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	Where do SDNs Fit in the Data Center? As CIOs try to make sense of the hype surrounding software-defined networks (SDNs) and their potential in data centers, some experts and vendors say IT leaders are looking for answers in all the wrong places. Read More WEBCAST: Juniper Networks Converged Access for a More Agile Enterprise A new convergence trend is making its way through the enterprise: converged user access across wired and wireless networks. Driving this trend is the need to accommodate a dizzying array of devices and data, communicating wirelessly from a variety of locations across and outside of the enterprise. View now >> In this Issue Alcatel-Lucent SDN company puts pedal to bare metal How do you define a cybersecurity "professional'? 'It's a BYOD world' – with a catch -- at New York Law School The International Security Community Should Embrace the STIX and TAXII Standards Juniper ships SDN controller, dismisses OpenDaylight technology WEBCAST: F5 Networks F5 Simply Makes Citrix VDI Better Learn how F5 and Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop solutions work together to simplify access and improve the user experience while maintaining user connections, irrespective of device or location and remove challenges the deplay adoption of VDI. F5 makes Citrix better. Watch the video to understand how View Now Alcatel-Lucent SDN company puts pedal to bare metal Nuage Networks, the SDN company of Alcatel-Lucent, has rolled out a gateway for linking bare metal servers to its virtual network environment. Read More WEBCAST: Ruckus Wireless Being Smart about 802.11ac This webinar takes a practical looks at the new technology, how it works and what to consider when considering the upgrade from 802.11n. We'll answer the questions surrounding when is a good time to adopt the technology, where to initially deploy it and provide some objective guidance on the realities of its ultimate value. View Now How do you define a cybersecurity "professional'? How or should the cybersecurity workforce be formally professionalized? The National Research Council this week issued a report that looks at the issues around how to professionalize a field it describes as so broad and diverse it could be hard to even treat it as a single occupation or profession. Read More WHITE PAPER: Symantec Are Your Mobile Policies Keeping Up? For CIOs, CISOs, VPs of IT Operations, Mobile Architects, Mobile Program Managers, this paper summarizes the late 2012 Ovum study on what BYOD is, why business people should pay attention to it, and how they should meet emerging opportunities and threats. View Now 'It's a BYOD world' – with a catch -- at New York Law School The "Bring Your Own Device" trend can cause a lot of disruption, but not at New York Law School, the downtown Manhattan college where students, faculty and visitors have always been allowed to use any mobile device they want on the wireless network. But that doesn't mean anything goes. Read More The International Security Community Should Embrace the STIX and TAXII Standards Most experts agree that security technologies based upon signature files (DATs) alone can no longer provide adequate security protection. Why? There is simply too much malware volume so it's harder for the security industry to keep up with the bad guys. Furthermore, polymorphic and metamorphic malware is designed to change its appearance. You can't match a pattern if the pattern keeps changing. ... Read More Juniper ships SDN controller, dismisses OpenDaylight technology Juniper Networks is now shipping its SDN controller and has also made it available as open source code, signaling an intention to not develop product around the OpenDaylight SDN consortium's work. Read More
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