Network vs. application layer optimization

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	WAN optimization: Network vs. application layer optimization The application layer of the Open System Interconnection (OSI) stack has long been regarded as a focal point for wide area network (WAN) optimization. Efforts to optimize application delivery were centered here because the pain was rooted in optimizing only a handful of specific applications at branch or remote offices. Read More WEBCAST: IBM IBM InfoSphere MDM Solutions for Insurance Master data management helps make insurers smarter. MDM enables them to connect disparate pieces of customer information across policy systems, departments, and channels, into a single, actionable view that is customer-centric rather than policy-centric. View Now In this Issue Juniper offers fabric for high-performance clouds Gartner predictions for 2012: More cloud, consumerization, loss of IT control Cisco a no show in 40G Ethernet market report Citrix Receiver bring full-fledged desktop apps to smartphones and tablets 10 most powerful cloud companies When IT gets to play: Skunk works projects deliver value CA weighs in with Cloud 360 HP acquires Hiflex to bolster Web-based printing offerings Sprint, Clearwire lay out deals on LTE, WiMax, funding WHITE PAPER: Sybase Sybase IQ Supercharges Predictive Analytics This white paper introduces you to Sybase® IQ—a high-performance, scalable column-store database engine which has been repeatedly proven to meet the predictive analytics needs for a wide variety of businesses. Read now. Juniper offers fabric for high-performance clouds Juniper has a three-pronged cloud strategy that includes selling networking gear in the data centers of most major IaaS players, providing secure connections between virtual data centers and cloud customers, and orchestrating how virtualized resources get allocated to cloud application services. Read More Gartner predictions for 2012: More cloud, consumerization, loss of IT control IT budgets and responsibilities are moving out of the control of IT departments and into the hands of others, thanks to trends such as consumerization and cloud computing, Gartner says in its vision for 2012 and the coming years. Read More Cisco a no show in 40G Ethernet market report Market research firm Dell'Oro Group recently began tracking the 40G Ethernet market as 10G takes hold and grows, necessitating 40G uplinks, aggregation switches and core modules. And the market leaders are IBM and Extreme Networks. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Three Steps to Effective Cloud Planning & Design Before you build your cloud, there are many considerations. Are there security requirements? Compliance rules? Will you use public cloud resources as well? Learn more about how to plan a cloud effectively – from defining requirements to identifying the costs - in this compelling white paper from BMC Software. Learn More! Citrix Receiver bring full-fledged desktop apps to smartphones and tablets The BYOD phenomenon shows no signs of abating, and many companies continue to struggle with the best (read: safest) way to give workers access to corporate applications via employee-owned smart devices. Citrix Receiver leverages the security of a Citrix XenDesktop or XenApp infrastructure to bring full-blown desktop applications to smartphones and tablet PCs. Read More 10 most powerful cloud companies Virtually every vendor has a cloud story to tell. But here are 10 companies that have distinguished themselves as the leaders in cloud computing, either by being first to market, by offering the broadest and deepest set of cloud services or by taking a leadership role in the cloud revolution. Read More When IT gets to play: Skunk works projects deliver value It's called the technology petting zoo. Stocked with the latest high-tech gadgets, games, systems and software that could potentially be of business value, it's a place where engineers and other IT users at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory can try out the steady stream of hot, new consumer technologies and imagine the possibilities. Read More WHITE PAPER: AMD Building the Intelligent Cloud-Ready Data Center For CIOs today, the challenges are many and often difficult. They must support more revenue generating projects without having to expand, rebuild or move their data centers. Many are turning to virtualization to consolidate resources and make this happen. Learn More! CA weighs in with Cloud 360 CA Technologies addresses the public cloud in three ways: helping enterprises understand how to use it; enabling service providers to build it; and, managing customers' expectations about how operating in the cloud will change how they do business. Read More HP acquires Hiflex to bolster Web-based printing offerings Hewlett-Packard has acquired the German company Hiflex Software to advance its Web-based printing business. Read More Sprint, Clearwire lay out deals on LTE, WiMax, funding Sprint Nextel may help finance Clearwire's LTE network and keep offering WiMax service through 2015 under a set of agreements worth as much as $1.6 billion. Read More
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