Why Extreme Networks is going after big data

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	Why Extreme Networks is going after big data Earlier this month, Extreme Networks closed the acquisition of Enterasys and announced earnings that Wall Street liked so much that the stock shot up 20% to a five-year high. And this week the company announced its new Summit X770 top-of-rack (ToR) switch, which has a whopping 104 10 Gig-E ports on it. Read More WHITE PAPER: Novell Mobile Zen: Balancing End-User Productivity and IT Control Mobility is often seen as a zero-sum game: either end users or IT can win, but never both. Learn how users can have the convenience and mobile productivity they need, while IT retains control over enterprise goods. Victory for both sides. Learn More In this Issue Cisco issues grim forecast after falling short on revenue The waiting ends for EMC's XtremIO all-flash storage array IBM acquires Fiberlink as mobile-security strategy keystone Juniper taps new CEO with CIO roots Microsoft sees huge potential in fuel cells Amazon bashes private clouds, launches virtual desktops Microsoft abandons employee-ranking system 10 mistakes companies make after a data breach Microsoft: No, we're not ditching on-premise Exchange IBM to offer Watson supercomputer as cloud development platform WHITE PAPER: Ipanema Technologies Don't Let App Performance Problems Drag You Down Check out this exclusive IDG-Ipanema survey to learn about the far-reaching impacts of poor application performance, and what you can do about it. Learn More. Cisco issues grim forecast after falling short on revenue Cisco Systems stunned Wall Street on Wednesday with a gloomy financial forecast it blamed on falling demand in developing countries and transitions in some of its product lines. Read More The waiting ends for EMC's XtremIO all-flash storage array EMC's long-awaited entry into all-flash storage arrays will finally get a full-fledged rollout next week, possibly setting the terms for mastery of the fledgling product category along the way. Read More IBM acquires Fiberlink as mobile-security strategy keystone Goal is unified mobile-security framework to protect transactions. Read More WHITE PAPER: AT&T Managing Mobile Access to the Cloud Use of mobile personal cloud services is proliferating on personal and enterprise-owned mobile devices. Organizations are considering controls that appear to conflict with the spirit of BYOD and wonder if their approach is correct. Learn More Juniper taps new CEO with CIO roots Juniper Networks has found its new CEO. Shaygan Kheradpir, chief operations and technology officer from Barclays PLC, has been tapped to lead the company beginning Jan. 1. He replaces current CEO Kevin Johnson, who is retiring. Read More Microsoft sees huge potential in fuel cells Microsoft is investigating the use of fuel cells to power data centers, arguing in a paper released Tuesday that its studies find it a technology with much potential. Read More Amazon bashes private clouds, launches virtual desktops Private clouds offer "none of the benefits" of a robust public cloud, and are only a stopgap solution perpetuated by "old-guard" IT companies such as IBM, said Andy Jassy, Amazon senior vice president who heads up Amazon Web Services. Read More 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 Microsoft abandons employee-ranking system Microsoft is abandoning a ranking system that has been blamed for hampering innovation and pitting employees against one another. Read More 10 mistakes companies make after a data breach Michael Bruemmer, vice president of Experian Data Breach Resolution, outlines some the common mistakes his firm has seen as organizations deal with the aftermath of a breach during a presentation for The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Privacy Academy. Read More Microsoft: No, we're not ditching on-premise Exchange Microsoft today shut down talk that it would soon stop shipping new versions of its Exchange Server, promising it would continue to develop and release the popular email software for on-premise use. Read More IBM to offer Watson supercomputer as cloud development platform IBM is preparing to give third parties access to its Watson supercomputer with the aim of spurring the growth of applications that take advantage of the system's artificial intelligence capabilities. Read More
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