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	13 markets you might not associate with Cisco While Cisco gets roughly 80% of its revenue from sales of routers and switches, the company has its tentacles in many other markets, some of which might surprise you. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Application Performance in a World of Cloud and Mobility Cloud, mobility, and networking have shifted the dynamics of application performance. As a result, IT is under more pressure than ever to improve application performance. Learn how to ensure that employees and customers can access applications effectively without being forced to expend more resources on network upgrades. Read more >> In this Issue 10 Cisco partners you should get to know Large Organizations Needs Open Security Intelligence Standards and Technologies South Park: A dead Bill Gates engineers the murder of Steve Ballmer over Xbox competition 10 things you didn't know about Windows 1.0 Mars manned mission: "2018 is our last chance to be first" INSIDER Big data's biggest challenges WHITE PAPER: Spirent Communications Challenges for Modern Networks Built Using SDN and OpenFlow The Testing Challenges of SDN and OpenFlow white paper Covers Emerging network deployment scenarios, Current shifts in traffic type crossing networks and Challenges with Cost, Agility and Design. Read Now 10 Cisco partners you should get to know Everyone's familiar with the typical Cisco partners, such as Network Appliance, VCE and EMC. But here are 10 other companies you should know... Read More Large Organizations Needs Open Security Intelligence Standards and Technologies A few years ago, Trend Micro announced that it would enhance its on-site AV products with cloud-based intelligence it called the "Smart Protection Network" (SPN). I'm not sure if Trend was the first, but it certainly wasn't the last vendor to embrace this type of architecture. In fact, just about everyone now has a toe in the cloud-based security intelligence pool. For example, Blue Coat... Read More WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. Adopt a More Service-Oriented Management Strategy The survey results in this report demonstrate dramatic changes happening in IT service management delivery and highlight best practices to assure performance of business processes, deliver exceptional end-user experiences, optimize existing infrastructure, and speed the deployment of new technologies and services. Learn More. South Park: A dead Bill Gates engineers the murder of Steve Ballmer over Xbox competition The only thing more brutal than Microsoft-Sony gamebox competition is South Park's depiction of how brutal that competition is. In the most recent episode, the folks producing the show have created a scene in which Bill Gates lectures a mortally wounded Steve Ballmer about the cutthroat nature of that rivalry. (If you click on that link, beware it's pretty NSFW. The scene in question is at 7:47)... Read More 10 things you didn't know about Windows 1.0 Many say Windows turned 30 this year, but it was actually 28 years ago this week that the first commercial version of Microsoft's signature operating system shipped. Read More WHITE PAPER: Kaspersky Build Your IT Security Business Case In this latest whitepaper from Kaspersky Lab, you'll find useful facts, examples and business case arguments to help you get buy-in and commitment from your business. Learn More. Mars manned mission: "2018 is our last chance to be first" It seems that US human space-trip to Mars grow ever-more unlikely each time Congress talks about NASA and the budget. Read More INSIDER Big data's biggest challenges IT pros from social media, healthcare and insurance industries share their big-data success stories and lessons learned. Read More
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