Qualcomm, Intel and Brocade join group pushing 2.5G, 5G Ethernet

	Arista makes a platform play with EOS+ | Internet tax moratorium extended in US gov't spending package
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	Qualcomm, Intel and Brocade join group pushing 2.5G, 5G Ethernet The NBASE-T Alliance – a recently formed umbrella group of networking industry players dedicated to keeping standard Ethernet cabling relevant – announced a dozen new members on Monday, including big names such as Intel, Qualcomm and Brocade. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Nexsan Technologies Hybrid Approach Rewrites The Rules For Backup Storage Exponential data growth and long-term retention requirements are putting tremendous pressure on IT professionals, and the constant pressure to reduce storage costs has led many IT departments to settle for the status quo when it comes to protecting their data. View more In this Issue Arista makes a platform play with EOS+ Internet tax moratorium extended in US gov't spending package Cisco becomes a Big Data analytics provider with 'mist' computing Riverbed goes private in $3.6 billion deal INSIDER Teaching entrepreneurship family style Cisco: See No EVO, Hear No EVO, Speak New Partnerships Apple, Amazon, Cisco, HP, eBay, AT&T & Verizon join Microsoft in cloud-privacy fight Cisco was surprised by Arista statements: Chambers 2015: The year SDN and NFV go mainstream Net neutrality supporters disrupt FCC meeting WHITE PAPER: Code 42 How to Woo Employees to Enterprise File Sync & Share This brief outlines the dangers of personal cloud sharing and the benefits of enterprise-ready file sync and share. It also answers the big question "how do you convince employees to divorce Dropbox and "marry up?" The answer is SharePlan—the enterprise sync and share solution that workers adore and enterprises trust. Learn More Arista makes a platform play with EOS+ I think it's fair to say Arista has been one of the fastest-growing network product companies over the past few years. However, it appears the company wants to be more than a manufacturer of high-performance networking devices and is trying to make the shift to a platform company. Read More   Internet tax moratorium extended in US gov't spending package A one-year extension to a U.S moratorium on Internet access taxes was buried in a $1.1 trillion government spending bill passed by the Senate on Saturday. Read More   Cisco becomes a Big Data analytics provider with 'mist' computing Last week, Cisco celebrated its 30th anniversary. Over the years Cisco has made many big bets to reach the dominant position it is in today. As part of the celebration, Cisco held its first ever Global Editor Conference, using the event to lay out the organization's vision for the next big bet, and that's becoming a big data analytics provider. Read More   WHITE PAPER: IBM It's all about the customer This white paper fleshes out some of the key business and information technology trends and issues facing insurance markets. It reviews how insurers can respond through processes, distribution and the customer's increasing desire for self-service, but also highlights the need to communicate quickly with friendly, knowledgeable staff. Read More Riverbed goes private in $3.6 billion deal   Riverbed Technology is the latest major tech company to bow out of public trading, announcing a $3.6 billion takeover by private equity firm Thoma Bravo on Monday. The price is the highest ever paid by Thoma Bravo, and works out to $21 for each share of Riverbed currently in circulation. Read More     INSIDER Teaching entrepreneurship family style Not everyone can grow up with a parent who launches new tech companies, but those who do have some lessons to share with the rest of us. Read More   Cisco: See No EVO, Hear No EVO, Speak New Partnerships It hasn't been lost on the IT vendor community and IT professionals that Cisco is absent from the VMware EVO:RAIL partner program. With all of the powerhouses participating in the program, you'd think that Cisco would jump right into the mix. Read More   WHITE PAPER: PC Connection | EMC Optimal Path to the Cloud Find out what IDC says about Selecting the Optimal Path to Private Cloud in this analyst white paper. Learn the challenges and benefits of various cloud paths: prebuilt or integrated infrastructure systems such as VCE Vblock, reference architectures such as EMC's VSPEX, and traditional or "build your own" systems. View Now Apple, Amazon, Cisco, HP, eBay, AT&T & Verizon join Microsoft in cloud-privacy fight Microsoft's general counsel Brad Smith called today a milestone in Microsoft's "litigation concerning the U.S. Government's attempt to use a search warrant to compel Microsoft to obtain and turn over email of a customer stored in Ireland." That's because even Microsoft's competitors such as Apple have become the company's allies in this legal fight. Read More   Cisco was surprised by Arista statements: Chambers CEO John Chambers said the company's decision to sue data center switch rival Arista Networks now was made after surprising statements Arista made this year. "We're a company that trusts," Chambers said. "I'm a leader that trusts. They made statements that caused our team to look, that surprised us. It was a difficult decision but one you had to do." Read More   2015: The year SDN and NFV go mainstream Much of 2014 was spent discussing software-defined networking (SDN), network functions virtualization (NFV), and other "new" networking technologies. We also heard debates about the merits of the Internet of Things and what it will do for the world; we wondered whether the Apple Watch would drive an uptick in smart wearables. 2014 was, to an extent, the year of chatter. Read More   Net neutrality supporters disrupt FCC meeting   About a dozen protestors calling on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to pass net neutrality rules disrupted the commission's meeting for a short time Thursday. Read More
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