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	Brocade buys Cisco nemesis Vyatta Brocade has announced its acquisition of Vyatta, a privately held maker of open source-based network software, for an undisclosed amount of cash. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Forrester: Virtualization and the Mobile Workspace How will you meet evolving security requirements? Discover IT approaches to BYOD and other workspace challenges in a Forrester study that examines policy management, desktop virtualization and mobility solutions. Read Now In this Issue 'World's largest' telecom deal turns out to be a dud Riverbed's billion-dollar Opnet buy could pay off big, analysts say Mobile networks nearing normal coverage after Sandy With Vyatta, Brocade makes a low-risk, high-reward bet on SDN Should wireless carriers use home Internet connections for backhaul? US relief agency sets up 'rumor control' to counter online misinformation Carriers to feds: Fix current telecom deal before starting follow-on Alcatel-Lucent dips into loss as sales decline and margins get thinner Malware infects 13 percent of North American home networks Lenovo's new enterprise division introduces its first server WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Sophisticated Simplicity The key is to build simplicity and ease of use into these solutions from Day 1. This white paper will demonstrate a clear path to UC simplicity, and to overall success of UC deployments. Learn more. 'World's largest' telecom deal turns out to be a dud Originally billed as the world's largest telecommunications purchase, the U.S. government's Networx contract is turning out to be chump change for the five carriers involved in the deal. Halfway through its 10-year term, the contract has driven around $2 billion in revenue compared to projections as high as $34 billion for this stage of the program. Read More Riverbed's billion-dollar Opnet buy could pay off big, analysts say Despite a substantial decline in Riverbed's stock price after the news of its $1 billion acquisition of Opnet, industry experts say that the buyout leaves Riverbed in a uniquely strong position in the network management arena. Read More Mobile networks nearing normal coverage after Sandy Cellular coverage for some carriers approached normal levels in the northeastern U.S. a week after Hurricane Sandy made landfall, but some areas remained cut off from mobile service because of ongoing power and telecommunications outages. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T Voice Transformation: Taking the First Steps Voice has been - and will continue to be - a foundational component in business communications. But the aging, disconnected voice infrastructures of today are doing more than just impeding productivity, they're impeding progress. Find out in this AT&T article how to transform voice communication in your enterprise today. Click Here With Vyatta, Brocade makes a low-risk, high-reward bet on SDN This morning Brocade announced it would acquire privately held open source networking software company Vyatta. The rise of software defined networks seems to be a legitimate problem the Vyatta solution can solve. Read More Should wireless carriers use home Internet connections for backhaul? In a thought-provoking article on GigaOM, Prakash Sangam of Qualcomm writes that cellular network capacity could be boosted up to a thousand times if households deploy "small cells" (i.e., femtocell technology) to shunt cellular traffic to consumers' DSL and cable Internet connections. Read More US relief agency sets up 'rumor control' to counter online misinformation The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency has set up a "rumor control" section on its website to counter misinformation on social networks that has affected relief efforts after Hurricane Sandy. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell SonicWall Why Protection and Performance Matters Outdated firewalls can pose serious security risks and simply adding malware protection inhibits performance. Dell SonicWALL Next-Generation Firewalls overcome these limitations with multi-core architecture and Reassembly-Free Deep Packet Inspection for unrivaled protection and performance. Read Now! Carriers to feds: Fix current telecom deal before starting follow-on Carriers aren't excited about the General Services Administration's plans for a follow-on contract to Networx -- tentatively dubbed Network Services 2020 -- because they want to see the U.S. government's procurement arm take steps to make the current contract more profitable for them. Read More Alcatel-Lucent dips into loss as sales decline and margins get thinner Alcatel-Lucent reported a third-quarter loss and declining gross margins, as its cost-cutting program failed to keep up with declining sales of its network equipment and related services. Read More Malware infects 13 percent of North American home networks Some 13 percent of home networks in North America are infected with malware, half of them with "serious" threats, according to a report released by a cyber-security company. Read More Lenovo's new enterprise division introduces its first server Looking beyond PCs and tablets, Lenovo on Monday announced the first server from the newly formed Enterprise Product Group, which deals in servers, storage, networking and software. Read More
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