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	First look: Cisco Nexus 9000 The Cisco Nexus 9000 series, the fruit of Cisco's Insieme spin-in, is more than another fast router -- it's a change in the way that high-end routers are designed and built. Read More   WHITE PAPER: HP Mapping security for your virtual environment With the gaining popularity of virtualization, you need a virtual security solution that allows you to confidently adopt virtualization throughout your data center without compromising on your existing security postures. Read this solution brief to learn more. Learn More In this Issue Why you need to segment your network for security First Look: Cisco ACI re-imagines the enterprise data center network New car technologies will protect and entertain you So you want to adopt SDN: Where do you start? Brocade seeks SDN edge with early OpenFlow 1.3 support Gartner: Microsoft sells more tablets in 2013, still lags far behind Android, iOS Sprint accused of overcharging US for spying assistance Open source challenges a proprietary Internet of Things Amsterdam architects start printing a 3D canal house WHITE PAPER: Collaborative Consulting Driving BPM Success Requires the Right People BPM is vital for businesses to improve and optimize their core processes. Too often, the "people" aspect is neglected, causing critical aspects of the BPM program to fail or underperform. By ensuring a "people" focus and using some specific people-oriented analysis techniques, program managers can help ensure success in their BPM efforts. Learn More Why you need to segment your network for security Pen tester Mark Wolfgang argues segmenting for security is a key piece of an overall defense-in-depth strategy. Here he explains why and how to accomplish it in your organization (registration required). Read More   First Look: Cisco ACI re-imagines the enterprise data center network Cisco's Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is a revolutionary re-thinking of how to provision and manage data center networks. While the early version we looked at has some rough edges, and Cisco still has some hard problems to solve, ACI has the potential to completely change the way that large, highly virtualized data center networks are configured and built. Read More   New car technologies will protect and entertain you New technologies are coming soon to a ride near you, banking on faster Internet LTE connections and powerful processors to both entertain and enhance safety. Read More   So you want to adopt SDN: Where do you start? Software Defined Networking (SDNs) has been the hottest topic in networking over the past few years, and will likely continue to be over the next couple. It's certainly dominated the traffic on this site and others. Read More   Brocade seeks SDN edge with early OpenFlow 1.3 support Brocade this week announced broad support for OpenFlow 1.3 across its IP product line to extend SDNs beyond research and academia and into commercial and enterprise networks. Read More   Gartner: Microsoft sells more tablets in 2013, still lags far behind Android, iOS Microsoft sold more than double the tablets last year than it did the year before but still wound up with just 2.1% of total sales, according to Gartner. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Collaborative Consulting Why Big Data is Made for POCs Many key considerations and approaches factor into launching a Big Data initiative. POCs provide companies an excellent way to test-drive different approaches to Big Data solutions. Companies can quickly demonstrate the opportunities and limits of a potential Big Data initiative and guide smart investment with a skillfully crafted and executed POC. Learn More Sprint accused of overcharging US for spying assistance Sprint has been sued in a federal court for allegedly overcharging federal law enforcement agencies for surveillance related services by over 50 percent. Read More   Open source challenges a proprietary Internet of Things The only limit to the Internet of Things isn't imagination or technology. It's interoperability. And the Linux Foundation thinks that's an issue it can help fix. Read More   Amsterdam architects start printing a 3D canal house Amsterdam firm DUS architects started printing the first building blocks of a 3D-printed canal house Friday. Read More
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