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	Cisco may be bouncing back, but can Chambers hold on? John Chambers may stay chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems for the time being, but with the company's financial results just beginning to emerge from a slump and major challenges remaining, it won't be an easy time to hold onto one of the longest leadership stints in the IT industry. Read More WHITE PAPER: Network Instruments Survival Tips for Big Data's Impact on Network Performance The pressure is on to show tangible value from big data rollouts. Learn how performance monitoring tools can provide network managers and IT administrators insight and visibility into networks, infrastructures and applications far in advance, resulting in smooth transitions, accomplished network managers, and project success. Learn More In this Issue SDN prompts more questions than answers An Internet of Things prediction for 2025 -- with caveats Cisco's gloomy financials brightened in Q3 FAQ: What does the FCC's net neutrality proposal mean for businesses? Federal car fleet to become test bed for high-tech safety gear "Game of Thrones" author likes DOS, hates spellcheck HP pivots, says open sourcing SDNs is right WHITE PAPER: Mobiquity Inc. Five Steps to Developing a Successful Mobile Strategy Don't lose time and money with a "throw an app against a wall to see if sticks" approach to mobile. It won't work. You need a well-thought-out strategy to take full advantage of mobile. This white paper lays out the five important steps to a robust enterprise mobile strategy. Learn more. SDN prompts more questions than answers If there was one takeaway from Network World's Open Network Exchange (ONX) conference this week, it is this: software-defined networking is producing more questions than answers. A recent Network World study of 298 network professionals, highlighted at the conference, found that only 9% of respondents have SDNs in production with 6% piloting. Almost half of the respondents, 43%, said SDNs were not... Read More An Internet of Things prediction for 2025 -- with caveats A massive survey by the Pew Research Center about the Internet of Things in 2025 is very optimistic about the future of the technology. But even though the report seemingly tramples on IoT skeptics, its responses are filled with questions, doubts and caveats. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Why workloads define cloud strategies Cloud computing changes how organizations think about their business and IT strategies. As organizations define their cloud strategies, it is imperative to think about the use cases and application workloads that will run in the cloud, as these will ultimately define your cloud architecture and which solutions to deploy. View now Cisco's gloomy financials brightened in Q3 Cisco posted lower sales and profit in the third quarter but beat its own forecast, signaling that the company is continuing to work against economic and industry challenges following two earlier weak performances. Read More FAQ: What does the FCC's net neutrality proposal mean for businesses? With the FCC planning to vote Thursday on chairman Tom Wheeler's new proposal on net neutrality, pressure groups have stepped up their efforts to mobilize public opinion against the measure, which would allow for ISPs to charge content providers for preferential access. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM The Big Data Zoo—Taming the Beasts According to Dr. Devlin's white paper "The Big Data Zoo—Taming the Beasts", data is still data, whether big or small. It needs to be managed effectively if organizations want to be gain value from it. Although big data may present special challenges for IT organizations, the principles of data management haven't changed. Learn More Federal car fleet to become test bed for high-tech safety gear Future autos leased by the federal government will be equipped with some advanced high-tech safety technology in an effort to test the equipment in real-life situations. The General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said they would team up on the program to further develop high-tech driver and vehicle safety technology.... Read More "Game of Thrones" author likes DOS, hates spellcheck Funny piece of an interview with George R. Martin on Conan last night. The "Game of Thrones" author was asked if he worries about computer virus' ruining his 1,000 page tomes. Martin's answer: He doesn't because he prefers to write on a DOS computer running WordStar 4.0. Well, who doesn't? Take a look: Read More HP pivots, says open sourcing SDNs is right Seven months after dismissing OpenDaylight, HP has raised its membership in the vendor-driven open source SDN consortium to its highest and most expensive tier. Read More
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