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	Celebrating the networked world Cell phones and social media tools help topple Middle Eastern regimes. Telemedicine lets surgeons reach across time and space. Smart grids let power companies reduce fuel consumption and lower pollution. Networking has changed the world. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Technology Fueling the Next Phase of Storage Optimization ESG examines trends influencing the adoption of deduplication and the limitations of existing solutions and details how HP is best positioned to deliver highly efficient deduplication solutions based on its new HP StoreOnce deplication technology Read now In this Issue LTE-based public safety network could finally become reality WAN virtualization: Per-flow vs. per-packet advantages 25 ways IT will morph in the next 25 years HP counters Cisco with new switches, architecture NetScout tightens gap between application and network views EMC to sell PCIe SSD cards for server acceleration Startups offer tools to ease IT's pain Q&A: RIM's take on social networking Data center anti-DDoS package on tap from Arbor Dell extends data center line for virtualization WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Cloud-enabled Wi-Fi: Less Dollars, More Sense Aerohive's HiveManager Online is the first cloud-enabled, enterprise-class Wi-Fi management solution and is a breakthrough in management simplicity, flexibility, and redundancy. Learn more! LTE-based public safety network could finally become reality Ten years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the United States government may finally be making progress on allocating spectrum for a next-generation public safety mobile broadband network. Read More WAN virtualization: Per-flow vs. per-packet advantages We've been featuring a "virtual discussion" with Keith Morris from Talari Networks and Thierry Grenot from Ipanema Technologies, the two leading companies in the WAN virtualization space, and today we found an area where there's a significant and most interesting difference between the two companies and their approaches. Read More 25 ways IT will morph in the next 25 years Imagine a world where the computers, networks and storage systems are all tens of thousands of times faster than they are today -- and then think about the sci-fi type of applications that will be possible. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splice Communications The Benefits of Outsourcing Telecom Management Choosing the right network solutions provider (NSP) will help businesses improve network reliability, service quality, operating efficiency, billing accuracy and better allocation of resources – all reducing the total cost of ownership of your network infrastructure. Many companies have realized the benefits of working with an NSP. Read now! HP counters Cisco with new switches, architecture HP unveiled products supporting a new architecture that attempts to unify enterprise data center, campus and branch networks under a common and consistent operating environment. Read More NetScout tightens gap between application and network views In the old days, if you were to have asked a mixed group of server and switch sorts whether application or network performance analysis is more important, an amiable discussion would have quickly devolved into argument. But just as IT environments are becoming more fluid and dynamic, the management view is maturing as well. Read More EMC to sell PCIe SSD cards for server acceleration MC says it will begin shipping a PCIe-based flash card to accelerate I/O between its storage arrays and applications servers as a way to increase throughput particularly for B.I. and cloud infrastructures. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software It's 9am. Do You Know What Your Directory is Doing? In this new Quest Software white paper, you'll see how to get more information that native logging alone can't provide. See how you can get real time, centralized information, and how doing so maximizes Active Directory performance. Read More Startups offer 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 startups that are focused on enterprise technologies. Read More Q&A: RIM's take on social networking A look at how Research in Motion wants to make social networks an integral part of its BlackBerry devices. Read More Data center anti-DDoS package on tap from Arbor Arbor Networks today announced security gear designed to work in the enterprise data center to detect and mitigate distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that crush network availability or tie up servers. Read More Dell extends data center line for virtualization At the Interop trade show this week, Dell will expand its networking, server and storage product lines to help users migrate from legacy data centers to those more heavily reliant on virtualization. Read More
	SURVEY: Future-proofing the cloud Where do you think cloud computing is headed? This survey enables you to share your views on some potential future events, trends and technology changes driven by cloud computing. By compiling the shared knowledge, opinions and insights of survey participants, everyone will get a clearer view on which changes and trends are more, or less, likely to actually occur. That knowledge will be invaluable in helping you shape your private, public and hybrid cloud strategy and plans for the future.Take the survey. GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a 5-day Microsoft Licensing Tricks class teaching negotiation tips; a Polycom system. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of Cisco Unity books. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS Fave raves: 22 IT pros name their favorite products We asked, and IT pros answered. Their favorite IT products keep people productive and enterprise assets safe. Check out the list. MOST-READ STORIES iPhone 5 rumor roundup for week ending May 6 So you think you know networking? Open minded: Re-inventing SuSE and three futures of Mono Cisco's 3 biggest weaknesses How to use an IPv6 hole to freeze a Windows Networks PC Porn: 8 awesome-looking components Note to John Chambers: Cut your marketing budget by 25% 25 ways IT will morph in the next 25 years Panel: The cloud requires fresh IT skills Cisco restructures, streamlines operations
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