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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 vs. Juniper: How different are their SDN strategies?
On the surface, Cisco and Juniper's SDN strategies seem to have sharp contrasts if recent announcements are any indication. For example: Read More

VMware's problems are deeper than just Microsoft
Remember this blog post? It's my now infamous "Bell tolls for thee" blog that I authored just after VMworld last year. This was the blog for which I was so soundly flogged by the VMware community in the comments section, and even received a few nasty emails. (By the way, I do want to thank all of the people who comment on my blogs. Whether you agree or disagree with me, it's always good to have... Read More

WHITE PAPER: AccelOps

EMA Advanced Performance Analytics report
Advanced Performance Analytics (APA), as Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) defines it, brings real-time or near real-time "big data" to IT operations, architects, service managers and even applications development, as well as IT executives and non-IT business stakeholders. Read Now

Software-defined networking is more than just programmability
With the hype around software-defined networks (SDNs) having grown as high as it has, almost every vendor is looking for an angle to capitalize on the opportunity. I've noticed recently that many of the vendors, particularly the big-box vendors, are focused on the concept of "network programmability." While I agree that programmability is a component of SDN, it shouldn't be the sole focus of the... Read More

Arista aims at Cisco NAM with TAP app
Data center switch vendor Arista Networks this week unveiled software designed to analyze data in software defined networks. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Raritan, Inc

Power Distribution in Data Centers
Today's data center managers are being asked to do more with less: to supply more computing power using less energy in a smaller space, while meeting limited budgets and maintaining mission-critical reliability. This white paper focuses on solutions that are successfully meeting these demands. Learn More

Earth-buzzing asteroid could be worth big bucks: $195B if we could catch it
The asteroid NASA say is about the half the size of a football field that will blow past Earth on Feb 15 could be worth up to $195 billion in metals and propellant. That's what the scientists at Deep Space Industries, a company that wants to mine these flashing hunks of space materials, thinks the asteroid known as 2012 DA14 is worth - if they could catch it. [RELATED: The sizzling world of asteroids]... Read More

3 Deep, Dark Secrets of Cloud Computing
Everybody uses the cloud. How can there be any secrets? Many companies had to learn these three little lessons the hard way, but there's no reason your business can't learn from those mistakes. Read More

Startup Pertino among first to market with networking as a service (NaaS)
Startup Pertino -- backed by former executives from Packeteer and Apple -- has what one analyst calls the most advanced networking as a service (NaaS) product on the market, available starting today as a public beta. Read More

What can L2TP do for your network?
The Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is a standard protocol for tunneling L2 traffic over an IP network. Its ability to carry almost any L2 data format over IP or other L3 networks makes it particularly useful. But L2TP remains little-known outside of certain niches, perhaps because early versions of the specification were limited to carrying PPP -- a limitation that is now removed. Read More

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