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	Cisco takes next steps to blend wired, wireless networks Cisco today revealed new WLAN access points and controllers, along with its latest steps to blend wireless and wired enterprise networks together. 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 In this Issue What if Ethernet failed? INSIDER How to get your IT team ready for the cloud Riverbed reshapes WAN optimization strategy with Juniper partnership, products Citrix looks up the stack with its SDN strategy What if Windows 8 flops? Interop: Data center operators in for a world of change Forrester: Digital disruption forcing IT leaders to do things differently Firefox: back in the No. 2 seat once again Big data shines at DEMO Fall 2012 It's time for IT leaders to re-evaluate the role of Citrix in the workplace RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn LogMeIn Central: Automate, Monitor and Manage PCs. LogMeIn lets you Monitor and Manage PCs, deliver patches and updates to multiple PCS simultaneously. Central helps IT deliver seamless support that keeps employees productive and up and running. LogMeIn Central - automate routine tasks and do more. Free Trial What if Ethernet failed? Can you imagine a world where carriers offered Metro FDDI services? Or the IEEE defined a standard for Token Bus in the First Mile? Read More INSIDER How to get your IT team ready for the cloud So you received word that cloud is now a priority for your organization. The challenge is how do you get your team cloud-ready? 'The cloud is changing so rapidly there's no book you can buy to get up to speed,' says Ross Lambert, software architect and development lead for electricity storage provider Demand Energy Networks. Read More Riverbed reshapes WAN optimization strategy with Juniper partnership, products Riverbed announced the availability of new model Steelhead WAN optimization appliances and native support for VMware's ESX hypervisor on Wednesday. It also said it was partnering with Juniper to offer its WAN optimization customers an upgrade path. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T VoIP Solutions Provide Enterprises With Various Benefits VoIP migration is a top telecom priority for many North American enterprises. Do you know why? Find out in this Forrester study, which reveals the opinions of telecommunications decision-makers like you. Read the report. Citrix looks up the stack with its SDN strategy Following recent announcements from Juniper and HP, Citrix came out with its software defined networking strategy today that looks to automate applications that run on virtualized networks. Read More What if Windows 8 flops? Microsoft launches Windows 8 later this month after a year of gradually making the new operating system more and more available, hoping for a big hit that will drive sales this holiday season and beyond, and giving the company new hope of grabbing a bigger share of tablet sales. Read More Interop: Data center operators in for a world of change The basic tasks of running a data center will change out of all recognition in the near future, according to an expert panel speaking at Interop NY on Wednesday, and there really aren't any easy blueprints to follow. 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. Forrester: Digital disruption forcing IT leaders to do things differently Digital disruption is forcing IT leaders to move away from simply being managers of back-end systems that support commodity IT, to customer-focused leaders that embrace social media and mobile. Read More Firefox: back in the No. 2 seat once again PCWorld's recent Web browser showdown may have crowned Chrome the ultimate winner, but new data suggests that Google's popular contender shouldn't rest on its laurels just yet. Read More Big data shines at DEMO Fall 2012 At this week's Fall 2012 DEMO conference, big data was in a category by itself - and for good reason. Read More It's time for IT leaders to re-evaluate the role of Citrix in the workplace Citrix held its annual industry analyst event last week in Santa Clara and I left with a favorable view of the company's short- and long-term prospects based on current IT trends. The company has always had a niche position in the IT space dating way back to the WinFrame and MetaFrame days. Read More
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