Bundling inexpensive Internet links to build reliable, enterprise-class WANs

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	Bundling inexpensive Internet links to build reliable, enterprise-class WANs Data center centralization and consolidation. Cloud computing. Latency-sensitive (real-time and interactive) applications such as VoIP, videoconferencing and virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI). Business continuity and disaster recovery. These enterprise trends are among those driving the need for a WAN access layer that is scalable, reliable and cost-effective. Read More WHITE PAPER: Symantec E-mail: Today's Problems and How to Deal With Them As e-mail use balloons, IT faces looming archiving, management and security challenges. In these articles, Network World and its sister publications CIO, Computerworld and CSO explore how business users and IT alike can stay on top of the e-mail morass. Read now! In this Issue Tech 'firsts' that made a President's day How about this for an interesting merger: Juniper and Riverbed Obama banks on cloud, consolidation, to hold down IT costs Start-ups offer cool tools to ease IT's pain Femtocells, Wi-Fi to play growing role in mobile networks Comcast, Time Warner Cable latest to sign on for 24-hour IPv6 trial Infoblox ramps up IP address management for virtual environments A promising way to manage mobile devices Exabytes and exabytes: Data growing 23% a year WEBCAST: Iron Mountain Success in the cloud: strategies revealed View this webcast with IDG senior editor Jim Malone and Martin Tuip of Iron Mountain to learn the primary considerations and best practices for storing, archiving, protecting and managing your most important information in the cloud. View now Tech 'firsts' that made a President's day From the first presidential steamboat ride to the introduction of electricity in the White House to Obama's famous BlackBerry, our nation's commanders in chief have always enjoyed the privilege of being exposed to technology's cutting edge -- even if they haven't always embraced the opportunities. Read More How about this for an interesting merger: Juniper and Riverbed At the beginning of the year, the editors at Network World send us bloggers a question about mergers we expect in the next year. It's a guessing game (for fun) and an idea for a blog. I'm a bit late to the fun this year, but I read something a couple weeks ago that made me think of Juniper and Riverbed. Read More Obama banks on cloud, consolidation, to hold down IT costs President Obama's fiscal 2012 budget proposal keeps IT spending almost flat compared to fiscal 2010 mostly due to the consolidation of data centers and a shift to cloud computing systems. Read More WEBCAST: Adobe Deliver Engaging Communications with PDF Portfolios Learn how easy it is to create and send a single PDF Portfolio using Adobe Acrobat X Pro. See how to create a rich, branded PDF Portfolio containing many types of documents, each with a rich preview experience. Learn More Start-ups offer cool tools to ease IT's pain If you want to know what IT tools and technologies you'll be using in a few years, it pays to keep an eye on enterprise technology start-ups. Read More Femtocells, Wi-Fi to play growing role in mobile networks Some people may yet debate the value of femtocells, but the tide has turned: in 2010, the number of femtocells around the world exceeded the number of macrocells, according to the Femto Forum. Read More Comcast, Time Warner Cable latest to sign on for 24-hour IPv6 trial Comcast and Time Warner Cable have joined the throng of network vendors that are participating in World IPv6 Day, a 24-hour trial of the next-generation Internet protocol scheduled for June 8. Read More WHITE PAPER: St. Bernard Software Compare Web Filters, Enter to win an iPad View this demo of iPrism Web Filter and learn why throughput speeds of up to 100+ Mbps, anti-virus protection, and seamless Active Directory/Terminal Services integration and reporting included at no charge has made iPrism the appliance-based choice for organizations of all sizes. Learn More Infoblox ramps up IP address management for virtual environments In its recent "Network Automation 2011" report, Enterprise Management Associates noted that IP address management is a critically important target of increased automation among the 100 mid-level network managers, engineers and architects it surveyed for the study. Read More A promising way to manage mobile devices Mobile Active Defense (MAD) Partners promises to make your life dealing with mobile devices easier. Read More Exabytes and exabytes: Data growing 23% a year 295 exabytes. That's a lot of data being stored, according to a new study from the University of Southern California and published in Science Express, an electronic journal. From looking at both digital and analog devices, the study concluded 295 exabytes of information are stored. In 2002, digital storage overtook analog capacity and in 2007, almost 95% of data is now in digital form. Read More
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