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	25 of today's coolest network and computing research projects University labs, fueled with millions of dollars in funding and some of the biggest brains around, are bursting with new research into computer and networking technologies. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! In this Issue Cisco, HP switching share down in Q2 The Security Skills Shortage Impact on Security Services 10 Tech Expenses Your Business Can Do Without Insider security threat gets a serious look by US security agencies INSIDER SDN bandwagon rolls ahead How BYOD has changed the IT landscape Alcatel-Lucent launches open source platform for API management WEBCAST: Riverbed Virtualize Your ADI: Are You Ready to Unbox? Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT Traditional application delivery controller (ADC) architectures focus on load balancing and lack the efficiency required in today's IT environment. Join Kavitha Mariappan, Product Marketing Director at Riverbed Technology, to discuss the benefits of an updated ADC. Learn more. Cisco, HP switching share down in Q2 Cisco and HP, the Nos. 1 and 2 vendors in the Ethernet switch market, both lost market share in the second quarter from last year even though revenue for both rose. Also enjoying a revenue increase in the quarter from a year ago were Juniper and Dell, which saw a double-digit percentage increase thanks in large part to its acquisition of Force10. Read More The Security Skills Shortage Impact on Security Services According to ESG Research, 55% of enterprise organizations (i.e. those with more than 1,000 employees) plan to hire additional security professionals in 2012 but they are extremely hard to find. In fact, 83% of enterprises claim that it is "extremely difficult" or "somewhat difficult" to recruit and/or hire security professionals in the current market. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Join the scale revolution for cloud ready networks Today's cloud evolution requires a full scale revolution. Citrix TriScale technology transforms enterprise data centers into highly scalable enterprise clouds. Download this whitepaper and learn how to scale your cloud network for more elastic performance, seamless expansion and simple consolidation. Learn More 10 Tech Expenses Your Business Can Do Without Improve your bottom line by dumping these technological artifacts Read More Insider security threat gets a serious look by US security agencies Interesting study out today that took an in-depth look at 80 insider security cases and developed patterns of behavior that could help private companies, government, and law enforcement more better prevent, deter, detect, investigate, and manage this devious problem. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Cisco Wide Area Application Services Software Release 5.0 Cisco® Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) provides the industry's most scalable, highest performance WAN optimization solution. Cisco WAAS is able to improve end user experience and reduce bandwidth for key applications. Learn more. INSIDER SDN bandwagon rolls ahead Cisco, Brocade, Dell among others have jumped on board and look to ride the wave that is software defined networking. This despite experts' assertions that SDNs threaten Cisco's dominance in the tech industry. Read More How BYOD has changed the IT landscape It may be hard for some to just say 'no' to the growing "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) crowd, but that was the initial reaction manager of information at certified public accounting firm Burr, Pilger, Mayer Anthony Peters had when senior executives starting purchasing iPhones, asking them to be supported. Read More Alcatel-Lucent launches open source platform for API management In a bid to make it easier for operators to open up their networks to developers, Alcatel-Lucent has introduced an open source and cloud-based API (application programming interface) management platform called apiGrove. Read More
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