F5 steers WAN optimization to virtual, cloud environments

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	F5 steers WAN optimization to virtual, cloud environments F5 is announcing at Interop an enterprise cloud architecture that incorporates its existing load load balancing, WAN optimization and security products with new ones to address the requirements of virtualized environments. Read More ARTICLE: Fluke Networks Comparing Network Management Tools Is your network management system (NMS) giving you an incomplete picture? Free whitepaper helps evaluate network mgmt tools - learn about the risks and shortcomings of NMS tools and how to avoid them. >>Download whitepaper. In this Issue 40G Ethernet takes center stage at Interop Monitoring 10G links with 1G tools New IPv6 testing tool ships Cisco promises to open source Telepresence Interoperability Protocol Asian carriers grab IPv4 addresses at record rate 13 terrific sites for managing media and sharing files HP offers tools for app modernization 9 hot products for managing Microsoft Virtualization and cloud change everything WHITE PAPER: HP Quadruple VMs without Increasing NICs IDC: As companies roll out blade-based virtualization deployments, many find that they have limited choices for network I/O. Virtual machines not only help bring more applications onto each server but also place additional demand on network I/O. Learn to adress these challenges. Read now. 40G Ethernet takes center stage at Interop Switching will once again be all the rage at this week's Interop conference in Las Vegas as the first 40Gbps Ethernet products are slated to be unveiled. Read More Monitoring 10G links with 1G tools Many data center managers who need to monitor new 10G network segments can't currently justify the significant investment in new monitoring devices. Fortunately, high density aggregation filtering systems make it possible to get the job done using 1G monitoring tools. Read More New IPv6 testing tool ships Mu Dynamics announced a test suite for IPv6 that custom-generates tests based on the user's existing IPv4 network traffic rather than from predetermined, standard test cases. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Top 5 Hyper-V Best Practices Read this whitepaper to get advice on everything from making sure you configure enough network connections, especially in iSCSI, to specifying the specific initiator groups and the correct LUN type when provisioning the NetApp LUN for use with Hyper-V. Learn More! Cisco promises to open source Telepresence Interoperability Protocol Cisco announced that it has completed its $3.4 billion acquisition of Tandberg. The Tandberg product line is now part of the Cisco Telepresence family. To celebrate, Cisco promised to open source the protocol that allows third-parties to create add-ons for Telepresence. Read More Asian carriers grab IPv4 addresses at record rate Network operators in Asia are snapping up IPv4 addresses at a faster rate than ever before, putting more pressure on the Internet industry to upgrade to IPv6, the long-anticipated replacement for IPv4. Read More 13 terrific sites for managing media and sharing files Among this collection of 13 incredibly useful Websites, you'll find treasure troves of music and audio, plus online photo and video tools. And if you have a lot of media items or other files that you want to share with family, colleagues, or friends, we've spotlighted several Web services that can help. Read More WEBCAST: Meraki Cloud-Managed WiFi Learn how cloud-managed wireless access points can be self-configured and centrally managed over the web, provide secured access for employees and guests, be scalable for networks of all sizes, and provide a cost savings of up to 50% over traditional solutions. Click here. HP offers tools for app modernization Tools descended from Mercury line improve testing processes to help companies get rid of obsolete technologies. Read More 9 hot products for managing Microsoft Microsoft and third-party vendors unveiled a slew of products at Microsoft Management Summit 2010. Here's a sample of what's available now and what's coming to manage Windows and other Microsoft technologies. Read More Virtualization and cloud change everything This week Jim is at the Interop conference in Vegas where he is moderating ten sessions. In his opening session, entitled Application Delivery 2.0, Jim will discuss why he thinks that the movement to adopt virtualization and cloud computing fundamentally changes IT. We will use this newsletter to focus on one small piece of how virtualization changes IT. Read More
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