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	First look: The Cisco/Insieme family Cisco unveiled what is perhaps the most anticipated product line created to address the growing software defined network (SDN) movement. The Nexus 9000 Application Centric Infrastructure switching portfolio, developed by the Cisco spin-in company. Read More WEBCAST: Meru Networks The Promise of 802.11AC Users of a new generation of Wi-Fi enabled devices will soon be demanding the network speeds promised by the 802.11ac standard for UC&C, HD video, cloud-based storage, and other bandwidth intensive applications. Learn more in this webinar. Learn more >> In this Issue Cisco/Insieme news: The industry reacts Insieme FAQ: a few key facts Google tips hand -- slightly -- about mystery barges F5 Networks answers a complex SDN question Application services meet up with SDN in the cloud Spike in traffic with TCP source port zero has some researchers worried Cisco takes fight to SDNs with bold Insieme launch Georgia Tech takes direct approach to boosting WiFi on campus Cisco weighs in for multi-gigabit addition to Wi-Fi WEBCAST: Novell Putting Mobile Employees to Work Mobile Employees in the workplace. Watch this webcast. Click Here>> Learn More>> Cisco/Insieme news: The industry reacts Cisco boldly declared Wednesday: "Cisco Pioneers Real-Time Application Delivery in Global Data Centers and Clouds to Enable Greater Business Agility." The rest of the industry tries to translate that into something you and I can understand. Read More Insieme FAQ: a few key facts The launch of Insieme Networks has been one of the most anticipated events in the networking industry over the past 18 months or so, ever since word leaked that Cisco was funding the spin-in as its response to the software-defined networking trend. Today, Cisco ends the suspense and speculation on what the company has been working on and how it will impact SDNs specifically and the networking industry in general. Read More Google tips hand -- slightly -- about mystery barges After weeks of speculation about Google's mysterious barges docked in San Francisco and Portland, Maine, the company Wednesday shined a bit of light on them. Read More 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 F5 Networks answers a complex SDN question One of the primary value propositions of Software Defined Networks (SDNs) is that it optimizes the performance of the applications that run on networks today. However, almost all of the SDN-related products that have been released to date operate at layer 2/3 which, of course, have no direct relevance to applications. Read More Application services meet up with SDN in the cloud Enterprises and service providers are looking beyond collections of boxes and toward virtual data centers that are better at growing and changing, and now application services such as security and acceleration are about to fit into that picture as well. Read More Spike in traffic with TCP source port zero has some researchers worried A significant increase this weekend in TCP traffic with source port zero detected could be part of reconnaissance efforts in preparation for more serious attacks, according to security researchers from Cisco Systems. 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 takes fight to SDNs with bold Insieme launch Game on: Cisco has acquired spin-in Insieme Networks and rolled out a family of its switches that are the network giant's strategic answer to the growing software defined network movement. Read More Georgia Tech takes direct approach to boosting WiFi on campus A crush of WiFi devices on campus forced Georgia Tech's IT team to take a different approach to delivering wireless service to students, faculty and staff: a very direct approach at that. The school has augmented its thousands of omnidirectional Cisco WiFi access points with high-gain directional antennas from Tessco's Ventev division that better focus wireless signals. Read More Cisco weighs in for multi-gigabit addition to Wi-Fi A high-frequency supplement to Wi-Fi that's several times faster than most of what's available now appears headed for enterprises through a partnership between Cisco Systems and a specialist in the technology. Read More
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