Are enterprises ready for network virtualization?

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	Are enterprises ready for network virtualization? Some service providers are already jumping on board, but how far until the enterprise takes a serious look at this potentially game-changing technology? Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds Right Size Your Network Performance Management Solution Paying too much for network monitoring? This white paper follows four organizations in their search for the most cost-effective network performance management tool. See the challenges they encountered along the way and how they used product fit and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) to make the switch from bloated, overpriced solutions to SolarWinds. Click here to get this FREE whitepaper from Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) and learn how four organizations benefitted from choosing SolarWinds award winning Network Performance Monitor. In this Issue Top 10 Amazon cloud challengers VMware adds networking, storage to its virtual data center stack Linus Torvalds celebrates 22 years of Linux with nostalgic message 70 percent of US residents have broadband access, study finds INSIDER Unisys going on offense in server and security markets VMware unwraps virtual networking software – promises greater network control, security HP, Juniper to help VMware take on networks with NSX New global warming rules put the heat on data centers Big Data without good analytics can lead to bad decisions ARM acquires Sensinode, a vendor of software for 'Internet of Things' WHITE PAPER: Webroot Software Managing Web Security in a Challenging Threat Landscape This whitepaper deals with the rise of mobility, BYOD and social networking, and how these trends have led cybercriminals to exploit vulnerabilities in browsers and mobile apps. From drive-by downloads to spearfishing to XML injection, web-borne threats represent a significant new risk for businesses. Learn More Top 10 Amazon cloud challengers While industry analysts don't foresee any public cloud service vendor making a noticeable dent in Amazon's huge market lead anytime soon, Cloud Technology Partners, Forrester Research and Gartner do consistently name 10 providers that have a shot of picking up significant future revenue as the overall demand for public compute, infrastructure and storage services grows in the next three to five years. Here are the 10 companies and why they have a shot at challenging Amazon. Read More VMware adds networking, storage to its virtual data center stack At the kick-off of its annual VMworld user conference, being held this week in San Francisco, VMware will fill in more layers of its software stack for running its envisioned software defined data center (SDDC). Read More Linus Torvalds celebrates 22 years of Linux with nostalgic message It was 22 years ago on Sunday that Linus Torvalds announced in a newsgroup posting that he was creating a free operating system, a message he echoed in his announcement Sunday of the latest Linux kernel release candidate. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dimension Data Dimension Data's 2013 Network Barometer Report The Network Barometer Report provides in-depth insight into the trends, behaviors and drivers in network management. It is an annual aggregation and analysis of the data and knowledge collected from Technology Lifecycle Management Assessments. Learn More. 70 percent of US residents have broadband access, study finds As of this past May, 70 percent of U.S. residents ages 18 and older access the Internet via high-speed broadband, although the rate of broadband adoption has been sluggish, according to survey results released Monday by the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project. Read More INSIDER Unisys going on offense in server and security markets CEO Ed Coleman says a new software-focused data center strategy and powerful new security technology will enable Unisys to take up the attack in vital market segments and shake up customer views about the usually quiet company. Read More VMware unwraps virtual networking software – promises greater network control, security VMware today announced that its virtual networking software and security software products packaged together in an offering named NSX will be available in the fourth quarter of this year. Read More WHITE PAPER: Motorola Solutions Inc. What You Need to Know About 802.11AC The first standard wireless LANs emerged at 1Mbps and 2Mbps to serve niche applications such as warehouse picking, inventory scanning and, in office buildings where mobility wasn't a requirement, cordless PC connections aimed at lowering cabling costs. Fast forward through several WLAN generations to today, and the story has completely changed. Learn more. HP, Juniper to help VMware take on networks with NSX VMware's big splash in software-defined networking with its NSX network hypervisor comes with partnerships already in place to flesh out its virtual networks. Read More New global warming rules put the heat on data centers California is rolling out a new law to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, primarily from electric generating plants, and the cost of the effort is expected to be passed along to data centers, which are among the biggest consumers of electric power in the state. Read More Big Data without good analytics can lead to bad decisions Big Data does not necessarily mean Good Data. And that, as an increasing number of experts are saying more insistently, means Big Data does not automatically yield good analytics. Read More ARM acquires Sensinode, a vendor of software for 'Internet of Things' ARM has acquired Sensinode in Finland in its bid to provide technology and processors for the "Internet of things," consisting of a variety of low-power and inexpensive devices including sensors communicating with the Internet and one another. Read More
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