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	Is your Ethernet fast enough? Four new speeds are in the works Ethernet's future is now about much more than the next top speed: The engineers charting a path for the ubiquitous networking protocol are looking at several new versions to serve a variety of applications. Read More WHITE PAPER: Kaminario Benchmarking Oracle Database on K2 All-Flash Array Virtualized Oracle servers create an especially demanding blend of I/O traffic for storage infrastructure. Kaminario's K2 All-Flash Array combines consistent low latency, high throughput and IOPS with a very low price per GB, making it the most cost-efficient primary storage for many virtual and physical environments including Oracle databases. Learn More>> In this Issue Life as an IT contractor Envious of fiber broadband? Help is on the way for copper users INSIDER Top unified communications vendors eye virtual reality in the conference room Armed with $100M investment, OpenStack consultant Mirantis eyes an IPO Google's ambitious broadband plans include testing wireless technology, filing shows Suspicions dashed, Dell cozies up to OpenDaylight INSIDER 16 tips for thriving as an IT contractor How Aruba Networks is tackling the SME market Cisco exec: Turnover in engineering no problem WHITE PAPER: Alert Logic State of Cloud Security Report In a relatively short time, cloud computing, specifically Infrastructure-as a-Service, has shifted from a new but unproven approach to an accepted, even inevitable, model. Driven by flexibility and efficiency, the question facing most organizations is which applications and workloads to move to the cloud and when. Learn More Life as an IT contractor The upside of life as an IT contractor is alluring. You get to be your own boss, accept only the jobs you want, and work flexible hours. With each assignment comes the opportunity to learn new skills and gain exposure to different environments. But there are obvious sacrifices – job security and paid vacations, for starters. Read More Envious of fiber broadband? Help is on the way for copper users A technology that delivers broadband speeds over copper lines at a speed comparable to fiber is gaining momentum. Read More INSIDER Top unified communications vendors eye virtual reality in the conference room Microsoft, Cisco, Avaya hone their virtual reality strategies. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Is Your Middleware Sapping Performance? Middleware systems play a critical role in delivering business data and are now an essential part of every IT environment. These tools keep data flowing, prevent problems, streamline, troubleshoot, guide administration and empower user self-service. Learn about BMC's Middleware Management solution. Learn More Armed with $100M investment, OpenStack consultant Mirantis eyes an IPO OpenStack consultancy Mirantis has raised a $100M funding round led by a cadre of venture capital firms and the company's CEO says he hopes to take the company public in 2016. Read More Google's ambitious broadband plans include testing wireless technology, filing shows Documents filed by Google to the Federal Communications Commission show that the Internet giant hopes to test wireless broadband technology. Reportedly the company has been interested in this for two years or more. Read More Suspicions dashed, Dell cozies up to OpenDaylight Dell has upped its participation in the OpenDaylight Project from Silver to Platinum, the highest and most expensive tier in the open source SDN consortium, after initially being suspicious of the effort. Read More WHITE PAPER: Alert Logic Defense throughout the Vulnerability Life Cycle New security threats are emerging all the time, from new forms of malware and web application exploits that target code vulnerabilities to attacks that rely on social engineering. Learn More INSIDER 16 tips for thriving as an IT contractor When demand exceeds the supply of available IT talent, many companies are using contractors to help fill the gaps. IT contractors provide manpower when workloads spike and can bring key expertise and skills to a team. Here's how to make it work. Read More How Aruba Networks is tackling the SME market Aruba Networks has arguably been the most successful enterprise-focused wireless network company over the past five years. Cisco may have more share, but much of that is due to Cisco's massive wired base. Read More Cisco exec: Turnover in engineering no problem The engineering reorganization currently underway at Cisco is intended to streamline product development and delivery to customers, Cisco says. Read More
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