Technologies to watch 2013: Cisco products, more maturity for SDNs in 2013

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	Technologies to watch 2013: Cisco products, more maturity for SDNs in 2013 There was a lot of news and hype swirling around Software-Defined Networking in 2012, so what's on tap for 2013? Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds, Inc. Download IP Address Manager and Say Goodbye to Spreadsheets! Are you still using spreadsheets to manage your IP space? SolarWinds® IP Address Manager (IPAM) enables you and your team to ditch your spreadsheets and switch to easy-to-use, centralized IP address management software. IPAM makes it easier than ever to manage Microsoft® DHCP/DNS, and Cisco® DHCP services, all from a single, intuitive Web console. Get SolarWinds® IP Address Manager and say goodbye to spreadsheets for good! Download a free, fully-functional 30-day trial and start managing your IP address space in less than an hour. Try it today! In this Issue 2013 IT outlook: Innovation trumps cost-cutting From Doomsday to James Bond to NASA's last mainframe: The year in hot Layer 8 blog posts Technologies to watch 2013: Gigabit Wi-Fi Best IT resolutions for 2013 Cisco IP phones buggy The Spirit of Innovation Something old, something new: Companies to watch in 2013 WEBCAST: Exinda Expert Insights on Building a User Experience Network Join guest speaker, Forrester Research, Inc. Principal Analyst Andre Kindness and First State Bank IT leader Tristan Smith as they discuss the importance of putting end-users at the forefront of your network design. Learn More. 2013 IT outlook: Innovation trumps cost-cutting The economic recovery is moving at an unsteady pace, but the emphasis on cost-cutting that dominated IT agendas in recent years is sharing the spotlight with a more interesting imperative: innovation. Read More From Doomsday to James Bond to NASA's last mainframe: The year in hot Layer 8 blog posts As we wind down another year we give thanks, mostly, that we are still here to enjoy a look back at what were the hottest posts in this space for 2012. Read More WEBCAST: Fluke Networks Solve QoS Problems in VoIP Call Centers View this short video "Maintaining High VoIP Quality for Call/Contact Centers with Network Time Machine", to learn more about how carrier and call center customers are using Network Time Machine to rapidly determine problem domain and identify choke points in the network. View Now! Technologies to watch 2013: Gigabit Wi-Fi The next major advance in Wi-Fi, the still-in-draft IEEE 802.11ac standard, seems like a slam-dunk: It promises data rates ranging from 433Mbps to, in some configurations, 1.3Gbps, hence the label "Gigabit Wi-Fi." What's not to like? Read More Best IT resolutions for 2013 It's that time of year when IT executives' thoughts turn to setting resolutions for the new year. We've talked to CIOs, IT analysts and other industry experts about the major trends for 2013 to come up with our own list of suggested IT resolutions. Read More WEBCAST: Meru Networks Impact of 802.11ac on WLAN In this webinar, industry expert Craig Mathias and Robert Crisp from Meru Networks will discuss the impact 802.11ac will have on enterprise WLAN networks and how to best prepare for it. Learn more. Cisco IP phones buggy All of Cisco's IP phones are vulnerable to complete control by hackers, including the ability to access audio data at any time even if a phone call is not in progress. This is the finding of computer scientists at Columbia University, according to this report in IEEE Spectrum. Read More The Spirit of Innovation As I pause to reflect on both the past and coming years, I find it important to find the source of my inspiration, what keeps me going every day. I wrote this essay a few years back and I still draw a lot of inspiration from it. I have never published this, and its a bit off from my normal topics but for me it sets the tone for who I hope to be and what I hope to accomplish in the coming year, and... Read More Something old, something new: Companies to watch in 2013 It's hard to believe, but we're almost at the end of 2012, which means it's time to look ahead towards 2013. I wrote a predictions blog earlier that looked at a few trends, but I think there are a handful of companies worth watching next year. As you can imagine, some of them are smaller startups, but some are more established companies. Magor Read More
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