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	Cisco declares war on Microsoft unified communications system Cisco chose the eve of Microsoft's first Lync conference to attack the Microsoft unified communications platform as incomplete when compared to Cisco's enterprise UC offerings. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Communications Meeting Campus LAN Challenges IT administrators serving K-12 and higher education institutions face a host of daunting challenges managing today's campus networks. These challenges include large and unpredictable user populations, complex and antiquated network infrastructures. Learn more. In this Issue Quick look: Did China's army hack US companies? Cisco puts a huge value on the 'Internet of everything' How to hack the certificate for a Cisco Identity Services Engine node Arista TAPs into a hot market for SDN apps 12 Networking Tips for Shy and Anti-Social IT Pros Cisco unveils software, hardware for hybrid wireless networks Drones still face major communications challenges getting onto US airspace HP quadruples virtual machines in new blade 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. Quick look: Did China's army hack US companies? Security firm Mandiant says that for past seven years a group inside China's People's Liberation Army hacked 141 companies. Read More Cisco puts a huge value on the 'Internet of everything' The so-called "Internet of everything," the rapidly approaching world where objects from refrigerators to factory robots can talk to people and other machines, will create a massive business opportunity worth $14.4 trillion over the next decade, according to a new study from Cisco Systems. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Scale Your DNS Infrastructure to Protect Your Business DNS continues to be a tempting target for attackers, and when they succeed in disrupting DNS, all external data center services are affected. This paper helps organizations confronting these growth and security challenges understand how a new, full-proxy architecture for DNS provides a complete solution for global, local, and cloud load balancing. Learn More. How to hack the certificate for a Cisco Identity Services Engine node I just got back from a few weeks traveling around Europe, presenting at Cisco Live Europe, and meeting with customers and partners. It is obvious that this blog is very much needed for a lot of the deployments that we discussed, so as promised in the Load Balancing Blog, I am following up with a blog on how to "hack" the certificate for a Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) node, so that we may include... Read More Arista TAPs into a hot market for SDN apps Despite the hype around software defined networks (SDNs), the industry has yet to find a legitimate "low-hanging fruit" for the network technology. It appears, though, that one might be emerging, as several vendors have announced TAP aggregation as an SDN application. Earlier this year, when Big Switch launched the company it announced its own product called Big TAP. Later, Cisco released TAP aggregation... Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Corporation A Guide for a Successful ERP Strategy in the Midmarket Combining an experienced service partner with an informed ERP strategy helps to maximize ROI. This helps midmarket organizations to contain costs, communicate effectively, and improve to grow into more successful organizations. Learn More. 12 Networking Tips for Shy and Anti-Social IT Pros Being an introvert isn't the end of the world or your career. However, to be successful in the IT field today, you've got to overcome shyness and learn that it's OK to ask for (and offer) help. Read More Cisco unveils software, hardware for hybrid wireless networks Cisco Tuesday introduced small cell hardware and intelligent software designed to help carriers and enterprises improve wireless connections over hybrid networks made of 3G and 4G cellular and Wi-Fi technologies Read More Drones still face major communications challenges getting onto US airspace Communications and effective system control are still big challenges unmanned aircraft developers are facing if they want unfettered access to US airspace. Read More HP quadruples virtual machines in new blade Hewlett-Packard is set to deliver a new blade that will quadruple the virtual desktops that can be deployed from one server compared to the company's previous offerings. Read More
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