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In this Issue INSIDER Juniper CEO Johnson talks software, the company's recent challenges and key future directions 5 tips to retain great security talent HP brings cloud economics to networking with a pay-per-use model Cisco a mystery investor in storage company? DDoS attacks against US banks peaked at 60 Gbps Fortinet: Top 6 threat predictions for 2013 Cbeyond launches TotalCloud Phone System 13 events that defined Cisco's 2012 The Coolest Tools of 2012 Clearwire board agrees to Sprint's $2.2 billion offer Big Data Offers Huge Potential for Smaller Companies, Intuit Says WHITE PAPER: Brocade Scaling Out Data Centers Organizations of all sizes are facing daunting challenges as they struggle to adapt their data center networks to new technologies and applications. The move toward cloud architectures in particular is demanding a high-performance network interconnect that can host servers potentially numbering in the thousands. Read Now INSIDER Juniper CEO Johnson talks software, the company's recent challenges and key future directions Juniper Networks had a challenging 2012 as new product cycles were slow to take hold and global economic conditions took a toll on sales. The company also undertook a restructuring that saw 500 positions cut and the departure of four executive vice presidents. As the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company looks to re-energize its business, particularly with an eye towards enterprises and data centers, CEO Kevin Johnson shared his lessons learned in leading Juniper since 2008, as well as what's ahead for the company. Read More 5 tips to retain great security talent You want the best on your security team. And once you've got them, you want to keep them happy and keep them in your organization. Read More HP brings cloud economics to networking with a pay-per-use model You've heard of software as a service, infrastructure as a service and even security as a service. Now there is LAN as a service, a business model that lets you acquire a modern network infrastructure and pay only for the ports you use. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya Delivering game-changing productivity & dependability By creating one contiguous, end-to-end Fabric, Avaya is empowering businesses to achieve unprecedented levels of infrastructure productivity, service agility, and network dependability, the very essence of the fast, flexible, and secure design aspirations. Read Now Cisco a mystery investor in storage company? TechCrunch is reporting that Cisco is the mysterious "unnamed Silicon Valley industry titan" that contributed to a $31 million funding round for Whiptail, a flash storage array company. Cisco's total investment was not available and Cisco executives did not respond to TechCrunch's request for comment. Read More DDoS attacks against US banks peaked at 60 Gbps Some of the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that targeted the websites of U.S. financial institutions this week have peaked at 60 Gbps, according to researchers from DDoS mitigation provider Arbor Networks. Read More Fortinet: Top 6 threat predictions for 2013 Network security firm Fortinet has revealed FortiGuard Labs' 2013 threat predictions, highlighting six threats to watch out for next year. Read More WHITE PAPER: Ixia Anue The Evolving Visibility Challenge Network monitoring has become more complex over the last few years, due in large part to virtualization and convergence. Learn how a state-of-the-art monitoring system that maximizes your existing monitoring tool investment can help you attain greater visibility into your network without adding complexity. Say goodbye to virtual blind spots. Learn More Cbeyond launches TotalCloud Phone System Cbeyond has announced general availability of its TotalCloud Phone System in the United States. Designed specifically for single or multi-location businesses, the service prioritizes and routes voice traffic over Cbeyond's private IP network to a secure data center. General availability follows a controlled introduction of the TotalCloud Phone System in July 2012. Read More 13 events that defined Cisco's 2012 From software defined networking challenges to killing Cius and corporate restructuring moves, it was a busy year for Cisco. Read More The Coolest Tools of 2012 With the last column of the year, instead of doing some additional reviews I wanted to present a list of my favorite devices/gadgets that I tried during the year. If you still haven't completed your holiday shopping yet, there's still some time left to try and grab one of these. Read More Clearwire board agrees to Sprint's $2.2 billion offer Sprint Nextel will spend US$2.2 billion to take complete ownership of Clearwire, a move that will help it expand its network capacity. Read More Big Data Offers Huge Potential for Smaller Companies, Intuit Says 'Tis the season for prognostications. Staring into the big data crystal ball one thing seems clear: We can expect to see the continuing growth of the Internet; wireless networks; social media; and the number of mobile devices, sensors and other digital technology that is flooding us with new data every minute of every day. Read More
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