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	OpenFlow startup takes aim at Cisco, VMware Big Switch Networks has announced the general availability of its OpenFlow-based software-defined networking products and applications, as well as customers and partners. 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! In this Issue Cisco relationship was stressed with Nicira buy: EMC Extreme joins Cisco, Brocade, Huawei at 100G Highlights of Big Switch's long-awaited SDN announcement Why does packet loss destroy application performance over the WAN? The Elections and Cybersecurity Palo Alto Networks targets VMware shops with virtualized next-gen firewalls WHITE PAPER: Fiberlink The 10 Commandments of BYOD The rapid proliferation of mobile devices entering the workplace feels like divine intervention to many IT leaders. It's as if a voice boomed down from the mountain ordering all of the employees you support to procure as many devices as possible and connect them to corporate services en masse. BYOD was born and employees followed with fervor. Read Now! Cisco relationship was stressed with Nicira buy: EMC VMware's acquisition of network virtualization start-up Nicira did indeed put some stress on EMC/VMware's relationship with Cisco, EMC CEO Joe Tucci Read More 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 WEBCAST: Teradata Big Data Done Right View this on-demand webcast to learn how to reap the benefits of big data through a practical unified architecture; how to improve performance with in-memory technology; and how to lower costs and increase scalability through cloud computing. Register now. Highlights of Big Switch's long-awaited SDN announcement This morning, 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 today's announcement clarifies the strategy. It certainly lived up to the hype,... Read More Why does packet loss destroy application performance over the WAN? Before continuing on to cover which of the various technologies – those that are part of the Next-generation Enterprise WAN (NEW) architecture as well as others – addresses packet loss and how, I think it will be worthwhile to go a bit deeper into why packet loss has such a huge impact on application performance over the WAN in the first place. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Building modern, virtualization-optimized data centers HP offers a flexible, virtualization-optimized data center network architecture that requires far fewer devices, interconnections, layers, and discrete appliances. HP Networking solutions streamline network operations and accelerate application and service delivery; reduce space, power, cooling, and capital requirements. View Now The Elections and Cybersecurity When President Obama was reelected last week, political pundits quickly turned to speculation and prognostication. Was the president's reelection tantamount to a mandate? Would the election motivate both parties away from partisanship toward more cooperation? Good questions and very timely in light of the oft mentioned "fiscal cliff" we face in January. Given my particular focus, I immediately... Read More Palo Alto Networks targets VMware shops with virtualized next-gen firewalls Palo Alto Networks Tuesday unveiled the first virtualized version of its next-generation firewall, server-based software intended to run on the VMware platform to allow security managers to set up firewall application-layer controls in virtual machines (VM). Read More
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