAPER: Wildpackets Care and Feeding Guide for Optimizing Your Wireless Network White paper outlines best practices in monitoring, analyzing and troubleshooting wireless networks, guiding you through developing a baseline and testing your WLAN design to managing signals and users to administering and troubleshooting your WLAN. Learn more! 'Advanced persistent threat' concerns boosting security budgets Heightened awareness about stealthy network attacks designed to steal sensitive information -- what some call the "advanced persistent threat" -- is having an impact in raising security budgets and increasing executive management involvement in information technology, according to a survey published today. Read More Look who's getting ready for legal online gambling Regular readers know that the legalization of online gambling - poker, in particular - is a hobbyhorse of mine. Not only do I believe that it should be legal, regulated and taxed, I further believe that opposition to it boils down to paternalism that I find not only wrong-headed but downright offensive. Read More Adobe acquires Auditude to address video advertising Adobe Systems has acquired privately owned Auditude in order to boost its video offerings with an advertising platform, the company said on Tuesday. Read More Paycheck payoff for IT certs still declining Wondering whether you'll get a raise or bonus if you earn another IT industry certification? Odds are you won't, according to the latest IT salary data from Foote Partners. Read More
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