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	Security for mobile devices on the corporate network WatchGuard Technologies recently published its "2010 Security Predictions." As a follow-up to this paper, we interviewed Corey Nachreiner, WatchGuard Senior Security Analyst, with some follow-up questions to the paper. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks Network Rightsizing Best Practices Guide Network Rightsizing is an evolutionary approach to network design that significantly reduces costs while simultaneously increasing mobility for campus and enterprise users. This guide provides a methodology to enable IT to break away from the status quo of port-based network architectures, allowing an unprecedented reduction in cost and complexity. Read More! In this Issue National broadband plan: What's in it for businesses? Silver Peak WAN optimization delivers ROI Coyote Point lightens the load at Wet Seal FCC Wrestles Private Interests for the Public Good Virgin ups the broadband ante with 200Mbps service Comcast, ISC offer IPv6 transition tool WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Inc. Peace Corp: Creating a worldwide unified network Learn how the Peace Corp made its unified network a reality after selecting and deploying cost-effective WAN optimization gear. One of the key factors was selecting a platform that integrated with its existing network spanning 70 countries. The result is dramatically improved performance and significant cost savings. Learn More National broadband plan: What's in it for businesses? We've heard a lot about how the Federal Communications Commission's national broadband plan aims to provide 100 million U.S. households with 100Mbps broadband connections so far, but precious little on how it will affect enterprise users. Read More Silver Peak WAN optimization delivers ROI We're doing near-real-time replication between our two data centers, in Dallas and Lowell, Ark., and we're seeing anywhere from three to five times reduction – and sometimes as high as 28 times -- on that traffic volume using the Silver Peak product. We have a single DS-3 today and we're able to push more than 1 terabyte of data through it daily. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splunk Make IT Data a Strategic Asset This paper outlines the struggles organizations face managing silos of IT data and how, using Splunk, users are changing the way they do their jobs and elevating the role of IT in their organizations. Learn More! Coyote Point lightens the load at Wet Seal I probably started using Coyotes in '94-'95, before I came to Wet Seal, as one of the lowest-cost alternatives for providing a front-end service for a lot of small Web servers, which meant we didn't need to buy a big Web server. Since then, I've pretty much used Coyote for all my front-end load balancing. It provides the ultimate flexibility for handling high demand for a poor-performance Web application. Read More FCC Wrestles Private Interests for the Public Good The FCC has been a focus of intense scrutiny for a year now--pursuing bold initiatives and laying out grand plans for the future of communications in America. The challenge for the FCC is that it is attempting to manage or control private sector interests in the name of the public good--no small feat in an economic and political environment that places such high value on corporate autonomy and the free market. Read More : ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center Virgin ups the broadband ante with 200Mbps service Virgin Media is to demonstrate 200Mbps service Read More Comcast, ISC offer IPv6 transition tool Comcast and Internet Systems Consortium have released open source software to help carriers and enterprises migrate to IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol. Read More
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