The false promise of simplicity; A healthy glow from Interop

	A healthy glow from Interop | Aruba buys Azalea Networks for industrial mesh wireless in $40M deal
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	The false promise of simplicity The bad news is that the current IT environment is complex. The good news is that if you believe the vendor presentations that were given at the recent Interop conference, emerging technologies and shifting approaches to network design will dramatically reduce the complexity of today's environment. The problem is that, as we will explain in the next two newsletters, we believe that things will a lot more complex, at least in the short term, before they get any simpler. 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! In this Issue A healthy glow from Interop Aruba buys Azalea Networks for industrial mesh wireless in $40M deal FCC proposes regulatory changes to broadband access IT is becoming ET (enterprise technology) 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! A healthy glow from Interop If the annual Interop conference in Las Vegas is a bellwether of industry health, than the recent show reflected a certain vibrancy. Attendee levels seemed steady and show goers packed into conference sessions to hone their knowledge and roamed the floor to see the latest tech wares. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Tolly Group Performance Report Tolly Report: "Citrix NetScaler with nCore Outperforms F5 BIG-IP" shows you how Citrix NetScaler beat F5 in head-to-head tests - providing 3X faster Web traffic, lower latency and higher throughput. Learn More! Aruba buys Azalea Networks for industrial mesh wireless in $40M deal Aruba Networks will buy a start-up in outdoor mesh wireless technology, Azalea Networks, in a cash and stock deal valued at $40.5 million. Read More WHITE PAPER: Fluke Networks Ethernet Performance Metrics Ethernet performance measurement can help. Various metrics can quantify and characterize performance. Test plans can be written to satisfy varying organizational objectives. This white paper will describe advancements in field measurement of end-to-end Ethernet performance. Read More! FCC proposes regulatory changes to broadband access We have an update to our last newsletter reports on the Federal Communications Commission's plan to regulate Internet services. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has now proposed a new approach that suggests the FCC should have regulatory oversight of the transmission component of broadband access service, classifying only this component as a telecommunications service. Read More IT is becoming ET (enterprise technology) A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, IT as we know it didn't exist. I'm talking of course about the 1980s, when what we call IT was generally called MIS (management of information services). MIS was about automating back-office functions such as accounting and payroll. Read More
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