| Distributed traffic capture optimizes monitoring
Visibility can be the critical factor in heading off the increasing number of attacks, outages and data breaches in large-scale distributed networks. But up to now total visibility of Ethernet networks has been infeasible due to the cost of deploying analytical devices throughout the network. Distributed traffic capture is a new approach to network monitoring that can deliver complete, selectable and centralized visibility. The mandate for MPLS support
This is our last newsletter in a series of five newsletters that examined some of the factors that are driving IT organizations to rethink their approach to routing. This newsletter will discuss the need for routers to support MPLS. Data center derby heats up
Network thoroughbred Cisco jumps into the blade server market. Server stallion HP adds security blades to its ProCurve switches. IBM teams up Brocade. Oracle buys Sun. And everybody courts that prize filly VMware. In this era of server consolidation and virtualization, green initiatives and cloud computing, the data center has become the focal point for the major enterprise vendors. And they're all galloping in with new products, strategies and alliances. "What you see right now is everybody shoring up and getting as many offerings as they can to provide all the hardware in the data center. So for example if you're a Cisco shop, Cisco wants to make it so you can be a complete Cisco shop, including all your servers,'' says Mitchell Ashley, principal consultant with Converging Networks and a Network World blogger http://www.networkworld.com/community/ashley. Cisco's blade servers are part of its data center platform, called the Unified Computing System (UCS), which includes storage, network and virtualization resources. Cisco's platform includes VMware's vSphere technology and partnerships with BMC Software, EMC, Intel, Microsoft and Oracle. National broadband happy talk papers over net neutrality fight
Everybody likes broadband; the big question is what type of Internet our broadband connections deliver. Palo Alto to offer traffic shaping
Palo Alto Networks has launched the latest version of its operating system, PAN-OS. The firewall vendor said that the new enhancements would improve the options available for enterprises, offering them new ways to handle applications. June Giveaways
Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training from Global Knowledge to two lucky readers and 15 copies each of books on IPv6 security, the Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module, and Active Directory Domain Services 2008. Deadline for entries June 30. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are | 
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