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F5 data center firewall aces performance test
Huge data center, check. Multiple 10G Ethernet pipes, check. Load balancer, check. Firewall? Really? Do network architects need to buy yet another box, and likely take a performance hit? Not according to F5 Networks, which says its BIG-IP 10200v with Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) can handle traffic at 80-Gbps rates while screening and protecting tens of millions of connections, and simultaneously load-balancing server traffic. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Juniper Networks

A Proven Solution for Today's BYOD Demands
Wireless access is mission-critical for most organizations. BYOD has accelerated the need or wireless capacity, and WLANs must deliver a robust wired-like experience in today's dense environments. High-scale, third-party testing has validated Juniper's ability to support the densest BYOD environments while delivering reliable wireless access. Learn more.

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WEBCAST: Sprint

The Network Foundation of an IT-to-ET Transformation
There's an evolutionary process at work that will eventually affect every enterprise IT department. Nemertes Research describes it as a transformation from IT to ET – Enterprise Technology. Learn More

Happy birthday, OpenStack! Now change
As OpenStack celebrates its third birthday this month, some project backers are reflecting on just how far the project has progressed, while pundits are saying that unless it makes some major changes, there may be less to celebrate in years to come. Read More

Chambers: Cisco will become the number 1 IT company
Think software-defined networking will change the industry? You're thinking way too small, according to Cisco CEO John Chambers. In Cisco's strategy, SDN is just a single element in a holistic architecture that brings intelligence, programmability and application awareness to every facet of your infrastructure and spans the data center to the cloud. In this installment of the IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series, Chambers spoke with Chief Content Officer John Gallant about the power of Cisco's Unified Framework and how delivering on that vision could make Cisco the number one IT company overall. No small ambition there. Read More

Does F5's ScaleN foreshadow the end of SDN controllers?
Application delivery controllers are on a collision course with SDN controllers. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Sophos, Inc.

Network protection and UTM Buyers Guide
This buyers guide is designed to help you choose the right solution for your organization. It looks at the factors you should consider when evaluating solutions to ensure you have the protection and functionality you need, both now and as your business evolves. View Now

Silver Peak weans WAN optimization customers off hardware with virtualization pitch
WAN optimization vendor Silver Peak apparently sees the writing on the data center's walls, announcing a new program today that offers a free upgrade to a virtual edition of its products to users of its hardware appliances. Read More

For IP surveillance networks, smart PoE switches give an edge
An increasing number of businesses, school districts and healthcare facilities are delving into Smart Ethernet switches with Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) technology—and reaping big benefits for their IP Surveillance networks. Read More

Google accounts for 25 percent of all Internet traffic, study finds
The diversified range of new products being built and provided by Google now make the company accountable for nearly 25 percent of all Internet traffic, up from a mere 6 percent just three years ago, according to a new study. Read More

WEBCAST: IDG

How to Consistently Extend Policies to Your Wireless Network
In this webcast, Tim McCarthy of Juniper Network joins Joanie WexlerT to discuss how to implement and manage policies uniformly across both the wired and mobile side of your network. They also review tools you will need, policies that are unique to mobile users and the role of software-defined networking (SDN) in managing Wi-Fi. View now.

INSIDER

Seven things you need to know about hardware disposal
From the first day that you plug in a new piece of IT hardware, the clock starts ticking toward the day when it will be pulled out of service. Read More

Unified visibility is needed for the dynamic infrastructure of today, the SDNs of tomorrow
The deployment of a unified monitoring fabric should ease concerns regarding the adoption of SDNs in production networks by alleviating the monitoring headache. Read More

True tales of (mostly) white-hat hacking
Stings, penetration pwns, spy games -- it's all in a day's work along the thin gray line of IT security. Read More

SLIDESHOWS

12 of the worst data breaches of 2013 so far

The Identity Theft Resource Center, which tracks disclosed data breaches, has recorded 301 for the first half of 2013.

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