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	Airline monitors networks to improve customer service Virgin America invests in Nimsoft's technology to improve system availability, service delivery and ultimately customer satisfaction for the airline. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Oracle Accelerate - Not Just Smart But Timely This video highlights the Oracle Accelerate program - a group of pre-configured, tested solutions that combine Oracle enterprise applications and rapid implementation tools with industry-specific bundles. The program reduces the time, complexity and cost of deploying Oracle and is implemented by highly trained partners. Learn More. In this Issue Hybrid networking: Hedging your bets intelligently InfoWorld review: Riverbed Steelhead rules the WAN Cisco wants to see your network New Chrome browser fastest Google beta yet AT&T to pay customers for slow DSL speeds Clearwire, partners name 20 upcoming WiMax cities Carrier Ethernet market still growing, study shows Infoblox snaps up Netcordia Clearwire free to use LTE under changed Intel deal WHITE PAPER: Oracle Business Agility Strategies For Midsize Organizations Midsize businesses have enormous IT pressures: building an infrastructure that is flexible, designed to accommodate rapid growth and meets compliance challenges with resources nowhere near larger enterprises. This video whitepaper explains how Oracle is delivering applications specifically for midsize businesses. Learn More Hybrid networking: Hedging your bets intelligently With hybrid networking, we now have the option of deploying appliances that use both MPLS and Internet connections for transport. This allows the traffic to be routed over a "best fit" for the class of traffic while also providing backup in the case of failure of one of the networks. Read More InfoWorld review: Riverbed Steelhead rules the WAN Riverbed's RiOS 6 continues the tradition of WAN performance gains while improving flexibility, ease, and application support. Read More Cisco wants to see your network Cisco's Linksys division is asking people to post photos of their network setups via the Linksys Facebook page, and tag themselves in the photo. The company plans to give a weekly shout out for the wackiest photos they receive. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Deployment Strategies for 802.11n Many organizations are looking to reap the benefits of the new 802.11n standard, but what is the best way to deploy wireless technology while minimizing costs? Learn why understanding the "Three Cs"-context, coverage, and capacity-is critical for choosing an optimal network implementation strategy. Read More! New Chrome browser fastest Google beta yet The new beta of Chrome for Windows is nearly a fifth faster than its more stable sibling, but still lags behind speed leader Opera, benchmark tests show. Read More AT&T to pay customers for slow DSL speeds People who signed up for AT&T DSL service after March 31, 1994, may be eligible for a partial refund after the operator settled a class-action lawsuit charging it with delivering data rates slower than promised. Read More Clearwire, partners name 20 upcoming WiMax cities Clearwire's WiMax mobile broadband will come to 20 more markets across the U.S. this summer, with partner Sprint Nextel reselling the service in all those areas and partners Comcast and Time Warner Cable coming on board in some of them. Read More WHITE PAPER: Fluke Networks Troubleshooting Application Problems This comprehensive 94 page guide is a how-to resource handbook for network engineers. Learn the fundamentals of how applications work, how they flow, where applications fail and best practices and methodologies for troubleshooting network and application problems. Click here! Carrier Ethernet market still growing, study shows Making a call using a mobile device over a wireless cellular network is so commonplace today that it's easy to forget the huge networks, comprised of wires, cell towers, routers, switches and data centers, that power those calls. Read More Infoblox snaps up Netcordia Infoblox has bought Netcordia for an unspecified amount. Read More Clearwire free to use LTE under changed Intel deal Clearwire and Intel have revised a technology deal that forbade the WiMax service provider from using any other technology, and Clearwire is already talking with equipment vendors about how it might adopt LTE (Long-Term Evolution) for its network. Read More
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