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	Cisco sending enterprises to the cloud In an effort to accommodate enterprise users looking to implement private and hybrid clouds, Cisco in the coming months will unveil an "integrated" WAN routing system of existing, but enhanced, products. Read More WHITE PAPER: MegaPath Today's Network: Make It a Strategic, Future-Proof Asset Today's small and mid-sized organizations support dozens of applications and hundreds of devices and mobile workers. Network congestion has become a risk, as users change offices, work from home and add devices at will. SMBs need simplification in the form of network convergence. And a managed service provider can help. View Now In this Issue Data Center Networking Discontinuity Closing the Cisco Cert Zone (for Now) The Best of CES 2012: Gadgets galore 10 game-changing space galaxy discoveries Cisco gains SAN share as Brocade looks for buyer Is insourcing the new outsourcing? Mobile Device Management Spotlight: AirWatch WHITE PAPER: VCE/VMware VBlock Fastpath Desktop Virtualization Platform The Vblock FastPath Desktop Virtualization Platform is a purpose-built solution that helps IT organizations to automate desktop and application management by enabling rapid deployment, reducing costs and improving security through centralization of the desktop environment. Learn More Data Center Networking Discontinuity Why did dinosaurs become extinct? I'm no paleontologist but allow me to provide an over-simplified explanation: When the environment went through radical alterations, dinosaurs couldn't adequately adapt to these changes. In a binary, "adapt or die" world, the dinosaurs died. A similar binary situation is developing with data center networks. On the one hand, the environment is going through... Read More Closing the Cisco Cert Zone (for Now) Hi folks. This short post is a notice to let everyone know that I'll not be continuing to blog in the Cisco Cert Zone for the foreseeable future. For those of you who just saw this blog, the links below point out some of the more popular posts from years past that still have relevance today. For you (former) regular readers, I've a few comments for you as well, if you want to click past the intro paragraph.... Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Running SAP NetWeaver on the Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud This document outlines the value of using SAP on Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud and the Oracle Exadata Database Machine and discusses architectural and practical considerations when deploying SAP on Exalogic and Exadata. Learn More! The Best of CES 2012: Gadgets galore The giant Consumer Electronics Show 2012 is on display this week in Las Vegas, with its annual outpouring of electronic wonders. Here's our take on the best stuff this year, updated throughout the week of Jan. 9. Read More 10 game-changing space galaxy discoveries A massive amount of new astronomical research and discoveries have been shown at the 219th meeting of the American Astronomical Society recently. While the new information covers a variety of areas from supernova explosions to dark matter, research on galaxies has been one of the hottest topic areas. Here we take a look at 10 of the biggest galaxy research images presented at the meeting. Read More WHITE PAPER: Serena Software Strategies For Bridging The Dev-Ops Divide Businesses are losing patience with siloed development and IT operations teams that do not deliver reliable business applications and IT services on time and within budget. This whitepaper outlines strategies for bridging the dev-ops divide. Learn More Cisco gains SAN share as Brocade looks for buyer Has Brocade finally found a buyer? Reports that it was close tickled the company's stock this week. Reuters, citing "sources familiar with the matter," said Brocade has received first-round bids from a half dozen potential private equity buyers. The report sent the company's stock up over 10% on Monday, before it settled back and closed the day up 35 cents. Read More Is insourcing the new outsourcing? It would be a stretch to insinuate that outsourcing of all manner of work outside the US is subsiding substantially. Read More Mobile Device Management Spotlight: AirWatch There is little doubt that smart mobile devices are a boon for individual productivity, but corporate IT groups are scrambling to accommodate them on their networks. Accordingly, there has been an explosion of interest in Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions. One of the top tier players in this space is AirWatch. AirWatch sits in the Gartner MDM Leader MQ and was named a winner in the tenth... Read More
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