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	Mellanox looks to head off Cisco, Juniper with open source Ethernet plan In an effort to better compete with data center switching rivals Cisco, Arista and Juniper, Mellanox is opening up. Read More WHITE PAPER: InterMapper Calculate Returns from your Network Monitoring Investment Depending on an organization's business model, network infrastructure and overall goals, return on investment (ROI) for network monitoring might be realized in five minutes or over five months. This whitepaper outlines the areas in which network monitoring, mapping and alerting solutions deliver ROI. Learn More In this Issue Demand for IT security experts outstrips supply The Bad and Ugly at RSA 2013 Cisco targeted by another patent troll Virtualized Security Offers Challenges (But Not as Many as You Think) Preserving the "Web before the Web:" Minitel history in danger of being lost Hockey sticks, pocket knives and billiard cues among carry-on items TSA will soon let onboard planes WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Mobilize: A unified IT approach to the mobile workspace Why does unification matter for today's enterprise? The answer can be found by looking to today's defining trends. The consumerization of IT, BYOD, mobility-based business models--they're all transforming how employees work and customers engage. Read Now Demand for IT security experts outstrips supply Demand for information security experts in the United States is outstripping the available supply by a widening margin, according to a pair of recently-released reports. Read More The Bad and Ugly at RSA 2013 I was pretty happy with last week's RSA Conference and blogged about some of my positive impressions earlier this week. It's good to see the industry discussion the state of cybersecurity, current challenges, and promising innovation. Still, the RSA Conference is a trade show and trade shows are all about selling products. The capitalist nature of the security industry was on display in several... Read More WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. Holistic Service Management is Critical to the Growth of IT This paper looks at new approaches to service delivery management to allow IT organizations to deliver better service quality, performance and user experience, and to be more predictive with application performance management and network performance management. Learn More. Cisco targeted by another patent troll Another patent enforcement company is coming after Cisco. VirnetX Holding Corp. is seeking $258 million from Cisco for allegedly infringing VPN patents, according to this Bloomberg report. Read More Virtualized Security Offers Challenges (But Not as Many as You Think) Small and medium-sized businesses are beginning to find that virtualized network security isn't as different as physical network security as they thought. This makes cloud adoption simpler, but it also presents unique challenges. Read More WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com Magic Quadrant for CRM Customer Service Contact Centers Gartner's 2012 Magic Quadrant for CRM Customer Service Contact Centers looks at vendors responding to the challenge of "any channel" customer engagement. Follow the leaders and find out why more than 100,000 customers worldwide rely on Salesforce CRM applications to transform their businesses. Read More! Preserving the "Web before the Web:" Minitel history in danger of being lost It's been almost a year since France Telecom shut down its once widely popular Minitel online services and historians are worried that its legacy from a preservationist point of view is being lost forever. Read More Hockey sticks, pocket knives and billiard cues among carry-on items TSA will soon let onboard planes As of April 25th the Transportation Security Administration will let a bunch of previously prohibited items such as small pocket knives and what it calls "novelty" or toy bats to be taken on aircraft as carry-ons. The idea the agency said was to let Transportation Security Officers better focus their efforts on spot higher threat items such as explosives and guns (see more on that topic below). Read... Read More
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