How Cisco keeps channel partners out in front of market trends

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	How Cisco keeps channel partners out in front of market trends I've been watching Cisco and the networking industry for the better part of 25 years. Throughout that time period, I've heard a steady drumbeat of people predicting the downfall of the networking industry's 800-pound gorilla. Despite the predictions of increased competition, commoditization, and other factors, Cisco has continued to thrive. Sure, it's not the same hyper-growth company it was in the late 90s, but at almost $50 billion and 60%+ gross margins, even 3% to 5% growth is impressive. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Inc. Dell Networking Solutions Overview By offering end-to-end solutions, including highly integrated, yet scalable options for mission-critical business workloads, Dell provides the flexibility, visibility and tools IT managers need to meet their most important business requirements. 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Learn More Juniper goes after financial services with its new 'server on a switch' At the 2015 HPC for Wall Street – Cloud Technology Show and Conference event, Juniper Networks brought its own basket of goodies for 'the street' with the unveiling of the QFX5100-AA switch with optional QFX-PFA packet flow accelerator (PFA). Read More How Connecticut set itself up to be the first gigabit state Connecticut is moving ahead with a statewide gigabit broadband initiative after resolving a surprisingly simple, but common, issue standing in the way of fiber deployment. Read More Arista's EOS subscription plan expands its cloud opportunity Last week, Arista Networks announced a new way to purchase its network infrastructure that decoupled its hardware and its operating system, EOS. In a blog post on the announcement, Jim Duffy made the point that Arista hasn't really disaggregated the operating system from the hardware, and he's right. But the company is making the procurement of the product easier by separating the purchase of the hardware and software. Read More WHITE PAPER: Teradata Economist Research Paper: The Virtuous Circle of Data Many companies have invested significantly in gathering vast amounts of data, yet they still struggle to extract insights, put them to work for the business and create truly data-driven organisations. The virtuous circle of data explores how organisations can spark a chain of events that creates a culture with data at the centre of decision-making. Learn More Up against laws of physics, Bell Labs pushes network performance By using more spectrum and developing new ways to send multiple channels of data at the same time, researchers at Bell Labs are working to increase bandwidths over fiber, copper and the air. Read More Forget SDN and NFV: It's all about LSO Do you know SDN? Do you follow NFV? What about OSS? Those are yesterday's acronyms. The new buzzword is LSO, and it's going to be huge not only for carriers and other service providers, but also for enterprise customers. Read More Juniper, VMware ride into OpenDaylight sunset Juniper Networks and VMware have downgraded their participation in the OpenDaylight Project, an effort develop an open source SDN framework. Read More WHITE PAPER: Teradata End Small Thinking about Big Data It is time to end small thinking about big data. Instead of thinking about how to apply the insights of big data to business problems, we often hear more tactical questions, such as how to store large amounts of data or analyze it in new ways. Learn More Tata Communications seeing significant demand growth for hosted UC services We recently interviewed Anthony Bartolo, the senior vice president of Unified Communications and Collaboration at Tata Communications, to get his perspective on the latest trends. Read More Smart home hacking is easier than you think Last March, a very satisfied user of the Honeywell Wi-Fi Thermostat left a product review on Amazon.com that shed some light on an unexpected benefit of the smart home – revenge. Read More INSIDER How to monitor Wi-Fi traffic on Android devices Monitoring or capturing Wi-Fi traffic on Android smartphones and tablets is possible. I'm not just talking about Wi-Fi stumblers or traffic usage apps, but full network sniffers that can capture and display the raw 802.11 network packets from the airwaves. Read More
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