255 terabits a second: New fiber speed record?

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	255 terabits a second: New fiber speed record? Researchers from the University of Central Florida and Eindhoven University of Technology say that they've developed a new fiber optic medium that allows data to be sent and received at up to 255Tbps, a roughly twenty-fold increase over current fiber. Read More WEBCAST: Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise University Surpasses Students' Digital Expectations The explosion of mobile device use is testing the limits of legacy networks everywhere. In this webcast you will learn how Abilene Christian University meets the mobile access demands of 4500 University students, and 250,000 connections per day. Learn More In this Issue Big Switch rolls out SDN starter kits Secretive funding fuels ongoing net neutrality astroturfing controversy Cyber insurance: Only fools rush in Suse enterprise Linux can take your system back in time VCE expanding beyond Cisco? Akamai sees record-setting spikes in size and volume of DDoS attacks Speedboats race with the cloud How RMS put its catastrophe modeling software in the cloud Microsoft fires new shot in storage wars, gives Office 365 users unlimited OneDrive WHITE PAPER: Aerohive The Network Impact of 802.11ac This paper discuss two approaches for efficient WLAN design. Both let you integrate 802.11ac into your WLAN and help lay the foundation for future, high-speed technologies. View Now>> Big Switch rolls out SDN starter kits SDN pioneer Big Switch Networks this week is expected to unveil "starter kits" designed for its Big Cloud Fabric product that began shipping in September amidst a stream of positive product reviews. Read More Secretive funding fuels ongoing net neutrality astroturfing controversy The contentious debate about net neutrality in the U.S. has sparked controversy over a lack of funding transparency for advocacy groups and think tanks, which critics say subverts the political process. Read More Cyber insurance: Only fools rush in With prominent corporations from across the economy bleeding customer data and paying through the nose for it, "cyber insurance" has become a hot topic in corporate boardrooms and the media. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive WLAN Buyer's Guide It is crucial to thoroughly understand the systems management capabilities of any WLAN being considered, since this will be the largest ongoing expense of the overall deployment. Learn how to evaluate properly by reading Aerohive's WLAN Definitive Guide. View Now>> Suse enterprise Linux can take your system back in time The newest enterprise edition of the Suse Linux distribution allows administrators to go back in time, for instance, to immediately before they made that fatal system-crippling mistake. Read More VCE expanding beyond Cisco? Now that Cisco has sold most of its stake in VCE to EMC, expect Cisco's server and networking exclusivity in VCE products to erode. Read More Akamai sees record-setting spikes in size and volume of DDoS attacks The size and volume of distributed denial-of-service attacks has exploded in the past year, with a 389 percent increase in average attack bandwidth between the third quarter of 2013 and the third quarter of 2014, according to an Internet security report from Akamai Technologies. Read More WEBCAST: Aerohive What iBeacons Mean for Your Existing Wireless Network You may have heard the buzz about iBeacon, a technology that enables proximity-based services for mobile devices. To learn about iBeacon and how it can impact your company, watch the recording of Aerohive's latest webinar, "What iBeacons Mean for Your Existing Wireless Network and Your Business". View Now>> Speedboats race with the cloud With the cloud, SilverHook Powerboats can track the company boat's performance during offshore races and keep fans and racing officials updated with animated visualizations in real time. Read More How RMS put its catastrophe modeling software in the cloud For much of its 25-year history, catastrophe modeling and risk management firm RMS delivered its software using an on-premises model. The company's modeling software is designed to help customers mitigate financial risk in advance of events such as earthquakes, hurricanes and even terrorist attacks. Read More Microsoft fires new shot in storage wars, gives Office 365 users unlimited OneDrive Microsoft today abolished space restrictions on its cloud-based OneDrive storage service for subscribers to Office 365, saying per-user allotments are now unlimited. Read More
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