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	Extreme joins Cisco, Brocade, Huawei at 100G Extreme Networks this week unveiled 100G and 40G Ethernet modules as well as SDN application support for its BlackDiamond X8 core switch. Read More WHITE PAPER: FireEye Intensified Dangers of Email-Based Attacks Keep your organization safe by staying educated. Download this report to learn more about identifying and preventing cyber attacks. Learn more. In this Issue Highlights of Big Switch's long-awaited SDN announcement Review: 6 slick open source routers Why does packet loss destroy application performance over the WAN? SDNs provide a solution for Extreme Networks' XOS Why SDN will accelerate COTS adoption in the networking industry Cisco's Chambers downplays danger of trade war over Huawei Harvard vs. Yale: The Game of network and computing research SSL decryption may be needed for security reasons, but employees are likely to 'freak out' Microsoft moves to relegate Windows 7 to second-class status Palo Alto Networks aspires to anti-malware defense role with WildFire 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 Highlights of Big Switch's long-awaited SDN announcement SDN startup Big Switch unveiled its strategy to end what might be the worst job of being in stealth mode in the history of networking. I'm not sure that anyone in the networking industry wasn't at least partially aware of what Big Switch was doing. However, there were gaps in my and others' knowledge, so the announcement clarifies the strategy. It certainly lived up to the hype. Read More Review: 6 slick open source routers DD-WRT, Tomato, OpenWRT, M0n0wall, PfSense, and Vyatta suit a wide range of devices and networking needs. Read More Why does packet loss destroy application performance over the WAN? TCP's primary mechanism for signaling congestion causes application performance degradation in many ways, and was never optimized for high-bandwidth WANs or interactive applications over the WAN. 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. SDNs provide a solution for Extreme Networks' XOS Extreme Networks took advantage of the media frenzy caused by the Big Switch launch to announce an upgrade to its SDN strategy. Read More Why SDN will accelerate COTS adoption in the networking industry SDN is a game changer for adoption of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology in the network industry. Read More Cisco's Chambers downplays danger of trade war over Huawei The U.S. and China are likely to resolve the conflict over potential security threats from Huawei Technologies' network equipment without a trade war, Cisco Systems chairman and CEO John Chambers said on Tuesday. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Ipswitch Wired & Wireless Networks? WhatsUp Gold can help! As an IT manager, you're busy taking care of the availability, performance & security of your company's IT infrastructure. But things like BYOD, rogue devices, AP over-subscription & bandwidth policy abuse can make that complex. WhatsUp Gold provides ONE dashboard to visualize, isolate & resolve wireless problems before they impact your organization. Stop being the last to know about your wireless issues- Try WhatsUp Gold free for 30 days! Harvard vs. Yale: The Game of network and computing research Harvard University and Yale University's football teams meet in Cambridge, Mass., this Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, for the 129th time in their history. Blood will be spilled, grass will be torn up, alums will reconnect and memories will be made. It's safe to say that not many in attendance will be thinking about the network and computing research efforts underway at these Ivy League schools, so we're here to give a quick rundown of some recent efforts as a sort of pre-game warmup. Read More SSL decryption may be needed for security reasons, but employees are likely to 'freak out' There are plenty of reasons that a company might want to try and decrypt SSL sessions — to stop outbound malware botnet connections that are decrypted, or to stop a rogue insider from sending out sensitive corporate information — but be prepared to hear employees whose data traffic is decrypted complain loudly about their privacy being invaded. Read More Microsoft moves to relegate Windows 7 to second-class status As Microsoft goes full speed ahead on Windows 8, a number of signs suggest that Windows 7 is fading fast in Redmond's rear view mirror. Read More Palo Alto Networks aspires to anti-malware defense role with WildFire Palo Alto Networks wants its next-generation firewall to be the center of enterprise security, giving it a malware-detection and analysis capability called WildFire that's intended to inspect all traffic passing through the firewall to detect targeted attacks within 30 minutes. Read More
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