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	Brocade takes on Cisco in the campus Brocade this week has unveiled switches for the enterprise campus designed to help users to affordably scale their networks. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM The evolution of quality management Forward-thinking development organizations recognize that quality management does not begin and end with quality assurance (QA) testing. Requirements-driven quality has a proven return on investment (ROI) with reduced cycle times and reduced development costs. Learn More In this Issue Low-income families offered cheap broadband, PCs IT pros staying put, expecting raises Techniques for prolonging the lifespan of IPv4 Number of Wi-Fi hotspots to quadruple by 2015, says study Comcast begins rollout of IPv6 production network 4G wireless vs. 5G wireless OpenSSL expert tips and tricks: Test and benchmark servers Accel buys into Big Data hype with $100M venture fund Google starts rollout of Google+ for businesses WEBCAST: ForeScout Technologies CISO in the Know - Mitigating Modern Attacks This webcast examines sophisticated and targeted threats, security gaps, techniques and new technologies with regards to understanding and defending against zero-day threats, propagating worms, low-and-slow attacks and advanced persistent threats (APT). Learn more. Low-income families offered cheap broadband, PCs Many U.S. cable providers will offer broadband service for $9.95 a month and an e-recycler will offer $150 PCs and laptops to low-income families in an effort to bring the benefits of broadband to more people across the country. Read More IT pros staying put, expecting raises There's cause for contentment among IT pros, many of whom are staying put at their current jobs due to a combination of lingering economic concerns and improving conditions at work. Read More Techniques for prolonging the lifespan of IPv4 Although IPv4 address exhaustion has occurred, many organizations are still uncertain about the next steps. It's clear that IPv4 is going to be with us for decades to come, and there are strategies to prolong the lifespan of IPv4. Are these strategies worthwhile or are they distracting and confusing the industry from moving to IPv6? Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan Data Center Transformations This paper discusses ways to simplify data center transformation and introduces a new process – BOCA – Build Outs, Consolidations and Acquisitions. Learn the five stages of BOCA and see how the right remote access and IT infrastructure management tools, deployed early and continuously monitored, can dramatically improve overall efficiency. Read now! Number of Wi-Fi hotspots to quadruple by 2015, says study The number of public Wi-Fi hotspots is expected to increase by 350 percent in the next four years, as operators look for ways to offload traffic from their mobile networks, according to a report by market research company Informa Telecoms and Media. Read More Comcast begins rollout of IPv6 production network Comcast has begun the production rollout of its new IPv6 service, with 100 customers installed in San Francisco's East Bay in one week. Read More 4G wireless vs. 5G wireless Using more spectrum and advanced antennas, vendors and operators plan to increase 4G mobile speeds. But the key to increasing speeds as researchers look at future networks, which will someday be dubbed 5G by marketers, is to shorten the distance between users and base stations, and allowing them to automatically be reconfigured. Read More WHITE PAPER: APC Hot-Aisle vs. Cold-Aisle Containment for Data Centers Hot-aisle containment can save 40% in annual cooling system energy costs, but it may be difficult or expensive to implement in older data centers with low headroom or no accessible dropped ceiling plenum. This paper examines both hot-aisle and cold-aisle containment methodologies and quantifies the benefits of each. Learn More OpenSSL expert tips and tricks: Test and benchmark servers OpenSSL, the open source toolkit for implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, is an everyday essential for most Linux admins responsible for secure networking. But OpenSSL includes a wealth of features that even grizzled veterans may not be familiar with. You can use OpenSSL to test POP and IMAP servers, and test server connection speeds, among other interesting tricks. Read More Accel buys into Big Data hype with $100M venture fund Accel Partners launched a $100 million Big Data Fund at the sold-out Hadoop World conference in New York in an effort to help start-ups exploit new data types expected to dominate computing and networks for years to come. Read More Google starts rollout of Google+ for businesses Google is getting ready for businesses to start jumping onboard its Google+ social network. Read More
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