Top 10 most powerful network management companies

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	Top 10 most powerful network management companies Having a powerful network is increasingly a matter of managing it effectively, and some companies are better than others at helping with that. Here's our list – in no particular order – of the 10 most powerful firms in the world of network management, based on our own knowledge and consultations with researchers at Gartner, 451 Research and IDC. Read More WHITE PAPER: AT&T Managing Mobile Access to the Cloud Use of mobile personal cloud services is proliferating on personal and enterprise-owned mobile devices. Organizations are considering controls that appear to conflict with the spirit of BYOD and wonder if their approach is correct. Learn More In this Issue ICANN starts rolling out new generic top-level domains Cisco fixes serious security flaws in networking, communications products How the cloud is blowing up the network Cisco beefs up enterprise collaboration tools Juniper to slash workforce by 3% Obamacare exchange contractors had past security lapses INSIDER Insider: Do's and don'ts for tech startups Jive sharpens social collaboration suite's expertise directory, task management LinkedIn aims to make email more professional, with LinkedIn Intro WHITE PAPER: Spirent Communications Challenges for Modern Networks Built Using SDN and OpenFlow The Testing Challenges of SDN and OpenFlow white paper Covers Emerging network deployment scenarios, Current shifts in traffic type crossing networks and Challenges with Cost, Agility and Design. Read Now ICANN starts rolling out new generic top-level domains ICANN has introduced the first new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to the Internet's root zone, the central database for the Internet's Domain Name System, paving the way for possibly 1,400 new domain names from the current 22. Read More Cisco fixes serious security flaws in networking, communications products Cisco Systems released software security updates Wednesday to address denial-of-service and arbitrary command execution vulnerabilities in several products, including a known flaw in the Apache Struts development framework used by some of them. Read More How the cloud is blowing up the network For networking folks, the good old days are fading away. Read More WHITE PAPER: Novell Mobile Zen: Balancing End-User Productivity and IT Control Mobility is often seen as a zero-sum game: either end users or IT can win, but never both. Learn how users can have the convenience and mobile productivity they need, while IT retains control over enterprise goods. Victory for both sides. Learn More Cisco beefs up enterprise collaboration tools Cisco will boost its enterprise collaboration stack with products designed to simplify the way companies secure communications, interact with external parties and manage their collaboration tools. Read More Juniper to slash workforce by 3% Juniper Networks is cutting its workforce by 280, or 3%, this quarter as it realigns resources in high growth opportunities. Read More Obamacare exchange contractors had past security lapses Two of the contractors involved in developing the Affordable Care Act healthcare exchanges have had fairly serious data security issues, a Computerworld review of publicly available information has found. Read More WEBCAST: HP & Intel® Cloud Knowledge Vault According to market research, more than 60 percent of enterprises will have adopted some form of cloud computing by 2013. Learn how your organization can benefit from the scalability, flexibility, and performance that the cloud offers through the short videos and other resources in this HP & Intel® Cloud Knowledge Vault. View Now INSIDER Insider: Do's and don'ts for tech startups Last week, DEMO Fall 2013 provided more than 40 startups the opportunity to launch. For some, it may have been the first step toward massive success. Some major names in the tech industry, such as VMware, E-Trade, and Salesforce.com, began their rise to prominence with a brief pitch at a DEMO conference in the past. Read More Jive sharpens social collaboration suite's expertise directory, task management Jive revamped the employee directory of its enterprise social-networking suite to make it easier for users to find colleagues whose expertise they can tap. Read More LinkedIn aims to make email more professional, with LinkedIn Intro LinkedIn wants to help people get a job and advance their careers by incorporating its services into their mobile email. Read More
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