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HP clarifies views on OpenDaylight, open source | DARPA: Big data needs Big search, Big analytics

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CiscoLive 2014: Best Cisco Live Ever!
CiscoLive 2014: "Summer Camp for IT Geeks" was the best "summer camp" week I've ever spent in my life! Read More

WHITE PAPER: Network Instruments

Survival Tips for Big Data's Impact on Network Performance
Big Data projects slam network performance. This paper offer survival tips to prepare your network before the Big Data projects hit, not after. Learn how to monitor and manage network performance for bandwidth, consistent low latency, scalable storage, processing power and security. Learn More

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WHITE PAPER: Ipswitch, Inc

5 Ways to Ensure Wireless Networks Keep Up With Demand
Discover five ways in which you can keep up with the ever-increasing demands on your wireless networks. Learn More >>

HP clarifies views on OpenDaylight, open source
It was HP Networking's Senior Vice President Bethany Mayer who said seven months ago that she couldn't see why anyone would use an OpenDaylight controller in their SDN. Read More

DARPA: Big data needs Big search, Big analytics
How you might one day most effectively negotiate the enormous amounts of data and video around the Internet was on display recently as DARPA's Information Innovation Office hosted Demo Day 2014 to highlight the agency's ongoing contributions to what it called "preserving and expanding IT superiority." Among the over 100 products on display were a couple looking to address future issues such as vastly... Read More

WHITE PAPER: Spirent

Top 5 Reasons You Need Network Testing NOW
The availability, security, and performance of applications and services on the network are among the most important aspects of an IT organization, and must be tested to ensure performance. Download this white paper to learn the top 5 reasons why you should test your network sooner rather than later. Learn More

INSIDER

3 reasons why IT execs need to go out to lunch more
In the last couple of years, social, mobile, analytics and cloud technologies have risen to the top of many organizations' agendas. IDC calls the combination of these technologies "the third platform" and predicts they will account for 89% of technology spending this year. Read More

10 biggest CEO pay raises
Which tech leaders received the most generous pay hikes in 2013? Read More

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New study: SDN adoption trends and challenges
Emerging network technology options are bountiful. See how you stack up against the results of the Seventh Annual State of the Network study. Learn what aspects of SDN have gained traction, what is driving adoption and how you can avoid potential pitfalls. Learn More

Healthcare provider finds SDN is the proper Rx
William Hanna, vice president of technical services at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), went out looking for a way to add capacity to a backup network and found what he wanted in Software Defined Networking (SDN) tools from Alcatel-Lucent. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix sat down with Hanna to learn about the process and experience. Read More

Ex-Cisco CEO reflects, looks ahead on 25 years of Networkers
John Morgridge was Cisco's first CEO. He took the company public and presided over its growth until John Chambers took over as CEO in 1995. On the 25th anniversary of the Networker's user conference this week, Morgridge, 80, reflects on the past and looks ahead to the future as Cisco's Chairman Emeritus. Read More

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10 biggest CEO pay raises

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