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Why Cisco, Intel, and Qualcomm are funding IoT startups
Internet of Things startups have had little trouble finding seed money lately, with overall venture capital surpassing the $1 billion mark in 2013 alone, according to CB Insights.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More

WHITE PAPER: Dell

Achieve Deeper Network Security and Application Control
Next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) have emerged to revolutionize network security as we once knew it. Yet to safeguard an organization from today's ever-evolving threats, NGFWs must be able to deliver an even deeper level of network security. View Now

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WEBCAST: Fujitsu America

Network Management Challenges & the Benefits of Outsourcing
Virtually every business needs to do more with less, and IT is no exception. At the same time, the network has to meet the growing demands of the business. New research conducted by IDG explores the network management challenges that IT and telecom leaders face and how they are dealing with them. Learn more about the research results. Learn more >>

Hardcoded SSH key gives backdoor access to Cisco communications manager
Cisco released new software versions to fix the issue and patch another serious vulnerability Read More

WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology

Accelerating the Delivery Microsoft Office 365
Many organizations use Office 365's cloud-based mail, collaboration and communication services as the dominant workload. However, as services move to the cloud, data centers are no longer local, and end-user experience can suffer. Learn more >>

Face to face with 8x8: Company execs discuss keys to VoIP success
We sat down recently with executives from 8x8 to talk about their growth as a Unified Communications provider and about the overall industry trend toward replacing traditional PSTN voice service and infrastructure with VoIP. The discussion comes on the heels of a solid fiscal year for the company, which saw total revenues for fiscal 2014 increase by 24% over fiscal 2013; 8x8’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2014.We opened our conversations with 8x8 CTO Bryan Martin, asking him how 8x8 approaches the challenges of being a pure-play IP voice service provider - and in particular how 8x8 offers interconnection to so many TDM networks with its own SIP-controlled infrastructure. His company’s solution is to use gateway providers such as Inteliquent and others. Martin believes these gateway providers will continue to play an important interconnection role as businesses and service providers make their transition to SIP-based signaling. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More

WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks

The ADC's Role in the New Network Infrastructure
Cloud computing & BYOD will impact the design of future datacenters and their supporting networks. Network infrastructure will need to provide the flexibility required by cloud application workloads and the changing traffic patterns fostered by BYOD. Application delivery controllers will be critical elements in the new network infrastructure. Learn more >>

What's next for Wi-Fi? A second wave of 802.11ac devices, and then: 802.11ax
Now that blazing-fast routers based on the IEEE 802.11ac standard are finally entering the mainstream, intrepid engineers are busily cooking up all-new hardware that will make that gear’s performance seem quaint by comparison.That’s not to say 802.11ac is about to fall by the wayside—after all, the IEEE didn’t officially ratify the standard until December 2013. It’s just that the chipsets capable of delivering all the features and performance in that standard are still in development.You see, most of the first wave of 802.11ac routers were based on draft versions of the 802.11ac standard. While some newer routers, such as Netgear’s six-antenna Nighthawk X6, are implementing cool tricks to squeeze more performance from that technology, a second wave of 802.11ac routers will hit the beach in early 2015.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More

HP refreshes enterprise switch line
5400R feature twice the switching capacity of predecessor thanks to new ASIC. Read More

3 steps for moving Cisco's Catalyst 6500 to the Nexus 9000
Cisco is anxious for data center switching customers to move to its new line and is recommending how Read More

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