Users find the secrets of WAN optimization

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	Users find the secrets of WAN optimization WAN optimization offers better application performance, cost savings and reduced bandwidth needs, but the business reasons to buy may vary. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Strategies for Unleashing Cloud Performance Whether a business builds out its own cloud or buys cloud services from someone else, they need to be sure the end results are optimized for the speed users require. This paper identifies where the limitations of cloud computing exist and provides actionable strategies to unleash cloud performance. Click here! In this Issue California Casualty ditches Cisco security box Cisco/CoreOptics deal heating up core market What would your ultimate network security look like? Is the Force10 S60 the best "Top-of-rack" switch yet? Note to Washington: Read and react to Richard Clarke's new Book, "Cyber War!" Open Issue with Massachusetts CMR 201 17 How to Set Up a Virtual Private Network Visit the Cisco Subnet home page for more Cisco news E-GUIDE: Compuware Perfecting Application Performance The enterprise application scene has become increasingly complicated over the years. Things have changed with the rise of Web services, SOA, Virtualization and cloud computing. In this Executive Guide explore how to get the best performance out of today's application environments. Read Now. California Casualty ditches Cisco security box A brief case study of California Casualty's decision to ditch its Cisco MARS security box in favor of a less expensive and more comprehensive product from AccelOps. Read More Cisco/CoreOptics deal heating up core market Things are heating up in the core packet/optical space, the area targeted by Cisco with its recent acquisition of CoreOptics, a maker of optical modules and subsystems. Cisco bought the company to integrate 40/100G DWDM transponders directly onto its routers as opposed to connecting the routers to separate DWDM systems in the optical core of carrier networks. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Top 10 Software Delivery Secrets Every organization today is looking for ways to do more with less, and only the companies that implement the most effective methods will survive. In this white paper we'll discuss specific secrets of delivering more valuable software to customers despite having fewer resources. Read More What would your ultimate network security look like? Is it possible that given a clean slate and likely millions of dollars, engineers could come up with the ultimate in secure network technology? Read More Is the Force10 S60 the best "Top-of-rack" switch yet? Force10 Networks has just announced their latest offering in the crowded field of "datacenter top-of-rack" switches.  Cisco has multiple offerings including the new 4948E (not to be confused with the older 4948-E which is a very different switch), and Arista and Juniper, among others, offer competitive products. Read More WHITE PAPER: Novell Intelligent Storage Management at the File Level Many storage management tools for file storage are "dumb." They treat all files the same regardless of business relevance and they lack the ability to automate user-storage management tasks or set policies based on business requirements. Learn how to augment your existing storage management system with intelligence at the file level. Read Now Note to Washington: Read and react to Richard Clarke's new Book, "Cyber War!" I recently finished Richard Clarke's new book, "Cyber War," and I have but two words for the former cyber czar -- thank you. Read More Open Issue with Massachusetts CMR 201 17 I phoned a security professional friend the other day to discuss email encryption implementation and she brought up an interesting question. The new Massachusetts data privacy law (aka CMR 201 17) requires that: 1. Private data stored on laptops must be encrypted 2. Private data that is transmitted must be encrypted So here's a few scenarios in question: 1. What if I have private data... Read More How to Set Up a Virtual Private Network If you work on the go fairly often, you've probably hopped on a public wireless network at least once or twice. You should have also figured out how to keep your data safe when you're on such a network, by taking precautions such as using your company's virtual private network--if available--or an encrypted Web tunnel such as Hotspot Shield. Read More Visit the Cisco Subnet home page for more Cisco news The Cisco Subnet community features industry-expert bloggers, giveaways and all the top news of interest to network professionals. Subscribe to our bloggers via RSS http://www.networkworld.com/community/blogs/cisco/feed Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/ciscosubnet Read More
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