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	Verizon's latest LTE expansion: 5 things you should know Now that Verizon has fired up its LTE network in the major U.S. cities, the carrier can now concentrate on the midsize metropolitan areas. Read More WEBCAST: Cymphonix Gain Complete Control Over Internet Bound Traffic The Cymphonix Network Composer is the only network appliance that provides comprehensive clarity into all internet bound network traffic and simply powerful tools to manage that traffic with a holistic approach. Learn More Today! In this Issue Ethernet vendors racing to meet demand IBM at 100: How Big Blue helped redefine corporate architecture Brocade fulfills Army base's IPv6 marching orders Cloud CIO: In defense of corporate IT Cisco fabric launch seeks to undermine Arista, IBM 3 tips for migrating applications to Windows 7 Gartner: IT should be planning, moving to private clouds 'Hold on -- my WLAN is tweeting me' University, Aruba test iPad's Wi-Fi video performance Smartphones and tablets create huge corporate security challenge WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Brute Force Protection for Web Applications Both Denial-of-Service (DoS) and Brute Force Attacks have existed for many years, and many network devices tout the ability to withstand them. However, most of today's DoS attacks target layer 7 (L7) by overwhelming applications with seemingly valid requests and Brute Force programs can send more than one million attempts per second. Learn More! Ethernet vendors racing to meet demand Ethernet vendors will need to develop faster products more quickly to keep up with the demand being created by mobile and cloud computing, some participants at an industry group meeting said on Tuesday. Read More IBM at 100: How Big Blue helped redefine corporate architecture Initiated by IBM President Thomas Watson Jr., Big Blue's building boom cemented the company's role as a leading patron of modern design and architecture, beginning in postwar America and continuing into the 1980s. Read More Brocade fulfills Army base's IPv6 marching orders Brocade gear is powering a cutting-edge network that supports IPv6, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) and 100 Gigabit Ethernet for the U.S. Army at Fort Carson in Colorado. Read More WHITE PAPER: Extreme Networks Networks in Motion Download this whitepaper today and discover how you can cost-effectively optimize your network for the mobile demands of today's business. Examine how IT can provide: * Personalization and intelligence. * Ease of operation. * Seamless quality of user experience. * Secure on-the-go access to public and private networks. Read now! Cloud CIO: In defense of corporate IT The threat that cloud computing poses to CIOs and IT professionals' careers does not stem from cloud computing rendering corporate IT departments irrelevant. Rather, it comes from CIOs' and IT professionals' failure to face the revolution that cloud computing brings and to assume much more important positions inside their firms. Read More Cisco fabric launch seeks to undermine Arista, IBM In an effort to thwart the momentum of Arista Networks and IBM's BLADE Network Technologies business, Cisco this week announced what it claims is the first high-performance trading fabric optimized for the financial markets industry. Read More 3 tips for migrating applications to Windows 7 Windows 7 migrations are occurring throughout the business world, but not without expense and hassle. One of the most difficult questions is how to let applications designed for Windows XP and earlier versions of Windows make the trip into the next generation of Microsoft-based computing. Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan Data Center Transformations Build outs, consolidations and acquisitions are large-scale projects that can be very disruptive and require careful planning and implementation to maintain operations. This white paper examines the process and what's required to meet IT goals and objectives and maintain business continuity. Read now! Gartner: IT should be planning, moving to private clouds If speedy IT services are important, businesses should be shifting from traditional computing into virtualization in order to build a private cloud that, whether operated by their IT department or with help from a private cloud provider, will give them that edge. Read More 'Hold on -- my WLAN is tweeting me' Several network vendors have built network management applications for popular smartphones and tablets. Enterasys Networks is one such vendor, but it also went a step further recently when it announced Project Isaac, which integrates its NMS with your favorite social media interfaces. Read More University, Aruba test iPad's Wi-Fi video performance A test network of 100 Apple iPads successfully ran a battery of classroom multimedia applications over an 802.11n Wi-Fi network, according to Aruba Networks and the University of Ottawa, where the test was held in May. Read More Smartphones and tablets create huge corporate security challenge Adapting security and management for the new generation of mobile devices -- everything from the Apple iPhone and iPad to Google Android devices to name a few -- is turning out to be a huge corporate challenge. Read More
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