10 free router and IP admin tools you should know about

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	10 free router and IP admin tools you should know about With the help of GFI.com's Talk Tech To Me blog, we've compiled a list of 10 free software downloads designed to help router and IP administrators handle their tasks with as little cost as possible. Read More 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. In this Issue Like Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent funding SDN startup USB 3.0 standard will soon allow up to 10Gbps Open source cloud battles: OpenStack leveling off as CloudStack interest gains INSIDER 8 classic IT hiring mistakes and how to avoid them Dell may wait until end of year to launch OpenStack public cloud Six home networking technologies to watch out for Cisco, others eyeing $3.7 billion SDN market 9 common Spanning Tree mistakes AT&T, Qualcomm focus on easier development of industrial and health apps WHITE PAPER: Brocade Scaling Out Data Centers Organizations of all sizes are facing daunting challenges as they struggle to adapt their data center networks to new technologies and applications. The move toward cloud architectures in particular is demanding a high-performance network interconnect that can host servers potentially numbering in the thousands. Read Now Like Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent funding SDN startup Like Cisco and its Insieme Networks project, Alcatel-Lucent has invested in a startup company focused on SDNs for cloud service providers. Read More USB 3.0 standard will soon allow up to 10Gbps An enhanced version of USB 3.0 will deliver up to 10Gbps, twice the data speed of current connections. Read More Open source cloud battles: OpenStack leveling off as CloudStack interest gains OpenStack is the largest and most active open source cloud computing project, but interest in the platform has leveled off in the last quarter as momentum for competing project CloudStack continues to build. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya Delivering game-changing productivity & dependability By creating one contiguous, end-to-end Fabric, Avaya is empowering businesses to achieve unprecedented levels of infrastructure productivity, service agility, and network dependability, the very essence of the fast, flexible, and secure design aspirations. Read Now INSIDER 8 classic IT hiring mistakes and how to avoid them From writing dated, irrelevant job descriptions to accepting a less-than-ideal candidate because the work is piling up, classic hiring mistakes are just waiting to trip up managers. Read More Dell may wait until end of year to launch OpenStack public cloud Dell may wait until the end of this year to launch its anticipated OpenStack-powered public cloud, a vice president with the company told Network World sister site ITWorld, a move that puts the company behind other big-name vendors that are already executing on their cloud strategies. Read More Six home networking technologies to watch out for Most of the tablets, TVs, ultrabooks and smartphones on display at International CES this week ultimately are bound for someone's home, where they'll have to talk to each other. Six major home networking technologies to make that happen will be on display at the show, some of them making significant strides to keep up with the demand for instant information and fun. Read More WHITE PAPER: Ixia Anue The Evolving Visibility Challenge Network monitoring has become more complex over the last few years, due in large part to virtualization and convergence. Learn how a state-of-the-art monitoring system that maximizes your existing monitoring tool investment can help you attain greater visibility into your network without adding complexity. Say goodbye to virtual blind spots. Learn More Cisco, others eyeing $3.7 billion SDN market The worldwide market for software-defined networking products and services in the enterprise and cloud service provider segments will grow from $360 million in 2013 to $3.7 billion by 2016, according to IDC. This represents a compound annual growth rate of 117.42% and includes network infrastructure, SDN applications and control plane solutions, and related professional services. Read More 9 common Spanning Tree mistakes STP errors are very common, and during the past 15 years we have witnessed the same errors being made over-and-over again. For such a well established protocol, it is surprising that we have not progressed beyond these types of STP configuration mistakes. Read More AT&T, Qualcomm focus on easier development of industrial and health apps AT&T and Qualcomm jointly announced a new development platform based on a Qualcomm Gobi chipset to be used to build industrial and health care apps and embedded devices on Java to connect to AT&T 's 3G cellular network. Read More
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