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	New Juniper SDN device portends forklift upgrades for core Ethernet switch Any hopes Juniper EX8200 customers had that the core switch would grow to support next-generation 40/100G Ethernet, mobility, media-rich traffic, virtualization or cloud have been dashed. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco The Art of Application-Centric Networking BYOD, virtualization and cloud are making application deployment and delivery more challenging than ever for IT departments. Employees want to access applications anytime, from anywhere, on any device, and they expect the same level of performance and reliability. 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This ebook your crash course in network monitoring for analysis and learn to use multi-segment analysis to diagnose performance problems with distributed application architectures. Download this ebook A NEW architecture for enterprise Internet access Last time, we looked at a specific solution to the problem of the "trombone" effect in enterprise Internet access using the Read More Cisco inadvertently weakens password encryption in its IOS operating system The password encryption algorithm used in some recent versions of the Cisco IOS operating system is weaker than the algorithm it was designed to replace, Cisco revealed earlier this week. Read More Brocade evolves the storage network Normally, when a vendor is the undisputed king of a market, there's a risk of the company taking their eye off the ball and letting markets slip away. BlackBerry in the smartphone market, 3Com with NIC cards and switches, and Nortel with almost everything they made are some examples of this. However, every once in a while vendors do surprise by trying to change the very market they dominate. Sure,... Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Managing Performance of Critical Applications In conducting a survey of more than 150 IT professionals with direct responsibility for business-critical applications, Forrester found that enterprises are supporting corporate objectives of productivity and efficiency, a typical trend in times of economic uncertainty. Read Now Big Switch says 'thin' virtual switch will lower costs, spur OpenFlow adoption In an effort to accelerate the adoption of OpenFlow for software-defined networking, Big Switch Networks this week unveiled an open source-based "thin" virtual switch for servers and commodity switches. Read More FBI's UFO file resolved nothing; 63-year old report has been viewed 1 million times Perhaps it's because there has been a steady stream of news about asteroids flying by or hitting Earth in or maybe it's the uptick in space news having to do with Read More IRS uncorks Dirty Dozen Tax Scams for 2013 The Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers that there are plenty of scam artists and cybercriminals that want your money. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Data's Journey to the Cloud As IT environments evolve to hybrid cloud computing, strategic IT oversight and best-practices life-cycle data management are key imperatives to help ensure oversight, service levels, and security. This white paper examines cloud options as it relates to storage and explains the benefits a cloud-enabled storage architecture can offer. Learn More Network Security Trumps Server Security in the Enterprise There is a historical conundrum in cybersecurity about where to concentrate security skills, controls, and oversight. Hackers penetrate networks in order to compromise hosts and steal data. Given this obvious workflow, should CISOs focus security resources on networks, hosts, or a balanced combination of both? ESG recently posed this question to 395 security professionals working at mid-market (i.e.... Read More Rob Held, ex-CEO of early Ethernet company Chipcom, passes away at 74 John Robert (Rob) Held, who made a name for himself in the networking industry during the 1980s and 1990s as president and CEO of Ethernet hub pioneer Chipcom, has died at age of 74. Held suffered a brain hemorrhage earlier this month and died in Boston. Read More Cisco aims software improvements at enterprise video communications Anticipating explosive growth in video communications, Cisco is readying product improvements designed to simplify the management of videoconferencing traffic and to streamline its use for employees. Read More
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