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	IBM's top network exec rips Cisco's rip and replace IBM reversed course on networking in 2010 when it acquired Blade Network Technologies, one of its key network suppliers. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix and Managing Editor Jim Duffy recently caught up with Vikram Mehta, founder of BNT and now vice president of IBM System Networking, for an update on IBM's network visions going forward. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Infoblox Time-to-Value Through Network Automation IT is essential to business competitiveness, particularly in financial services and health care. But virtualization, cloud computing, mobility, IPv6 and tight budgets are applying pressure. IT execs need automation tools that deliver rapid time-to-value by enabling dynamic network services, liberating IT staff to pursue strategic goals. Learn more now. In this Issue Cisco aims to blunt the power of Microsoft-Skype merger Skyrocket? Maybe the word for mobile data growth is exa-rocket How to choose a router for your business iPad 3: Should it support LTE? Malware network threats rising, how to defend yourself Juniper exec gives inside look at QFabric Full visibility into high-performance nets: Demand 100% packet capture LightSquared's options to save its network are limited Rx for iPads: More healthcare IT support needed Zynga makes dramatic shift from public cloud WHITE PAPER: VMware Performance Analytics: How Normal is Your Data This VMware paper takes a technical look at a variety of IT performance data (operating system metrics, quality-of-service metrics, business performance metrics, etc.) to determine how well these metrics can be modeled as "normally distributed." Read Now! Cisco aims to blunt the power of Microsoft-Skype merger Cisco's plea to make Skype video conferencing protocols public is at least in part a defensive move to protect Cisco's dominance in video as it faces the potentially formidable blending of Skype with Microsoft's unified communication platform, Lync, experts say. Read More Skyrocket? Maybe the word for mobile data growth is exa-rocket Mobile data globally is expected to grow 18-fold by 2016, Cisco said in the update to its Visual Networking Index. Read More How to choose a router for your business Buying a router for a business isn't as simple as picking a consumer product with the best ratings from an online merchant or the best price on the shelf at a local electronics superstore. Your company has serious needs, such as supporting scores of users (including guests) on the network, and locking down company data to guard against snoops. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetIQ First Industy-Wide BSM Maturity Benchmark Study This first-of-its-kind benchmark study reporting the IT and Business maturity illustrating the business service management imperative today. The survey offers insight into the current and future state of the Business Service Management imperative across global organizations. Learn More iPad 3: Should it support LTE? Faster wireless data networks can help usher in a new class of big, beautiful, always-on hosted iPad apps that will need serious bandwidth speed. Read More Malware network threats rising, how to defend yourself In 2011, cybercriminals stepped up their game with the creation of malware networks (malnets)-distributed network infrastructures that exploit popular places on the Internet like search engines and social networking sites to repeatedly launch a variety of malware attacks. Read More Juniper exec gives inside look at QFabric R.K. Anand, executive vice president and general manager of Juniper Networks' Data Center Business Unit, was employee No. 12 of the network startup back in 1996, leaving a job as a microprocessor designer at Sun Microsystems. Years later he left Juniper for a brief stint at another startup, but came back to help finalize the company's QFabric product and get it out the door. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix recently caught up with Anand at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., for a deep dive on the company's answer to high-end data center demands. Read More WHITE PAPER: Webroot Turning Security Upside-down This paper looks at the kinds of security facilities needed now and in the future, and consider how individuals, organizations and the whole industry should be thinking about security. Learn More! Full visibility into high-performance nets: Demand 100% packet capture A new class of packet-based network monitoring and recording solutions are emerging that enable companies running high-speed and ultra-high-speed networks to address the issue of network blindness, a condition that exposes organizations to a raft of operational, legal, compliance and reputational risks. With the cost of network downtime measured in millions of dollars per hour, knowing what's going on inside the network isn't just a nice to have, it's critical. Read More LightSquared's options to save its network are limited Though would-be mobile carrier LightSquared says it still wants to find a solution to interference with GPS, its options are limited, industry observers said on Wednesday. Read More Rx for iPads: More healthcare IT support needed Plenty of doctors are using Apple iPads, but not many of the tablet computers are outfitted with enterprise network and data access, according to a new survey from Spyglass Consulting Group. Read More Zynga makes dramatic shift from public cloud Zynga has moved most of its users away from Amazon Web Services and onto its private cloud in a move to maximize the reliability and performance of its social games network. Read More
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