Data center, cloud fabrics all the rage in 2012

	Cisco a WLAN market "champion" | Security minefield: 'Bring your own device' will bedevil IT security in 2012
	Network World Cisco				Forward this to a Friend >>>
	Data center, cloud fabrics all the rage in 2012 There was a considerable amount of activity in the data center/cloud switching fabric arena in 2011. That is expected to continue in 2012, along with real world implementations of the next-generation IT technologies. Read More WHITE PAPER: MegaPath Sorting Out the Alphabet Soup of VPN Solutions MPLS-based IP VPN technology has become the leading WAN solution for connectivity, minimal capex and advantageous pay-for-use pricing. But it's a cloudy alphabet soup of VPN acronyms: IP. MPLS. CoS. QoS. FR and ATM. IPSec. SSL. VoMPLS. View More In this Issue Cisco a WLAN market "champion" Security minefield: 'Bring your own device' will bedevil IT security in 2012 Look, touch and feel: How your mobile interface will morph in 2012 Network World's 2011 Tech News Quiz 15 cool energy projects of 2011 The Internet has escaped the ax, at least in the US, at least for now Reduced copper network access prices would hurt fiber, say EU groups Top 20 Buzzblog posts of 2011 WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks The Smart Device Invasion's Network Impact Can your WLAN handle the influx of employee-owned smartphones and tablets? Aberdeen's expert recommendations will help with tips to: - Protect the network from compromised mobile devices - Automate authentication and authorization - Intelligently control bandwidth allocation to devices and users - Extend content filtering to mobile devices Read now! Cisco a WLAN market "champion" Cisco, along with HP and Aruba, was listed as a market "champion" in WLANs this week by Canadian market research firm Info-Tech Group. And in the "just a remarkable coincidence" dept., the three champions are the three market leaders in Dell'Oro Group's Q3, 2011, WLAN tabulations. Read More Security minefield: 'Bring your own device' will bedevil IT security in 2012 The rapid adoption of the newest mobile devices -- especially the Apple iPhone and iPad and the Google Android-based equivalents -- will be a huge disruptive force in enterprise security next year. Not only will there be pressure to decide how to protect and manage these devices, which are growing as malware targets, the complexity of this task is magnified many times over because companies are allowing employees to use their own personal smartphones and tablets for business purposes -- what's sometime called "bring your own device" (BYOD). Read More WEBCAST: Fluke Networks Try the OptiView® XG on your network - FREE XG raises the bar for analyzing and troubleshooting performance problems with the ease of use network engineers need; quick problem resolution end users want; and new technologies your organization needs to thrive in a connected world. Learn More>> Look, touch and feel: How your mobile interface will morph in 2012 The mobile user interface is set for a range of changes in the next 12-24 months, creating new modes for users to interact with their devices, and with other devices nearby and network-based services. Read More Network World's 2011 Tech News Quiz From Lulzsec to Apple patents to AT&T merger proposals, here's the year in multiple-choice questions 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 15 cool energy projects of 2011 Solar trains, plane, automobiles and even spacecraft among advanced 2011 undertakings Read More The Internet has escaped the ax, at least in the US, at least for now A year ago I wrote that 2011 would be a year in which the Internet would "be under a multi-pronged attack that threatens to change it irrevocably in ways that may destroy much of the Internet's potential." Well, 2011 has come and mostly gone, and it turned out that my pessimism may have been misplaced but not invalid. Read More Reduced copper network access prices would hurt fiber, say EU groups The European Commission's plan to lower access prices to copper networks in order to boost next generation networks is flawed, say Europe's leading telecoms organizations. Read More Top 20 Buzzblog posts of 2011 As another year winds to a close, we pause to ask: What did Buzzblog readers actually read when they came to visit Buzzblog in 2011? Here are the top 20 items (a few of which are slideshows and one of which was a news story that didn't actually run on the blog, but were nonetheless my work): Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 10 Things We Love and Hate about Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot 11.10 Ubuntu 11.10 has some jagged edges and documentation isn't easy to locate, but Canonical is certainly dreaming big with this latest update, dubbed Oneiric (dreamy) Ocelot. 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 Dem PAC buys newtgingrich.com, wallops him with it iPad 3 rumor rollup for the week ending Dec. 20 25 useful iPad business apps Chinese hack on U.S. Chamber went undetected for six months Verizon Wireless outage outraging customers Extreme CEO: New products in 2012, growth in 2013 Microsoft bails from CES tech trade show after '12 IBM predicts five big technologies of the future IPv6 due for wide deployment in 2012, experts say 25 top network and IT industry news stories of 2011
	Do You Tweet? Follow everything from NetworkWorld.com on Twitter @NetworkWorld. You are currently subscribed to networkworld_cisco_alert as security.world@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: bglynn@cxo.com To contact Network World, please send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. Copyright (C) 2011 Network World, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. If you want to contact someone directly, send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. **