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	Top 5 network management investments The proliferation of virtualization technologies is putting pressure on IT teams to start automating more processes. With little room in the budget for new products, it's critical that companies prioritize their investments. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Guide: Best Vmware backup method for you Although data protection processes developed for physical environments can be used for virtual environments, backup processes specifically designed for virtualized environments are more flexible and scalable. This whitepaper presents information to assist in making a considered choice of data protection method for your VMware environment. Read Now. In this Issue Sprint offering free femtocells SolarWinds wants you to ride the cloud, SaaS wave Google's Chrome speeds up Flash patching seven-fold Brocade readying 100G Ethernet for data centers Data center switch maker teams with VMware to optimize gear for virtualization Cloud computing: Reality vs. fiction Hyper9 deepens the business view of virtualization initiatives Nirvanix SDN delivers speed, flexibility Voice-enabled medical search app for iPhone speeds inquiries WHITE PAPER: HP Exploring the ROI of VTL Deduplication Solutions Costs and return on investment are key in choosing the right storage solution. See how HP's Virtual Tape Library solutions compare to other competitors' products in both large Enterprises and in small to medium data centers. Read Now Sprint offering free femtocells While femtocells still haven't caught on like many manufacturers had hoped, Sprint is now seemingly opening the door to far wider adoption by offering users living in areas with poor coverage free femtocells. Read More SolarWinds wants you to ride the cloud, SaaS wave Understanding what's happening on WAN connections is going to get a whole lot hairier as enterprises begin centralizing data in private cloud computing infrastructures or increasing their reliance on applications delivered as services across the network. The deeper the insight into those connections, the better off network managers will be in keeping application performance at acceptable levels. Read More Google's Chrome speeds up Flash patching seven-fold Google's decision to push Adobe Flash security fixes using Chrome's silent update service has yielded a seven-fold increase in patching speed, a Google software engineer said. Read More WHITE PAPER: MessageLabs Employee Web Use and Misuse: This white paper examines a Web security solution that gives companies the ability to monitor and enforce their Internet usage policies, bringing site monitoring and URL filtering together while insuring security with anti-virus and anti-spyware protection. Read Now Brocade readying 100G Ethernet for data centers Brocade Communications is preparing a 100-Gigabit Ethernet module for its NetIron MLX switch family, breaking the next LAN speed barrier in the flagship hardware line it acquired from Foundry Networks. Read More Data center switch maker teams with VMware to optimize gear for virtualization Data center switch maker Arista Networks this week is unveiling software designed to improve visibility, configuration and provisioning in virtual environments. Read More Cloud computing: Reality vs. fiction There is certainly no doubt that cloud computing is real today and that it brings significant benefits to a wide array of IT organizations. There is also no doubt that a lot of what gets written about cloud computing is more wishful thinking than reality. We will use this newsletter to separate some of the reality of cloud computing from some of the fiction that surrounds it. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP SMB: Data protection strategy for remote offices Learn how midsize businesses or enterprises with regional data centers or remote offices can effectively address data protection challenges by implementing solutions that help store and protect business critical data, cut costs and improve efficiency and reliability. Read Now Hyper9 deepens the business view of virtualization initiatives Hyper9, a virtualization management company that launched into the IT consciousness two years ago, has been a start-up to watch ever since. Read More Nirvanix SDN delivers speed, flexibility Nirvanix's SDN was both highly flexible and comparatively fast in our testing. Nirvanix allows access to the SDN via two methods: an API that supports SOAP or REST protocols over secure-HTTP, or one can directly mount partition(s) using their CloudNAS as a gateway. Read More Voice-enabled medical search app for iPhone speeds inquiries Doctors are finding new applications to provide shortcuts for their busy work days. That includes a new voice-enabled medical search app for the iPhone announced by Nuance Communications. Read More
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