Cisco's on to something with Borderless Networking; Power poised to shift from carriers to enterprises

	Power poised to shift from carriers to enterprises | Me Versus QoS: Round 1
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	Cisco's on to something with Borderless Networking You might say I'm a bit late to commenting on Cisco's new Borderless Network Architecture, but when Cisco initially launched the campaign I wasn't ready to comment. Most of my focus was on the ISR G2 launch which accompanied the Borderless Networking launch. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP The Business Value of Consolidating on Energy-Efficient Servers Most organizations faced with budget challenges put off capital expenditures (capex) and seek alternatives, such as extending server life cycles and extending software licenses. This paper demonstrates that such a buy and hold strategy actually adds costs to the datacenter. Learn more In this Issue Power poised to shift from carriers to enterprises Me Versus QoS: Round 1 Steve Ballmer: Google Android "just some words on paper". You can say the same about Windows Mobile 7 today. F5 Networks Financials Tell a Bigger Story Are You Ready For An Open Source Car? Are open source business models successful? What do you think Apple should call its tablet? WEBCAST: Citrix NetScaler VPX: Harness the Power of Virtualized Web App Delivery Want to make your Web app delivery more flexible, dynamic and cost effective? Then attend this exclusive technical seminar which shows you how Citrix NetScaler VPX - a virtualized app delivery controller appliance - can improve your network infrastructure by offering: increased physical, functional, and operational flexibility for delivery of all of your Web apps and more. Click here to register today. Power poised to shift from carriers to enterprises You heard it here first. Thanks to of a nascent phenomenon we call Flexible Information Technology Networking -- Flex-IT Networking for short -- the power balance is about to shift from network service providers to enterprises. Read More Me Versus QoS: Round 1 QoS is very different per vendor, per device and even the type of QoS you use. Config'ing QoS is truthfully, not too bad IF you keep good records and trace the path of the traffic flow to make sure QoS is preserved end to end. But since we are looking at this flow on a redundant, meshed out, high speed network many issues really come into play here. Read More WHITE PAPER: Xirrus Lessons Learned from the First 1,000 Xirrus Installations This white paper reveals the lessons learned from the past 2 years of over 1,000 Xirrus 802.11n installations. Download to learn real world insights, network and architecture considerations and overall recommendations for making the move to 802.11n or deploying a wireless network for the first time. Read More Steve Ballmer: Google Android "just some words on paper". You can say the same about Windows Mobile 7 today. Google Android is winning over customers, whether Microsoft's Steve Ballmer wants to admit it or not. In a Tokyo press conference in 2007, Ballmer referred to Google's upcoming Android OS as "just some words on paper right now" and "right now they have a press release -- we have many, many millions of customers…" Read More F5 Networks Financials Tell a Bigger Story These results say a lot about F5 Networks, a leader in the Application Delivery Controller (ADC) market staffed by a bunch of smart people who are also pretty fun to hang out with. In my opinion however, these results suggest a few other market trends. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Rapid Replication for Virtual Servers What's the connection between virtualization and acceleration? It's deeper than you might think. See how these two hot technologies complement each other to consolidate servers, enhance DR and simplify the IT infrastructure. Learn more. Are You Ready For An Open Source Car? Admit it, when many of you think of open source you assume software. But new concepts of open source in hardware and design promise to transform many industries. Read More Are open source business models successful? It has become quite fashionable lately to disparage open source business models as a failure. Read More What do you think Apple should call its tablet? Apple is sending out the official invitations to next week's Big Event. We're being invited not to see the newest product, nor even the newest innovation. We're invited to Apple's "latest creation." Read More
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