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	Cisco adds 802.11ac, cloud features to new home router Cisco's Linksys brand of home wireless networking routers today joined other vendors in coming out with 802.11ac equipment, as well as enabling a cloud-based platform for configuration and control of its "Smart Wi-Fi Routers." Read More WHITE PAPER: Certeon Put the Power of Application Acceleration to Work Discover a new, non-appliance approach to improving application performance for mobile workers. Through data compression, content-aware data deduplication (using a single instance history store), and by a variety of advanced protocol handling methods and application blueprints, users can see 50%-90% improved throughput. Learn more. In this Issue Extreme Networks next up with SDN strategy Six-figure IT salaries not just for CIOs, SVPs Cisco reseller finds half of enterprise networks obsolete What IT needs to know about the Microsoft-Yammer deal Apps come to the router Groups plan super Wi-Fi network in rural college towns Acme Packet takes a page out F5's book, moves ahead with its own community Top CIOs take home seven-figure pay packages Cisco extends server line Changes to PCI rules: What you need to know Cisco bids strategy chief adieu in exec shuffle WHITE PAPER: Certeon Reduce Network Traffic between VMware VMs Accelerate application performance within your VMware environment. The industry's first virtual appliance for application acceleration for VMware combines high performance of application acceleration with cost-savings of virtualization. It significantly reduces network traffic between VMs. Learn more. Extreme Networks next up with SDN strategy Extreme Networks threw its hat into the SDN ring this week by disclosing its programmability strategy for data centers, mobile carrier networks and campuses. Read More Six-figure IT salaries not just for CIOs, SVPs Information architects, data security analysts, and user experience designers often see salaries top $100,000, according to Robert Half Technology. Read More Cisco reseller finds half of enterprise networks obsolete Almost half of all enterprise networks will be obsolete within five years due to an inability to support new trends like BYOD, video and broadening virtualization. Read More WHITE PAPER: CenturyLink Network/Cloud Security & Business Continuity eGuide Network security today means much more than simply building a perimeter around the enterprise network to defend from threats. With cloud-computing models becoming more popular, enterprises are extending corporate data and applications outside the four walls of the data center. Learn More! What IT needs to know about the Microsoft-Yammer deal With Microsoft buying Yammer for $1.2 billion, Microsoft promises it will push the business collaboration/social networking platform into more of its cloud-based services. That means corporate IT pros will have to deal more with Yammer in their day-to-day jobs. To help prepare for that, here are some key questions and answers they need to consider. Read More Apps come to the router Mobile apps that integrate with Cisco's Smart Wi-Fi Routers. Read More Groups plan super Wi-Fi network in rural college towns University towns in rural areas will get more super Wi-Fi broadband service under a new effort announced Tuesday by a consortium of higher education associations, public interest groups and tech companies. Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. WAN Optimization eGuide In this eGuide, articles from Network World examine the maturing WAN optimization market, collect advice from experts and users on how best to implement these products, and look at new trends. Read on to discover how to make the most of WAN optimization in enterprise networks. Read now. Acme Packet takes a page out F5's book, moves ahead with its own community The creation and fostering of vendor-sponsored communities has been an incredibly hot trend over the past couple of years. There's no greater example of the bilateral value a community can provide to the vendor and the customer base than what F5 has created with its DevCentral community. Read More Top CIOs take home seven-figure pay packages CIOs and senior IT leaders have ascended the ranks of corporate America, and in some cases, they rate among the most highly paid executives at the largest U.S. companies. IT leaders at Fortune 500 companies including Aetna, Gap, FedEx, Home Depot and Walgreens took home multimillion-dollar pay packages in 2011. Read More Cisco extends server line Cisco this week unveiled four new servers for its Unified Computing System converged data center infrastructure platform. Cisco gives an overview of the new servers in a blog post here. Read More Changes to PCI rules: What you need to know The Payment Card Industry (PCI) rules related to the security of customer card information play a big role in network design, and with some updated modifications to the PCI Data Security Standards (DSS) 2.0 guidelines kicking in at the end of the month, here's what you need to know. Read More Cisco bids strategy chief adieu in exec shuffle Cisco today announced shifting roles among its top executives, culminating in the departure of its chief strategy officer. Read More
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