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	Eye candy for IT: 25 award-winning designs IT and communications products won big in this year's red dot design awards. The international awards program, which dates back to 1955, is among the world's most prestigious design competitions. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds Top 5 Free Tools for Network Troubleshooting & Monitoring Quickly identify network bandwidth hogs, simplify management of your IP Address space, perform reliable and secure file transfers, quickly configure devices and monitor performance and availability for your favorite network device, all with FREE tools from SolarWinds! Try one or all of them for FREE today! Collect the top 5 free tools for network troubleshooting and monitoring today! Choose from Real-time NetFlow Analyzer, Network Device Monitor, Network Config Generator, TFTP Server or IP Address Tracker. Download any or all 5 of these tools for FREE! In this Issue DeepField Networks exits stealth mode to reveal cloud genome mapping Dual-stack will increase operating expenses INSIDER The state of network security IBM attempts to redefine the IPS Hackers reveal critical vulnerabilities in Huawei routers at Defcon AirTight: from WIPS to EWLS New requirements for security monitoring Oracle, Xsigo set network virtualization consolidation in motion SevOne offering free version of virtual network performance management product WHITE PAPER: Xirrus Tablets in the Enterprise Tablets are replacing laptops at lightning speed. Whether company-issued or part of the BYOD phenomenon, the increased use of smart devices has resulted in a dramatic shift in network traffic with an emphasis on wireless. This paper explains how to predict Wi-Fi demands and architect a best-fit wireless network strategy for your environment. Learn more. DeepField Networks exits stealth mode to reveal cloud genome mapping DeepField Networks, an Ann Arbor, Mich., startup, is coming out of stealth mode to announce an analytics tool that maps the traffic patterns, application performance and cost structure of networks for cloud computing companies, content providers and carriers. Read More Dual-stack will increase operating expenses As we start to plan for IPv6 and start to deploy it on our networks we should try to anticipate the operational costs related to running both IPv6 and IPv4. Read More INSIDER The state of network security Network security is still as necessary as it was 15 years ago when the Black Hat Conference was first beginning. Sure the players have changed and the sophistication, but it is a classic good vs. evil scenario still. Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Proven Techniques to Cope with Packet Loss If you have a WAN link with an RTT of 100 ms and packet loss of 1% the throughput is virtually nil. Learn how to overcome this issue in this paper that highlights: - Key WAN characteristics of out of order and lost packets - Packet loss impact on data replication - How MPLS statistics fool network professionals Learn more. IBM attempts to redefine the IPS IBM Tuesday introduced what it's calling a "next generation" intrusion-prevention system (IPS), an offering that not only is designed to stifle network-based attacks, but adds application-level controls and URL filtering capabilities typically found in separate products such as Web security gateways. Read More Hackers reveal critical vulnerabilities in Huawei routers at Defcon Security researchers disclosed critical vulnerabilities in routers from Chinese networking and telecommunications equipment manufacturer Huawei at the Defcon hackers conference on Sunday. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Changing the Competitive Dynamics of the Business Date/Time: June 5, 2012, 11:00 a.m., EDT, 4:00 p.m. BST / 3:00 p.m. UTC Please join us for this webcast, as Dr. Barry Devlin, Founder and Principal, 9sight Consulting, describes what operational analytics can do for your business and reviews an architectural approach that will enable you to make it a reality. Register Now AirTight: from WIPS to EWLS Airtight Networks has been one of the leading suppliers of wireless intrusion protection systems (WIPS) since their founding, and is best known for their SpectraGuard Enterprise security system. SpectraGuard Enterprise consists of a server with a Web-based console and "scanners" that act as sensors. As it turns out, the difference between a scanner and an access point (AP) is fairly minimal. Read More New requirements for security monitoring Today's security threats are difficult to defend against. On the one hand, the volume of malware variants has gone through the roof over the past few years. On the other, targeted attacks have become more stealthy and damaging. How can CISOs possibly combat this cybersecurity double-edged sword? Read More Oracle, Xsigo set network virtualization consolidation in motion With Oracle's acquisition of Xsigo this week, it's now clear we have consolidation occurring in the server and network virtualization markets. Read More SevOne offering free version of virtual network performance management product SevOne has made a free, scale-limited version of its virtual network performance management tool available to the general public, and is planning an official roll-out for Wednesday. Read More
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