The siloed vendor offerings

The impact of silos that surround vendor offerings Wide Area Networking Alert NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Citrix Handling Today's Network Traffic Learn how you can replace your aging load balancer with a true web application delivery appliance that not only provides 100% availability but also delivers web apps with the highest performance and security possible. Spotlight Story The siloed vendor offerings By Steve Taylor and Jim Metzler In past newsletters we commented on the fact that IT organizations are typically organized around silos of technology. We recently received some e-mail from our readers who acknowledged the fact that IT organizations are siloed, but also drew our attention to the impact of the silos that surround vendor offerings. We will use the next few newsletters to talk about those siloed vendor products and services and to begin a discussion of cloud computing. 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