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	Top tools for WAN optimization We invited every major network optimization vendor to participate in this review, and ended up with seven contenders. Upstarts Exinda and Ipanema are challenging network optimization kingpin Riverbed. Read More WHITE PAPER: Starview Inc. Editorial Report: Where Does the SDN movement stand today? In this exclusive digital report, industry experts catch you up on the status of the Software Defined Networking (SDN) movement and begin to lay out how you get there from here, examining basic planning, what to look for in an SDN controller, and discussing what the Open Networking Foundation hopes to achieve with its new migration group. View more In this Issue Riverbed wins 7-vendor WAN optimization test Cisco claims scuttled by VMware Don't expect data on P2P networks to be private, judge rules IBM and Amazon are battling for an 'explosive' fed cloud market 18 must-have Android productivity apps Arbor Networks introduces cloud-based anti-DDoS service Netflix, YouTube traffic on the rise, while peer-to-peer file sharing nears extinction, Sandvine finds Xerox aims to help enterprises curb remote printing costs with new tools, services F5 execs: We're blasting virtualization beyond Layer 3 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 >> Riverbed wins 7-vendor WAN optimization test As applications move to the cloud, network managers are seeing increasing requirements to optimize and manage WAN connections. Most enterprises have migrated to web-based applications and make heavy use of Internet services for day-to-day business. All of this makes network performance a key factor for productivity and end-user satisfaction. Read More Cisco claims scuttled by VMware In criticizing software-only overlays for network virtualization, two points Cisco continually brings up are hypervisor dependency and the need to touch all endpoints when changes are made to the virtual. But VMware, the chief target of Cisco's criticism, takes issue with both counts. Read More Don't expect data on P2P networks to be private, judge rules There can be no expectation of privacy in data exposed to the Internet over a peer-to-peer file-sharing network, a federal judge in Vermont ruled in a case involving three men charged with possession of child pornography. Read More WEBCAST: Novell Putting Mobile Employees to Work Mobile Employees in the workplace. Watch this webcast. Click Here>> Learn More>> IBM and Amazon are battling for an 'explosive' fed cloud market The fight between IBM and Amazon Web Services (AWS) over a CIA cloud computing contract is just a preview of what's ahead. Federal investment in cloud computing is showing remarkable growth. Read More 18 must-have Android productivity apps From basic business tasks to advanced automation, these 18 apps will make your Android device more useful than ever. Read More Arbor Networks introduces cloud-based anti-DDoS service Arbor Networks today introduced its first cloud-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) mitigation service to protect enterprises against large-scale attacks intended to swallow up available bandwidth or knock application servers offline. Read More WEBCAST: HP Intel VMware Innovate to Drive Agility Cloud computing promises to extend the benefits of virtualization and, over time, transform the IT environment into a key element of an organization's competitive advantage. Learn how HP and VMware can deliver the promise of cloud computing faster, more simply and with reduced risk. View Now Netflix, YouTube traffic on the rise, while peer-to-peer file sharing nears extinction, Sandvine finds In a testament to the rise of on-demand entertainment, Netflix and YouTube now consume just over half of all downstream traffic in North America, while peer-to-peer file-sharing services continue to plummet, according to a new study. Read More Xerox aims to help enterprises curb remote printing costs with new tools, services Xerox is offering managed service tools for enterprises that want to reduce the costs of remote printing. Read More F5 execs: We're blasting virtualization beyond Layer 3 Cisco wasn't the only networking company making big virtualization news last week with the debut of its Insieme product line and Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) strategy aimed at virtualizing the data center. F5 Networks, in addition to announcing that it will work hand-in-hand with Cisco on ACI integration, launched its own Synthesis Architecture for Software-Defined Application Services, which aims to virtualize networking functions above Layers 2/3. Read More
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