Battle for wireless networking crown heats up

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	Battle for wireless networking crown heats up The IT world has been buzzing recently with partnerships and acquisitions on the wireless networking front. HP announced its decision to acquire Aruba Networks and will reportedly focus its efforts on new software that allows customers to manage entire networks with a single app. We also learned about the newly formed partnership between Juniper Networks and Ruckus Wireless, demonstrating Juniper's continued effort to become a real player in the wireless space. All interesting revelations, but will these changes pose a real threat to Cisco, the reigning networking champ? Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks How to Future-Proof Application Delivery The new requirements for application delivery mean adopting the principles behind cloud, DevOps, and SDN, and enabling emerging security models. 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The pros and cons of the R language The R programming language is an important tool for development in the numeric analysis and machine learning spaces. With machines becoming more important as data generators, the popularity of the language can only be expected to grow. But R has both pros and cons that developers should know. Read More 12 fun, free summer classes for techies Take a break from your day job and immerse yourself in baseball analytics. Or, escape to alien worlds, soak up superhero culture, and study the science of happiness. MOOCs are an easy way to feed your brain without draining your wallet. This summer, check out some fun, free, tech-friendly options from EdX, Coursera and newcomer Kadenze. Read More Leap second causes Internet hiccup, particularly in Brazil The addition of a leap second to world clocks on Wednesday caused some networks to crash although most quickly recovered. 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Learn More Workarounds, kludges, and hacks that will improve your life Life would be simpler if every piece of technology we dealt with worked in an obvious and straightforward way. Life would also be a lot duller. Read More Amazon releases open source cryptographic module Potentially saving the world from another online security disaster like last year's Heartbleed, Amazon Web Services has released as open source a cryptographic module for securing sensitive data passing over the Internet. Read More Latest Windows 10 SDK preview helps developers build cooler photo apps Microsoft has added a handful of image- and photography-related features in a new version of the Windows 10 SDK. It, along with the OS itself, will become generally available at the end of the month. Read More HP enterprise chief Bill Veghte to depart before company split The head of Hewlett-Packard's enterprise division will leave the company ahead of HP's planned split later this year. Read More
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