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	11 tips to prepare for SDN Making the leap to SDN? Don't jump in blind. It helps to know what software-defined networking is, first off, and then what it can do for you. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: DEMO Enterprise What's trending in wearable computing and digital money? Come to DEMO Enterprise, April 3 in SF to see the best new products in wearable computing, digital money, mobile, health, internet, enterprise, big data and more. All products are handpicked by top VC experts for their innovative design and market potential. Special offer to newsletter subscribers, register and save 40%. In this Issue Open source project builds mobile networks without big carriers 10G and 12 years later... 8 ways to improve wired network security Troubleshooting Cisco's IWAN: It all depends on network visibility AT&T rolls out pricing plans for in-car 4G broadband Huawei chip partnership looks toward Ethernet hitting 400 gigabits Juniper Networks not giving up firewall patent fight vs. Palo Alto Networks How Aruba Networks is targeting 'GenMobile' workers Secure file sharing in the cloud made simple WHITE PAPER: IBM Corporation Extreme Warehouse Speed for Fast Business Decisions Informix ebook highlighting benefits of making decisions 'at the speed of business'; and discusses optimizing warehouse performance; and simplifying resources View Now Open source project builds mobile networks without big carriers Open source projects garner the attention of the tech community because the passionate people behind these developments occasionally cause major disruption and create opportunities to change industries, as Android and Linux did. Read More 10G and 12 years later... It took 12 years for 10G Ethernet to unseat Gigabit Ethernet as the predominant Ethernet networking technology in the data center. Ten gigabit Ethernet surpassed Gigabit Ethernet in the latter part of 2013 after some "robust" year-end growth, says Crehan Research. Read More 8 ways to improve wired network security We sometimes focus more on the wireless side of the network when it comes to security because Wi-Fi has no physical fences. After all, a war-driver can detect your SSID and launch an attack while sitting out in the parking lot. Read More WEBCAST: Attachmate Making Legacy Apps Available to Your Mobile Workforce How is your IT organization responding to the mobility revolution? With Verastream, you can give your mobile workforce the same functionality they have on their desktops, without rebuilding the applications you already have. Watch how Verastream can enable mobile access, in three different ways. View Now. Troubleshooting Cisco's IWAN: It all depends on network visibility The network industry has largely been focused on network transformation over the past few years. Most of the vendors, though, have been geared towards the evolution of the data center network. It's time that businesses started looking at evolving the wide area network (WAN) as this is often where the biggest pain points is for application performance. Read More AT&T rolls out pricing plans for in-car 4G broadband AT&T and Audi announced pricing for its previously revealed plan to offer 4G LTE broadband in vehicles this year. GM also plans to begin offering broadband in its vehicles later this year. Read More Huawei chip partnership looks toward Ethernet hitting 400 gigabits A demonstration this week by networking vendor Huawei Technologies and chip maker Xilinx signaled the optical industry's eagerness for 400-Gigabit Ethernet, a standard that is still at least two years away. Read More WHITE PAPER: Crittercism Performance Management: The Mobile App Development Playbook This comprehensive 16 page Forrester Research, Inc. report, authored by Jeffrey Hammond, Forrester VP and Principal Analyst, details a number of valuable, commonly collected metrics and describes the tools and frameworks that can help you collect them. Read now! Juniper Networks not giving up firewall patent fight vs. Palo Alto Networks Juniper Networks' legal battle against Palo Alto Networks claiming infringement of application-firewall patents ended in a mistrial being declared in a Delaware court, but Juniper says it intends to haul Palo Alto back into court again. Read More How Aruba Networks is targeting 'GenMobile' workers This week, Aruba Networks is holding its Atmosphere event in Las Vegas. Atmosphere is actually a collection of conferences – Airheads user event, Partner Summit, Investor day, and an IT Executive Forum - so it provided a great venue for Aruba to announce its Mobility Defined Networks (MDN) architecture. Read More Secure file sharing in the cloud made simple Many enterprises want to use cloud services for file storage and sharing but are hesitant because the cloud provider may be able to access the content. AlephCloud has a service that encrypts files at their creation source. Read More
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