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New Cisco core router boasts 10X capacity of original
Cisco this week is upgrading its Internet core routers with the CRS-X, a system whose capacity is 10x that of what the initial CRS offered when introduced 10 years ago. Read More

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Network protection and UTM Buyers Guide
This buyers guide is designed to help you choose the right solution for your organization. It looks at the factors you should consider when evaluating solutions to ensure you have the protection and functionality you need, both now and as your business evolves. View Now

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WEBCAST: Sprint

The Network Foundation of an IT-to-ET Transformation
There's an evolutionary process at work that will eventually affect every enterprise IT department. Nemertes Research describes it as a transformation from IT to ET – Enterprise Technology. Learn More

Every Network Failure Should Be Used to Improve the Network
Let's accept reality. A network is so much more than just the sum of its electronic parts, operating systems, and configurations. It is an extension of the past and the present of our company. Much like the growth rings of a tree, we can look at our company's network and see all the human history of our company. Read More

PCI Express-based fabrics: A low-cost alternative to InfiniBand
By building on the natural strengths of PCI Express (PCIe) -- it's everywhere, it's fast, it's low power, it's affordable -- and by adding some straightforward, standards-compliant extensions that address multi-host communication and I/O sharing capabilities, a universal interconnect now exists that substantially improves on the status quo in high-performance cloud and data center installations. Read More

WEBCAST: Fluke Networks

Redefining Performance Management Video
See Jim Frey, Managing Research Director, Enterprise Management Assoc., Doug Roberts, Managing Director of Product Strategy, and Bruce Kosbab, CTO, Fluke Networks discussing how TruView redefines enterprise performance monitoring and troubleshooting. Learn More

A conversation with Kelly Wanser, CEO of Stateless Networks
I had the chance to meet with Kelly Wanser CEO of Stateless Networks at Interop in Las Vegas and thought her company would be a great fit for our CEO interview series. So we chatted with Kelly about her company. Read More

Cisco looks to standardize context-aware security
Cisco is looking to standardize a framework it developed for integrating disparate security products from multiple vendors. The framework is called the Platform Exchange Grid (pxGrid) and it allows third-party developers of security applications to develop capabilities for Cisco's Identity Services Engine (ISE). ISE is designed to provide policy-based, context-aware security for Cisco networks. Read... Read More

WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks

802.11ac Network-Readiness Checklist
Products based on the upcoming 802.11ac standard are going to dominate the enterprise WLAN landscape so, what should organizations do today to prepare? This technical checklist offers a framework for evaluating the features and benefits of 802.11ac for establishing a roll out plan. Read Now

Carnegie Mellon video net brings Harry Potter Marauder's Map to life
A network of video cameras melded a unique algorithm let scientists with the Carnegie Mellon University track the locations of multiple individuals in complex, indoor setting - just like Harry Potter's Marauder's Map. Read More

To friend or not to friend: What if William Shakespeare had been a power Facebook user?
Carnegie Mellon researchers call the project Six Degrees of Francis Bacon (SDFB). But what it is is an great big data mining project that tries to trace the influence and ideas of Bacon, William Shakespeare, Isaac Newton and more than 6,000 others from the 16th-17th centuries to let scholars and students reassemble and discuss or debate the era's networked culture. Read More

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