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	Cisco rival Brocade hitting stride in Ethernet Brocade's fortunes are rising in Ethernet switching. After a few initial hiccups following the Foundry acquisition, Brocade is seeing solid traction. Read More WHITE PAPER: MegaPath Today's Network: Make It a Strategic, Future-Proof Asset Today's small and mid-sized organizations support dozens of applications and hundreds of devices and mobile workers. Network congestion has become a risk, as users change offices, work from home and add devices at will. SMBs need simplification in the form of network convergence. And a managed service provider can help. View Now In this Issue WAN Optimization is Shifting from Strategic to Tactical Hackers target IPv6 25 free open source projects IT pros will love MIT touts optical computing breakthrough 9 best practices for successful IT projects Cool Yule Favorites: 20 techie gifts we like Celebrating the birthplace of the Internet in pictures WEBCAST: Aerohive Wi-Fi Management Moves to the Cloud Once you've enabled your people to work from virtually anywhere, anytime, and on any device, you need to maintain essential security and control under the constant pressure to drive down cost, while increasing productivity and growth. Enter the Cloud. Learn more. WAN Optimization is Shifting from Strategic to Tactical I was reading the recent Network World article, which highlighted the improved performance of Cisco's latest WAAS appliances (http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2011/112111-cisco-waas-252854.html?page=2). While the results were interesting and showed that Cisco might finally be closing the gap between itself and Riverbed, it did get me thinking about the evolution of this industry and where future... Read More Hackers target IPv6 If your IPv6 strategy is to delay implementation as long as you can, you still must address IPv6 security concerns right now. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Business Value with Network and Application Visibility In this white paper, IDC analyzes the ROI that customers can expect from Riverbed Cascade, based on interviews with Cascade customers. Additionally, IDC lays out the business case for proactively managing network and application performance. Get the visibility you need to achieve your IT objectives. Read Now. 25 free open source projects IT pros will love SourceForge expert points out 25 lesser-known projects for IT folks Read More MIT touts optical computing breakthrough MIT researchers have published research regarding a breakthrough that could speed the way to zippy new computers that rely on photonic chips that use light beams rather than electrons to work. Read More WHITE PAPER: FireEye FireEye 1H 2011 Advanced Threat Report The Advanced Threat Report is a technical look into the trends cyber criminals are employing to bypass traditional security. In the most recent semi-annual report from FireEye, they find that 99% of organizations are facing significant malware infections that have penetrated NGFW, IPS, AV, and Web gateways. Read now! 9 best practices for successful IT projects Most often when the watchdogs at the Government Accountability Office are called into to check out an agency, process or project they are looking for something that has gone wrong. This week, however the group took a look at some government IT projects that have gone right and came up with some best practices other government agencies or in public corporations could emulate to achieve success in their own IT projects. Read More Cool Yule Favorites: 20 techie gifts we like Read More Celebrating the birthplace of the Internet in pictures Nov. 21 is the 42nd anniversary of the first permanent ARPANET link; the Internet's beginning Read More
	SLIDESHOWS Top IT Turkeys of 2011 You know, it just doesn't feel like Thanksgiving to me unless I have mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, and an iPad with the annual Network World Top IT Turkeys slideshow all arranged on the table for the feast. So let's sharpen our knives and get to the carving, because these turkeys are getting cold. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET Everyone who enters will win free training from Webucator. Grand prize: a SharePoint training class worth $2,375. All who enter will be awarded a self-paced class of their choosing. Enter here: http://www.networkworld.com/community/contests. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES Cisco reorgs again, folds net management into new cloud group Even Wales finds his wall-to-wall Wikipedia pictures 'annoying' 7 hot storage startups to watch 11 eye-popping Black Friday tablet, laptop and ereader deals 9 best practices for successful IT projects DARPA to banish 'geeky formal' way code defects are eradicated Maybe 802.11ad will dominate after all Interview with a pirate Top IT turkeys of 2011 FCC chief declares AT&T/T-Mobile merger a turkey
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