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	AT&T, others launch OpenDaylight SDN alternative Despite the building momentum behind OpenDaylight's open source SDN project, not everyone is behind it.The Open Networking Lab (ON.Lab), a non-profit organization founded by SDN pioneers from Stanford University and UC Berkeley, this week launched its own open source SDN operating system as an alternative to the work coming from the vendor-driven OpenDaylight. Read More WEBCAST: Ciena Corporation Security+ Guide to Network Security Fundamentals Serious IT breaches happen too often. Is there a way to reduce or eliminate the impact on consumers? Attend this Live Webinar Dec. 2nd,1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT to learn methods for protecting your information resources. Learn More In this Issue Riverbed is now a FORCE in hybrid WANs Verizon appears to soften its stance against net neutrality rules After criticizing it, Cisco joins Open Compute Google: Move over cloud, the next IT disruption is upon us Brocade beefs up campus with SDN, new stackable Google's Nest thermostat becomes a faster learner with major software update Aruba embraces beacons for customized mobile experiences Intel Security Opportunities and Challenges Cloud expected to make up three-fourths of data center traffic by 2018 BlackEnergy cyberespionage group targets Linux systems and Cisco routers : Venafi Securing Keys and Certificates to Critical Assets Today's most devastating cyber attacks—including ShellShock, Heartbleed and Zombie Zero—prey on trust. And that puts your digital certificates at risk. This informative resource center explores how next-generation trust protection can help you combat today's attacks, ensuring trusted access to critical assets. Learn More Riverbed is now a FORCE in hybrid WANs A little over a decade ago WAN optimization became a real market, and it was flooded with names like Peribit, Actona, Packeteer, and SWAN Labs. However, no one did WAN optimization better than Riverbed. In fact, Riverbed and the term WAN optimization became synonymous with one another as the market took off. Read More Verizon appears to soften its stance against net neutrality rules Verizon Communications seems to be softening its stance against net neutrality rules, suggesting it could live with a basic set of regulations. Read More After criticizing it, Cisco joins Open Compute Cisco has joined the Open Compute Project, a Facebook-driven effort to develop open source servers and switches, 16 months after criticizing it. Read More WHITE PAPER: Curvature The State of IT Infrastructure & Operations The challenge that IT decision-makers face is the pressure to reduce costs paired with the pressure to progress digital maturity. Curvature analyzes why businesses miss significant CapEx and OpEx cost savings and how to refocus IT strategy. View now Google: Move over cloud, the next IT disruption is upon us Executives from Google's cloud team this week said the next major disruption in the IT infrastructure market is upon us. Ten years ago virtualization changed the game. In the past few years public cloud has taken off. Now, get ready for another wave, Google says: Containers. Read More Brocade beefs up campus with SDN, new stackable Brocade this week rolled out new and enhanced campus switches designed to better support mobility, social networking and cloud data traffic in the enterprise. Read More Google's Nest thermostat becomes a faster learner with major software update Nest, the smart thermostat from Google, is about to get a little faster at learning your preferences. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM IBM Value-based Archiving Solutions This solution brief highlights IBM Value-based Archiving Solutions, which help enable organizations to apply specific archiving logic—including content-based analytics and classification, records declarations, and metadata processing—to address the requirements of archiving projects. View Now>> Aruba embraces beacons for customized mobile experiences Earlier this week, Aruba Networks announced a "Mobile Engagement" platform that lets businesses create personalized mobile experiences. The product is targeted primarily to organizations that have a high number of in-person customers on a daily basis, such as stadiums, retailers, hotels, and hospitals. Read More Intel Security Opportunities and Challenges With the glitz of Las Vegas as a background, Intel Security (aka McAfee) held its annual FOCUS event last week attracting analysts, customers, and the press alike. Intel President, Renee James, was first to take the stage and articulated a vision of "creating a baseline of security across hardware, software, and the cloud." Read More Cloud expected to make up three-fourths of data center traffic by 2018 Over the next four years, data center traffic is expected to nearly triple, largely thanks to a booming cloud computing industry. That's according to Cisco's fourth annual Global Cloud Index, which predicts that the cloud will account for 76% of total data center traffic by 2018. Read More BlackEnergy cyberespionage group targets Linux systems and Cisco routers A cyberespionage group that has built its operations around a malware program called BlackEnergy has been compromising routers and Linux systems based on ARM and MIPS architectures in addition to Windows computers. Read More
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