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Barracuda swims with other big fish in ADC market
Barracuda Networks dove into the application delivery controller market Tuesday, announcing both physical and virtual editions of a new ADC platform designed to blend the company's existing load balancing and security offerings with optimization capability. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Condusiv (Formerly Diskeeper)

The Top 10 Myths About Recovering Deleted Files
You might be surprised! In this White Paper, many of the common and incorrect assumptions about file protection and recovery are detailed as well as a look Condusiv Technologies' Undelete 10, which fills many of the gaps left by other "recovery" methods. Read Now!

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WHITE PAPER: F5

2012 Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers
The application delivery controller has evolved into a key component of the data center architecture, and enterprises should evaluate ADCs based on how they integrate with this architecture and support more advanced features, such as user and traffic control and monitoring. This report provides insights into vendors' strengths and weaknesses. Read More.

Who are tech's highest paid CEOs?
Median pay for tech CEOs in 2012 was $10.7 million, according to Network World's analysis of CEO compensation in the tech industry. At the top of the tally is one CEO who earned a pay package valued at $96.1 million. Read More

Juniper switching boss talks technology challenges, Cisco Nexus 6000
Jonathan Davidson took over Juniper campus and data center switching when the two previously separate business units were combined following the departure of founding engineer R.K. Anand. Davidson has a service provider routing background at Juniper and Cisco, which is no coincidence -- after five years in switching, Juniper has been unable to mirror the success it had in its first five years in service provider routing. But it did start from zero and surpassed at least six other incumbent vendors to attain the No. 3 position in the market. Read More

Wireless networks may learn to live together by using energy pulses
Researchers at the University of Michigan have invented a way for different wireless networks crammed into the same space to say "excuse me" to one another. Read More

WHITE PAPER: VMware

4 Reasons to Expand Virtualization of Your IT Environment
In this eBook, find out how other VMware customers have extended their virtualization deployment and have uncovered significant benefits, such as simplified IT management and reallocation of resources. Read Now!

Intel's push into SDN works in theory, but not in reality
All eyes were on Silicon Valley and the Open Networking Summit this week. One of the big topics of conversation was Intel's push into an already highly competitive software defined networking (SDN) space. In theory, this move by Intel makes sense. Read More

What is the Internet of Things?
Chances are you've heard about the Internet of Things (IoT)—or you will soon enough. The term carries a number of definitions. But in general, the IoT refers to uniquely identifiable objects, such as corporate assets or consumer goods, and their virtual representations in an Internet-like structure. Read More

Colorado State compsci prof nets $400K NSF grant for speeding data streams
The National Science Foundation has awarded a Colorado State University computer science professor a $400K grant to develop new ways to speed computer systems used for applications such as healthcare and homeland security. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Latisys

How to take advantage of the cloud
The companies that achieve the greatest success in using cloud computing are those that incorporate the cloud into a broad IT strategy. Learn More

Huawei: US market no longer focus for its carrier business
After facing a congressional battering over security concerns, Huawei's carrier networking group is no longer focused on the U.S. market, and instead expects to find ample business in other parts of the world. Read More

Dell corrals acquired products for BYOD market
Dell has pulled together products it gained from recent acquisitions into a series of BYOD offerings, though it faces the challenge of selling them at a time when the company's ownership hangs in the balance. Read More

Mobile users clam up, use more data, survey shows
Mobile users in North America are hanging up and using email, text or social networking at a rapid pace, according to a survey by PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Read More

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