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	Cisco WAAS shows pizzazz The latest release of Cisco's WAN optimization product line -- Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) 4.4 -- proves that the company famous for routing packets can also shape, optimize and accelerate them. Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan Why Managing VMs is So Complex Because virtual servers coexist with nonvirtualized ones, it effectively doubles the tools and efforts relevant to data center administration. Discover how a unified, out-of-band approach that aggregates management tools into a single, consolidated platform, renders the virtual and physical layers transparent from an IT management perspective. Read now! In this Issue OpenFlow not the only path to network revolution 6 ways to build SDNs without OpenFlow Target's website woes getting fixed, CEO says FAQ: What you should know about Illinois water-district SCADA breach Laws of Internet resource supply and demand How green are your switches? Boost in IPv6 use is only one step to solution Google+ traffic jumps as users stay longer on site Boingo sees bright future for Wi-Fi hotspots Aruba to buy Avenda for BYOD security Alcatel promises better clouds for carriers WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Compare Your Unified Communications Options How do unified communications solutions differ? Learn the top 10 criteria you need to know before you choose. View Now OpenFlow not the only path to network revolution APIs and messaging protocols, including some that are standards, can let users build software-defined networks today. The key issue, though, is that not everyone implements the same ones or implements them the same way. Will OpenFlow get us all on the same path to SDN nirvana? Read More 6 ways to build SDNs without OpenFlow Although OpenFlow is stirring up all of the excitement around software defined networking (SDN), you can program a network with standard tools that have been around a while. Here are a few examples. Read More Target's website woes getting fixed, CEO says Target built a new website from scratch after outsourcing its online operations to Amazon for 10 years. But the launch of its in-house platform hasn't been smooth. Read More WHITE PAPER: AMD The Accelerated SMB: Moving at the Speed of Virtualization Mid-market corporations increasingly rely on technology to serve as the enablers and accelerators of the business—not just to reduce costs but also to empower new business initiatives and increase the top line. Learn More! FAQ: What you should know about Illinois water-district SCADA breach Here are some key questions and answers about the Nov. 8 break-in of the control network at an Illinois water utility that resulted in attackers burning out a pump. Read More Laws of Internet resource supply and demand Like most systems, the Internet is subject to the laws of resource supply and demand. Demand for Internet resources that affect speed is most heavily influenced and driven by the way websites are designed and operated. The primary factors influencing the demand for resources that affect page load time are payload size and application turn count. Payload consumes bandwidth resources, and application turns consume latency. Read More How green are your switches? There have been a number of ideas, both good and bad, on how to save the environment. Some of these ideas come direct from network manufacturers. We can all agree that creating less waste and being more efficient is a good thing, but not every plan survives contact with the enemy. Read More WHITE PAPER: Trend Micro Common Hybrid Cloud Use Cases The best-of-both-worlds approach of hybrid clouds lets businesses take advantage of public cloud to reduce costs while leveraging private clouds to keep mission-critical workloads inside the organization. Understand hybrid cloud best practices and the additional security measures needed to mitigate any risks. View Now Boost in IPv6 use is only one step to solution Support for IPv6 has grown by almost 20 times in the past year by one measure, but most websites still can't be reached without IPv4, the current Internet Protocol, which is near running out of unclaimed addresses. Read More Google+ traffic jumps as users stay longer on site Google+ has been having a boost in traffic, recording its third-largest week of visits since the site launched in June, according to online traffic monitor Experian Hitwise. Read More Boingo sees bright future for Wi-Fi hotspots The integration of mobile networks and Wi-Fi promises to make hotspots more popular and easier to access, but it will also put pressure on providers to improve performance, according to hotspot aggregator Boingo Wireless. Read More Aruba to buy Avenda for BYOD security Wi-Fi infrastructure vendor Aruba Networks will buy Avenda Systems to expand its network security offerings and help enable BYOD (bring-your-own-device) strategies in enterprises. Read More Alcatel promises better clouds for carriers Alcatel-Lucent is developing a cloud computing platform for carriers that aims to take full advantage of their networks to deliver guaranteed performance. Read More
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