Cisco, VMware spec seeks to scale VLANs for VMs

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	Cisco, VMware spec seeks to scale VLANs for VMs The VXLAN technology introduced by Cisco and VMware this week is intended to scale VLANs to accommodate the exploding number of virtual machines in the virtualized data center. In addition to Cisco and VMware, Broadcom, Arista, Citrix and Red Hat also co-wrote the VXLAN specification. Read More WHITE PAPER: CenturyLink Business Future Proofing Enterprise Networks for Long-Term Success Today's enterprises face a complex networking environment, often with multiple network protocols. Read this IDC Executive Brief to see how multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) facilitates cost-effective and converged wide area networking with a high level of security, management, and flexibility. Read now! In this Issue What's the best alternative to Spanning Tree? Security rundown for the week ending Sept. 2 US Dept. of Energy devises security system to thwart rampant copper thefts CAPPS Video #1 Cisco, NEC team up on LTE networks Air Force awards $25K to inventor of insanely fast device that stops fleeing cars FAA slaps $175,000 fine on MIT for batteries that caught fire at FedEx WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies The Value of Service-Centric Visibility IT organizations are under pressure to avert problems before they occur. To achieve the proactive approach required and move to the next level of service delivery, they need "service-centric" visibility that ties infrastructure components to the services that rely on them. Read More What's the best alternative to Spanning Tree? In a recent newsletter we mentioned the fact that we are driving a series of monthly discussions on the evolution of data center LANs and are including in those discussions six of the leading vendors: Arista, Avaya, Brocade, Cisco, Extreme and HP. The August discussion topic is the best alternative to the spanning tree protocol (STP). We will use this newsletter to summarize some of the discussion Read More Security rundown for the week ending Sept. 2 A mish-mash of security issues came up this week, everything from how to protect virtualized environments to a system that protects copper in utility sites from robbery and a story about digital certificate thefts. Read More WEBCAST: Riverbed Tips to Investigate App Performance Issues Check out this video as "Jack," the network manager, deals with a barrage of slow network complaints from users throughout the company. See how Riverbed Cascade collects flow records from routers, switches and other devices and correlates them with packet inspection to get full application identification at Layer 7. Learn more! US Dept. of Energy devises security system to thwart rampant copper thefts The US Department of Energy and its Oak Ridge National Laboratory has built a security system that is aimed at thwarting at least some of the copper thefts that plague utilities and other large facilities. Read More CAPPS Video #1 This training video shows you how to integrate Cisco Unity Connection with Cisco Unified Communications Manager via SCCP. Read More WHITE PAPER: Fujitsu New TPC-E Benchmark Results Revealed A "glue-less" design, where no additional hardware is necessary to run all eight CPUs and all memory slots enable the shortest route between processors, memory modules and I/O hubs inside a single chassis. It's just one of the many reasons Fujitsu servers are leading the way in TCP-E benchmarks and overall price/performance. Read now! Cisco, NEC team up on LTE networks Cisco Systems and NEC will jointly sell LTE networks to carriers under a deal announced on Tuesday. Read More Air Force awards $25K to inventor of insanely fast device that stops fleeing cars If you remember the "Dirty Harry" movie "Dead Pool" where a radio controlled corvette model car containing a bomb chases Harry around the streets of San Francisco and eventually detonates under his car destroying it, then you have the general idea of the technology a retired 66-year-old mechanical engineer came up with to win a $25,000 prize from the Air Force Research Laboratory. Read More FAA slaps $175,000 fine on MIT for batteries that caught fire at FedEx The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today said it would seek a $175,000 civil penalty against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for alleged violations of Department of Transportation Hazardous Materials Regulations. Read More
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