Riverbed strengthens ties between monitoring and acceleration gear

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	Riverbed strengthens ties between monitoring and acceleration gear Riverbed is beefing up its analysis capabilities so enterprises can better assess and improve network performance. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Comtech AHA 10X the Performance, half the Power. Enhance your Network while using less power and increasing performance. Hardware acceleration can result in a performance increase of over 10X at less than half the power. Visit Comtech AHA to learn more about how to improve the performance of your system using hardware compression. Learn more now. In this Issue The blind side: What network monitoring tools don't see Cisco's McCool sees growing data-center role Riverbed expected to maintain its WAN optimization market share Telepresence catching on, but hold onto your wallet How dead is Nortel? Web sites must support IPv6 by 2012, expert warns Alcatel hikes optical speed with less energy BT ups the ante on fast broadband WEBCAST: HP Need to Backup 10TB+ per Night? Data deduplication based on grid technology has significant advantages over alternate methods. This video explains how enterprises can; backup 17TB per hour from a single VTL, eliminate human error through advanced automation, increase capacity as needed; save floor space with a smaller footprint, and lower energy costs, Learn more. The blind side: What network monitoring tools don't see A new study shows that many network and security operations professionals lack the visibility they need to optimize network, application and IT service availability and performance. Read More Cisco's McCool sees growing data-center role While Cisco branches out into consumer electronics, video, mobile data and other areas, one of its biggest areas of focus today is enterprise data centers. The dominant LAN provider thinks the transformation of data centers through virtualization calls for new kinds of connections and a broader role for network technology and intelligence. John McCool oversees this push as senior vice president and general manager of Cisco's data center, switching and services group. IDG News Service talked with McCool recently about the company's own role and its partnerships with other vendors in this arena. Read More WHITE PAPER: Zscaler How Hackers are Targeting Enterprise Users via Web 2.0 Browser Exploits Securing enterprise servers with firewalls and intrusion detection is critical, but the most common threats are executed on thousands of mobile end users through the Web. Lean how to protect your clients with more than desktop anti-virus/anti-spyware and HIPS. Learn more! Riverbed expected to maintain its WAN optimization market share On Feb. 2, WAN optimization vendor Riverbed Technology will release its 4th quarter and fiscal year 2009 financial results. In his research note today, my favorite Wall Street tea-leaf reader, RBC Capital Markets Managing Director Mark Sue, gave his take on what investors should expect from Riverbed's upcoming financial results. Read More Telepresence catching on, but hold onto your wallet With the economy in a downturn, it's no surprise that companies have been slashing travel budgets. But at MetLife, officials say the focus is also on employees' quality of life, keeping them home as much as possible. As a result, the insurance giant has recently made a big push into telepresence technology. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Optimize Network Management, Achieve ITIL v3 goals The key to truly efficient network management software is the ability to integrate with other management software platforms. Find out how HP now provides a completely new, rich set of out-of-the-box integration with HP software as well as third-party applications. Learn more How dead is Nortel? Analysts are mixed on whether Nortel, the disintegrating telecom titan, will survive in some form or die off, becoming a distant memory of a bygone era and century. Read More Web sites must support IPv6 by 2012, expert warns Corporations and government agencies must IPv6-enable their public-facing Web sites in the next 24 months or risk upsetting a growing number of visitors with lower-grade connectivity. Read More Alcatel hikes optical speed with less energy Alcatel-Lucent will try to tackle the growing volume of traffic on carrier networks with an optical switch that can handle 4T bits per second (bps) while consuming less power per bit than today's equipment. Read More BT ups the ante on fast broadband BT has launched its own fibre optic broadband claiming to beat Virgin Media for speed and price. Read More
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