Ethernet filters out porn, plus 9 other facts (?) we learned from Bob Metcalfe’s Reddit Q&A

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	Ethernet filters out porn, plus 9 other facts (?) we learned from Bob Metcalfe's Reddit Q&A Bob Metcalfe, who 40 years ago invented Ethernet along with David Boggs, spent two hours this week regaling Reddit users with his thoughts on everything from software-defined networking to Internet porn. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Boost Profitability with Better Planning & Mobile Reporting This session will discuss how Ashurst, a top-tier legal service provider for private and public sector clients worldwide, was able to effectively manage organizational change and improve their profitability using IBM Business Analytics. Learn More. In this Issue Addressing the 'only MPLS offers predictability and supports enterprise VoIP' myth 10 things you may not know about Ethernet Aruba's ClientMatch plays 'The Dating Game' with your Wi-Fi and devices Endpoint Forensics Will Become a Mainstream Cybersecurity Technology Scientists growing new crystals to make LED lights useful for office, home SDN coming ... soon WEBCAST: LogiAnalytics (formerly LogiXML) Webinar: Create Competitive Advantage, Featuring Synchology You are invited to our live, interactive webinar featuring the President and Product Director of Synchology: The Branded Payments Company. Synchology was using SAS and Excel to create performance reports for their clients, which was time-consuming and had numerous technical limitations. View Now! Addressing the 'only MPLS offers predictability and supports enterprise VoIP' myth Having knocked down a number of the myths of why enterprises "need" MPLS over our last few columns, let's now address the most difficult – and in many ways "legitimate" – myths around MPLS. They can be worded different ways, but boil down to the claim that MPLS delivers reliable, predictable application performance for the enterprise, while using Internet connectivity does not. Read More 10 things you may not know about Ethernet Ethernet's value to networking and IT is well established over the past 40 years. But did you know that "Ethernet" refers to two slightly different ways of sending information between endpoints on a LAN? That and some other perhaps lesser known facts about this 40-year-old technology are reviewed here: Read More WEBCAST: IBM Leveraging SaaS to Drive Innovation and Results Learn how sales, finance, marketing, procurement, and supply chain leaders are leveraging SaaS to become more agile and serve the customer better. Learn More. Aruba's ClientMatch plays 'The Dating Game' with your Wi-Fi and devices Those of you in my age demographic might remember an old, cheesy game show called "The Dating Game" with an even cheesier host named Jim Lange. On the show, bachelors and bachelorettes answered totally pointless questions to measure their compatibility with one another. It was a TV game show version of Match.com, if you will. Read More Endpoint Forensics Will Become a Mainstream Cybersecurity Technology I've written blogs in the past with titles like, "big data security analytics is inevitable." Yes, I know this reads like a sound bite, but I truly believe that we need to collect, process, and analyze terabytes of real-time and historical data in order to detect stealthy cybersecurity events and adjust our security controls accordingly. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Tackling Peak Traffic Demands in Today's Data Center As demands on data center infrastructure increase, both IT professionals and their tools will need to adapt. Learn how application delivery controllers (ADCs) can accommodate enterprise needs for performance and scalability while providing a unified platform for application services. Download the report today. Download Now Scientists growing new crystals to make LED lights useful for office, home When to comes to offering warm yet visually efficient lighting, LEDs have a long way to go. But scientists with the University of Georgia and Oak Ridge and Argonne national laboratories are looking at new family of crystals they say glow different colors and hold the key for letting white LED light shine in homes and offices as well as natural sunlight. Read More SDN coming ... soon Software defined networking was a hot topic at the recent Interop conference in Las Vegas, where enthusiasm for the emerging technology overpowered any lingering doubts. Read More
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