Chambers: 'We waited too long to address' SDNs

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	Chambers: 'We waited too long to address' SDNs Cisco waited too long to address the software-defined networking trend now sweeping the industry, Chairman and CEO John Chambers said this week at the Cisco Live conference. Read More WEBCAST: Fluke Networks Redefining Performance Management Video See Jim Frey, Managing Research Director, Enterprise Management Assoc., Doug Roberts, Managing Director of Product Strategy, and Bruce Kosbab, CTO, Fluke Networks discussing how TruView redefines enterprise performance monitoring and troubleshooting. Learn More In this Issue Protection is a pricey perk for top tech CEOs Researcher nets $20K for finding serious Facebook flaw 28Tbps undersea fiber backed by Google, China Telecom, NEC goes live Foxconn eyes smart watches with wristband technology 8 hot mobile startups to watch Cisco, Insieme tout 'penalty-free' fabric architecture At Cisco Live, Gigamon brings visibility to virtual environments Big virtualization: VMware is virtualizing Hadoop 10 Windows Start menus for Windows 8.1 WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. Adopt a More Service-Oriented Management Strategy The survey results in this report demonstrate dramatic changes happening in IT service management delivery and highlight best practices to assure performance of business processes, deliver exceptional end-user experiences, optimize existing infrastructure, and speed the deployment of new technologies and services. Learn More. Protection is a pricey perk for top tech CEOs Some tech boardrooms go to expensive lengths to protect the top brass. Company funds are authorized for cars, drivers, bodyguards, and residential security systems to keep CEOs safe. Read More Researcher nets $20K for finding serious Facebook flaw A U.K.-based researcher has netted $20,000 for spotting a very serious flaw in Facebook that could have allowed an attacker to take over anyone's account with minimal effort. Read More 28Tbps undersea fiber backed by Google, China Telecom, NEC goes live An 8,900 kilometer undersea fiber cable system in Asia, backed by a consortium including Google, China Telecom, NEC and a host of local telecommunications companies, went live Thursday. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Content Analytics Explained Content Analytics Explained - Listen to Bob Foyle, Sr. Product Manager, IBM talk about Content Analytics and the Analytics Imperative. Learn More. Foxconn eyes smart watches with wristband technology Manufacturing giant Foxconn Technology Group also wants to ride the upcoming wave of wearable tech, and has unveiled a wristband that can monitor a user's health and sync with a smartphone. Read More 8 hot mobile startups to watch Just how big of a deal is mobile? Three years ago there were an estimated 400 venture capital deals for mobile companies, with about $3 billion invested in the industry. Last year, according to Rutberg & Co., which tracks mobile investments, VCs poured more than $6.85 billion into mobile startups across about a thousand deals. Mobile companies captured 40% of venture capital funding last year, Rutberg found. Read More Cisco, Insieme tout 'penalty-free' fabric architecture Cisco this week significantly extended its data center networking portfolio with a new fabric architecture, an enhancement to another and, as expected, an extension to its Nexus core switching line. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Gartner Magic Quadrant for ADCs Citrix Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers. Gartner Magic Quadrant Report focuses on vendor's ability to solve complex application deployment challenges. Citrix NetScaler, a single integrated solution brings the elasticity, simplicity and expandability of the cloud to any network. Learn More At Cisco Live, Gigamon brings visibility to virtual environments All eyes are on Orlando, Florida, this week as Cisco Live gets underway. With all due respect to Interop, the show formerly known as Networkers has become the place to be if you want to learn what's going on in networking, with over 20,000 in attendances this year. Read More Big virtualization: VMware is virtualizing Hadoop VMware announced advancements that will allow vSphere to manage Hadoop clusters. Read More 10 Windows Start menus for Windows 8.1 Although Windows 8's Start menu is still MIA in Windows 'Blue,' a smorgasbord of replacements can fill the void. Read More
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