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	Sycamore Networks headed to tech industry graveyard Sycamore Networks (NASDAQ—SCMR), whose optical switches and telecom software have powered carrier networks around the world since 1998, says it is shutting down. The company is selling off assets of its Intelligent Bandwidth Management business to a subsidiary of Marlin Equity Partners and may sell off or liquidate its other assets, including its IQStream mobile optimization technology. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds Keep up with bandwidth usage in real-time – for FREE SolarWinds' latest free tool, Real-Time Bandwidth Monitor lets you monitor & poll interfaces as frequently as every half-second and reports real-time bandwidth usage on an easy-to-understand graph. Set critical and warning thresholds to instantly see when usage is out of bounds, monitor multiple interfaces simultaneously and more. 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Learn how this architecture spreads SSD benefits across more data to improve service level and I/O costs. Learn more. Juniper Networks sees another top exec leave A management shake-up at Juniper Networks continues, as Stefan Dyckerhoff has been replaced as executive vice president of Juniper's Platform Systems Division by Rami Rahim, who currently leads the company's edge and aggregation routing business unit. Read More IT budgets up, but salary cuts still a concern: study Companies are still looking for ways for IT to reduce costs, still trying to increase employee productivity, and still cautious about raising IT salaries, according to the latest survey data from the Society for Information Management (SIM). Read More Does OpenStack need a Linus Torvalds? OpenStack has been dubbed by some enthusiasts as the Linux of the cloud - an open source operating system for public or private clouds. But there's one stark difference between the two projects: OpenStack doesn't have a Linus Torvalds, the eccentric, outspoken, never-afraid-to-say-what-he-thinks figurehead of the Linux world. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T Voice Transformation: Taking the First Steps Voice has been - and will continue to be - a foundational component in business communications. But the aging, disconnected voice infrastructures of today are doing more than just impeding productivity, they're impeding progress. Find out in this AT&T article how to transform voice communication in your enterprise today. Click Here Q&A: What's needed to get a big data job? The torrents of data produced by social networks, sensors, supply chains and every imaginable device are creating thousands of new jobs, as Michael Rappa projected when he created the first master's degree program in the U.S. that's devoted to data analytics. Read More BYOD resistance loosening but security practices lacking A survey of 650 information and security professionals about how the "bring your own device" (BYOD) trend is impacting their organizations finds one-quarter of them forbid use of personally owned devices such as smartphones and tablets on the network. However, the majority that do often lack meaningful policies or security controls related to these devices. Read More Windows XP turns 11, still not dead yet On the same day Microsoft loudly proclaims Windows 8 in New York, the aging-but-still-going Windows XP today quietly celebrated its 11th birthday. Read More WEBCAST: CDW Corporation Unlocking the Business Value of Videoconferencing In this Webcast, you will learn how unlocking the potentials of Video Conferencing can empower your teams to work as one cohesive group regardless of location, ensuring that videoconferencing becomes an effective productivity tool in your enterprise. Learn More. 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