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	100G Ethernet coming to a Cisco rack near you? The IEEE this week announced the formation of a task group chartered to specify 100Gbps Ethernet operation over backplanes and short-reach copper cable assemblies. The work of the IEEE P802.3bj task force will be an amendment to the 802.3 Ethernet standard and it seeks to enable development of lower-cost, higher-density 100G Ethernet platforms. Read More WEBCAST: Juniper Networks The Exponential Data Center Arbner will explore how changing data usage models have completely shifted network traffic patterns in the data center, making most data center networks ill-suited to today's reality, and too expensive to boot. Learn more >> In this Issue Cisco 6500 Series: Retired Veteran or Re-discovered Super Soldier? Is Quantum Computing real? Borders' customers will have to opt-out after Barnes & Noble agrees to acquire database NASA warns of geomagnetic storm after behemoth solar flare US senator wants FTC to put heat on "brazen" OnStar for privacy changes IBM Demonstrates Secure Product Development Leadership To virtualize or not to virtualize? That is the question for ADCs WHITE PAPER: F5 Load Balancing 101: Firewall Sandwiches How to make a ''firewall sandwich''. Read now. Learn More! Cisco 6500 Series: Retired Veteran or Re-discovered Super Soldier? Tried and true isn't a descriptor awarded lightly. It's earned only after emerging battle-hardened from the front lines. It doesn't matter if you're the only survivor of the super-soldier program, or the flagship switch in the armada that is Cisco - history speaks for itself. For just a moment let's take a quick look at that history. Read More Is Quantum Computing real? Researchers have been working on quantum systems for more than a decade, in the hopes of developing super-tiny, super-powerful computers. And while there is still plenty of excitement surrounding quantum computing, significant roadblocks are causing some to question whether quantum computing will ever make it out of the lab. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Gartner Report: Network Infrastructure Segmentation This research looks at how segmenting the network infrastructure into foundational building blocks provides clarity on the networking requirements and the ability to make better vendor choices at each layer of the network. Read now Borders' customers will have to opt-out after Barnes & Noble agrees to acquire database After arguing in court over privacy concerns from the sale of bankrupt Borders customer loyalty database to Barnes & Nobel, the lawyers in the case agreed to email customers and give them 15 days to opt out of the system. Read More NASA warns of geomagnetic storm after behemoth solar flare NASA today said a strong-to-severe geomagnetic storm is in progress following a massive solar flare and coronal mass ejection (CME). Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM B2B Automation Savings Calculator The B2B Automation Savings Calculator demonstrates potential savings associated with automating manual processes and is based on your inputs as well as industry averages compiled by analysts and Sterling Commerce, an IBM company. Click Here! US senator wants FTC to put heat on "brazen" OnStar for privacy changes US Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission to get the agency to investigate recent changes made to navigation and emergency services company OnStar made to its privacy practices. Read More IBM Demonstrates Secure Product Development Leadership It's easy to believe that the folks who design, develop, and distribute the technology we use know what they are doing and have our collective best security interests in mind. Sadly, this isn't at all true. Many vendors focus solely on feature/functionality and disregard security in their product development and manufacturing. Others downplay risks believing that their technology sits well "behind... Read More To virtualize or not to virtualize? That is the question for ADCs Without sounding sarcastic, the primary benefit of a virtual application delivery controller (ADC) is that, well, it's virtual. It requires no hardware to deploy making it low cost. It's mobile so the ADC can be moved from one location to another in real time and it can be self provisioned by anyone, including an application developer. But virtual ADCs have their drawbacks, too. Read More
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