Private cloud not an oxymoron; Broadband stimulus provides windfall

	Broadband stimulus provides windfall for rural New York | AT&T wins $5M cybersecurity deal with FTC
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	Private cloud computing is not an oxymoron As we pointed out recently, the use of cloud computing services will increase the amount of traffic that transits the WAN. As IT organizations begin to plan for how they will cope with that additional WAN traffic they face a curious challenge. That challenge is that there is a lot of ambiguity relative to what IT professionals mean when they use the phrase cloud computing. With that in mind, we will use this and the next two newsletters to help remove at least some of that ambiguity. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed WAN Optimization Can Multiply IT Efficiencies Data center consolidation, regulatory compliance and a more distributed environment are some of the IT initiatives making a comprehensive and robust disaster recovery plan more important than ever before. The Enterprise Strategy Group highlights trends in DR, the role of virtualization and the impact of WAN optimization. Learn more. In this Issue Broadband stimulus provides windfall for rural New York AT&T wins $5M cybersecurity deal with FTC 5 reasons Silicon Valley might stumble coming out of recession Biggest mobile operators join forces on app store project WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Inc. Case Study: Dramatically Reduce Branch Office Costs Sony Ericsson is saving over 1.5 million annually after adopting Wide Area Application Services (WAAS). The mobile phone manufacturer is accelerating mission-critical product life cycle management applications, improving IT agility and reducing IT operation costs at all of its branch sites. Learn More Broadband stimulus provides windfall for rural New York While several broadband buildouts have received tens of millions of dollars from the federal government, the largest so far is a project that will deploy high-speed broadband all throughout New York State. Read More WHITE PAPER: Compuware The Definitive Guide to APM In this Application Performance Management eBook, get hands-on, practical insight into industry best practices for managing your critical applications from an end-to-end perspective. Find out how to manage performance from the distributed front-end of IT operations to the mainframe back-end, while keeping the end-user experience in mind. Read Now. AT&T wins $5M cybersecurity deal with FTC AT&T Government Solutions announced Thursday that it has received an eight-year, $5 million contract to provide managed security services, intrusion notification and Web hosting services to the Federal Trade Commission. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Inc. Effectively Optimize your SSL VPN Guarantee your SSL VPN is operating at peak performance by selecting a robust and cost-effective WAN optimization solution. Support a secure and low-latency VPN that allows employees to work productively from anywhere. Download this whitepaper to learn more. Learn More 5 reasons Silicon Valley might stumble coming out of recession Cisco CEO John Chambers' optimism on tech's rebound from the lagging economy was tempered this week by the findings of a group of Silicon Valley nonprofits. Read More Biggest mobile operators join forces on app store project Twenty-four mobile network operators have formed the Wholesale Applications Community to avoid fragmenting the apps market and to give developers one point of entry to all the members, the GSM Association announced on Monday. Read More
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