Cisco ends the SDN suspense

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	Cisco ends the SDN suspense At long last, the wait -- and suspense -- is over. Cisco rolled out its vision and architecture for instilling programmability throughout a Cisco network -- a blueprint the company says goes far beyond the OpenFlow and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) schemes most competitors are proposing. Read More WEBCAST: HP and Polycom Dramatically Simplify Video Collaboration Deployments If you want to dramatically simplify video collaboration deployments, centralize management, improve business productivity, and reduce IT costs associated with rich media communications, you do not want to miss this informative webinar. Register now! In this Issue Disrupting the high-margin WAN services business model 10 tech giants lead Internet land grab TechEd 2012: Windows 8 tablets can be for the enterprise, too, Microsoft says Cisco router software connects enterprises to the cloud 5 things we love/hate about Windows 8 Exploit available for root-access vulnerability in F5 Networks products HP to showcase its SDN capabilities at Interop Tokyo Leading Internet prognosticator still pessimistic about IPv6 Gartner: Network virtualization will lead to security control changes RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Do More with LogMeIn Central! Monitor, Manage and Automate system tasks with LogMeIn Central. Take back your time. Use Central to quickly deploy Windows Updates at the same time across multiple PCs. Free trial for 30 days. Disrupting the high-margin WAN services business model It usually takes years, if not decades, for newer, "cheaper/faster" technologies to completely replace the older ones. After all, we still have mainframes more than 35 years after the introduction of the PC. It took more than 15 years for PC and LANs and "client-server" to essentially completely replace minicomputers, and about the same amount of time for LANs, WANs, TCP/IP and routing to replace FEPs and SNA. Read More 10 tech giants lead Internet land grab Dozens of popular high-tech brands -- from Acer and Apple to Yahoo and YouTube -- are staking their claims in the Internet's latest land grab by applying for their company and product names as well as generic terms as new domain name extensions. Read More TechEd 2012: Windows 8 tablets can be for the enterprise, too, Microsoft says Low-power Windows 8 tablets will have features consumers want, and with a little effort can be adapted to use in corporate networks, too, IT pros were told at a TechEd 2012 educational session. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Virtual Network Architecture Business places incredible demands on the network today, requiring new levels of simplicity, intelligence and flexibility. This paper details Dell's strategic approach to networking. It's a must read for building a future-proof network that is open and optimized, agile and automated. Learn More Cisco router software connects enterprises to the cloud As expected, Cisco this week rolled out the Cloud Connected Solution, software for its ISR and ASR routers that's designed to enable enterprises to implement and access cloud networks and services. Read More 5 things we love/hate about Windows 8 Now that Microsoft has released the latest beta version of Windows 8, with the clever name of Release Preview, here are 5 things we love and 5 things we hate about the new OS. Read More Exploit available for root-access vulnerability in F5 Networks products An exploit for a recently patched vulnerability that allows potential attackers to obtain administrative access on network appliances from hardware vendor F5 Networks was added to the Metasploit penetration testing framework on Tuesday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Certeon Accelerate Business Continuity This lab-validated performance results report will enable IT and SAN administrators to take complete advantage of volume replication while reducing replication-based WAN traffic. Learn more. HP to showcase its SDN capabilities at Interop Tokyo HP will be showcasing its strategy and developments in the software-defined networks (SDN) space at the technology conference Interop in Tokyo on Friday. Read More Leading Internet prognosticator still pessimistic about IPv6 Geoff Huston, an Australian researcher whose predictions about IPv4 depletion dates have proven uncannily accurate over the years, is still not certain that IPv6 will get deployed in time to avert an addressing crisis across the Internet. Read More Gartner: Network virtualization will lead to security control changes Gartner analyst Neil MacDonald's specialty is security, and he not only keeps a close eye on what security vendors are doing, but he's an advocate for change as fundamental network technologies evolve. Virtualization is having an enormous impact, leading to questions about the role of physical security appliances in a virtual world. MacDonald predicts by 2015, 40% of security controls in the enterprise data center will be virtualized, up from 5% in 2010. In a recent interview with Network World, MacDonald talked about the future of security in the virtual world. Read More
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