Cisco on why OpenFlow alone doesn't cut it

	Cisco: Enterprise 802.11ac Sooner, Not Later | SDN/OpenFlow has Cisco jumping
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	Cisco on why OpenFlow alone doesn't cut it The rationale for opening up more layers than just the control and forwarding planes in network programmability is to glean as much statistical and analytical information as possible from the router or switch so the programming application can make more specific decisions on network behavior and customization. That's how Cisco's Open Network Environment (ONE) programmability strategy was explained... Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds Ditch Your Spreadsheets with FREE IP Address Tracker Tool! Tired of using home-grown IP address tools to track down conflicting addresses and to see which ones are free? Ditch your spreadsheet for good! Our FREE tool gives you a unified view of your IP address space and the tools to manage it. Download the free IP Address Tracker tool today! In this Issue Cisco: Enterprise 802.11ac Sooner, Not Later SDN/OpenFlow has Cisco jumping WAN Virtualization technology: 'RAID for WANs' Rare operating Apple 1 rakes in $374,500 at Sotheby's auction Cisco's own BYOD policies and practices helped kill Cius Apple's legislative agenda has 'improve substantially' under Tim Cook US lawmakers quiz ZTE, Huawei over spying concerns Cerf: IPv6 'launch' was 20 years in the making HP CEO Whitman tries to reassure users as cuts loom Cool Summer Gadget Guide WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Investment Protection and Elasticity for Your Network NetScaler Pay-as-You-Grow. 5x capacity on-demand. No new hardware. The Iron Age is officially over. The Cloud Age is here. Learn More Cisco: Enterprise 802.11ac Sooner, Not Later Cisco recently briefed me on an interesting product direction they discussed at their latest Cisco Live event, an add-on 802.11ac module for their popular 3600 series of APs. In addition to being one of the few four-antenna .11n products on the market, the 3600 has a modular architecture that enables the bolting on of additional functionality. Read More SDN/OpenFlow has Cisco jumping You can gauge the promise of an emerging technology by the reaction of the biggest legacy player potentially threatened by the new arrival. It walks a fine line between jumping in too quickly and sanctioning a nascent movement that may not otherwise get off the ground, and reacting too slowly and losing advantage to fleet-footed upstarts. Read More WAN Virtualization technology: 'RAID for WANs' Last time, we looked at the analogy between WAN Virtualization and RAID at the business benefits level. Here, we examine the parallels from the technical point of view. Read More WHITE PAPER: CenturyLink Network/Cloud Security & Business Continuity eGuide Network security today means much more than simply building a perimeter around the enterprise network to defend from threats. With cloud-computing models becoming more popular, enterprises are extending corporate data and applications outside the four walls of the data center. Learn More! Rare operating Apple 1 rakes in $374,500 at Sotheby's auction It's not one of a kind but pretty darn close. Sotheby's this week auctioned off a rare working Apple 1 computer for $374,500 to an unnamed bidder. The price was more than double the expected price listed on the Sotheby's web site. The Sotheby's notes about the Apple 1 say it is one of six thought to be operational boxes and one of about 50 known to exist. Read More Cisco's own BYOD policies and practices helped kill Cius Cisco even rejected its doomed Cius tablet internally. BYOD trends globally - and locally, officials said this week -- forced the company to cancel development of the collaboration endpoint two weeks ago, later than it apparently should have. Read More Apple's legislative agenda has 'improve substantially' under Tim Cook A 1997 Apple ad campaign stated, "the ones that are crazy enough to think they can change the world…are the ones that do." When Tim Cook took over from Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple, many that asked how the company would change. How would the new CEO of arguably the world's most successful company of the last decade – and one of the world's richest companies – possibly be able to shepherd... Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. WAN Optimization eGuide In this eGuide, articles from Network World examine the maturing WAN optimization market, collect advice from experts and users on how best to implement these products, and look at new trends. Read on to discover how to make the most of WAN optimization in enterprise networks. Read now. US lawmakers quiz ZTE, Huawei over spying concerns Two U.S. lawmakers have asked executives at Chinese telecom companies ZTE and Huawei to explain their connection to the Chinese government out of concern that the companies' products represent a risk to U.S. national security. Read More Cerf: IPv6 'launch' was 20 years in the making The official World IPv6 Launch event, which began at 8 p.m. EDT yesterday, passed with little if any attention from the typical Internet user. For some in the Internet engineering community, however, the day marked the culmination of two decades' worth of work. Read More HP CEO Whitman tries to reassure users as cuts loom As Meg Whitman, HP's CEO, took the stage at the recent HP Discover conference, the thousands sitting in the cavernous hall applauded politely -- and then stopped. Read More Cool Summer Gadget Guide Read More
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