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	OpenFlow start-up aiming at Cisco's dominance OpenFlow start-up Big Switch Networks is submitting its controller software to the open-source community in order to catalyze an ecosystem of application developers, according to GigaOm. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Aerohive Corporate Brochure The way that Wi-Fi is being used and the requirements on an enterprise Wi-Fi network are going through a fundamental and generational change, so much so that we are calling it Wireless 2.0. It's not a new term, but it is a relevant one. Read now. In this Issue DARPA set to develop super-secure "cognitive fingerprint" Leading ISPs, websites commit to June 6 start for IPv6 100 Gigabits per second: We're first! No we're first! No we're first! Expert to IT pros: Adopt IPv6 soon or be sorry later 12 effective habits of indispensible IT pros Full steam ahead for gigabit wireless, report says WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Forrester: IT Platform to Optimize and Consolidate In this report, Forrester investigates the reasons why you should consider WAN optimization solutions as the best way to gain better IT performance, cost savings, and greater flexibility for your business. And it's also a smart network improvement investment over the long-term. Get the facts about WAN optimization in this study. Read now! DARPA set to develop super-secure "cognitive fingerprint" Developers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency want to build information technology security that goes beyond simply recognizing complex passwords but rather gets in your head to confirm your identity before you get access or continue to have access to important information. Read More Leading ISPs, websites commit to June 6 start for IPv6 Several of the world's largest ISPs and websites have committed to permanently enabling IPv6 -- the next-generation Internet Protocol -- on their products and services starting June 6, 2012. Read More WHITE PAPER: VCE/VMware Driving Business Value with VBlock Infrastructure Platforms With Vblock Infrastructure Platforms, organizations of any size can rapidly deploy a pervasive virtual infrastructure and implement a private cloud while lowering risk and operating expenses. Learn More 100 Gigabits per second: We're first! No we're first! No we're first! Just when you think ever "100Gbps first" has been claimed, another pops into the old email inbox. Today, just 17 minutes apart, came: TE SUBCOM MARKS CRUCIAL MILESTONE TOWARD DELIVERING WORLD'S FIRST ULTRA-HIGH CAPACITY, 100G-BASED, NEW UNDERSEA CABLE SYSTEM Next up: World's first single 100 Gigabit Ethernet connection goes live at TelecityGroup Amsterdam Read More Expert to IT pros: Adopt IPv6 soon or be sorry later A dozen of the world's largest Internet companies -- including Facebook, Google and Comcast -- have committed to June 6, 2012, as the start date for their production deployments of IPv6, an upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks The Smart Device Invasion's Network Impact Can your WLAN handle the influx of employee-owned smartphones and tablets? Aberdeen's expert recommendations will help with tips to: - Protect the network from compromised mobile devices - Automate authentication and authorization - Intelligently control bandwidth allocation to devices and users - Extend content filtering to mobile devices Read now! 12 effective habits of indispensible IT pros Ditch the slackers, take on dirty work, do it with data -- here's how to get the inside track on a highly rewarding career in IT Read More Full steam ahead for gigabit wireless, report says The uptake of wireless networks based on 802.11ac is expected to be high when the first products arrive later this year, according to a report from IMS Research. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS CES 2012 ultrabooks and tablets Ultrabooks! Ultrabooks! That's the official biggest buzzword for this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Ultrabooks! In honor of these purportedly magical super-thin laptops, we've decided to make a compilation of some of the ultrabooks you'll see at CES next week. And for good measure, we've thrown in a tablet that will garner a lot of attention as well. Enjoy! GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET Everyone who enters will win free training from Webucator. Grand prize: a SharePoint training class worth $2,375. All who enter will be awarded a self-paced class of their choosing. Enter here: http://www.networkworld.com/community/contests. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES Mac attack FTC may investigate Google for favoring Google+ in Search Plus Your World No demand for Windows 8 tablets? Or don't trust predictive surveys RSA chief: Last year's breach has silver lining Chinese 'attack US DOD smart cards' with Sykipot malware Woz on smartphones: Wishes his iPhone could do all his Android can More confusion over Windows 8 tablets Cisco's Umi still dead. As a doornail. Really, really dead IPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Jan. 13 The best of CES 2012
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