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	VA disconnects Sprint's voice, data services The U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs will complete a major network transition this fall, migrating from Sprint as its primary service provider to a new architecture that splits telecom traffic across three other carriers: AT&T, Qwest and Verizon. Read More ARTICLE: Fluke Networks Solving the puzzle of end-user experience Traditional NMS focus on devices and links – not end-user perspective. Read this whitepaper to learn how to see and solve end-user experience problems from users point of view. Learn approaches for monitoring and measuring actual application traffic from the user perspective. Click to continue In this Issue QLogic rolls out InfiniBand network optimization software NetFlow top talkers WAN Ethernet/VPLS: Is overhead an issue? Will femtocells ever get their moment? Database firm reports rising demand for IPv6 54% of Brits will watch World Cup during office hours Cloud-based identity management gets a boost Juniper's new network gains traction WHITE PAPER: Qwest Three Ps of Evaluating Managed Network To reduce costs and keep IT resources focused on the core business, more organizations are choosing to outsource network management. To deliver on this promise, it's essential to choose the right service provider. This in-depth report explores the key considerations, including solution portfolio, partnerships and processes. Read More QLogic rolls out InfiniBand network optimization software QLogic announced a new fabric management software that creates virtual networks with the capability of automating I/O bandwidth based on application needs. Read More NetFlow top talkers In the last post, we discussed some of the basic ideas behind NetFlow, which is sort of like the Swiss Army Knife of network visibility tools. In this post, keeping with the spirit of "quick-and-easy" ways to improve your productivity, we'll look at some of the CLI tools for use with NetFlow. Read More WHITE PAPER: Adobe Close the Web 2.0 Communications Gap Web 2.0 tools have yet to reach critical mass and broad user adoption. This Forrester report identifies the key Web 2.0 gaps and offers advice to: Build a framework that extends email, Upgrade document-based data collection, and Improve email and document exchange security. Read More WAN Ethernet/VPLS: Is overhead an issue? We're in the midst of a most interesting conversation at Webtorials on the subject of whether Wide Area Ethernet/VPLS is ready for prime time. This conversation features an in-depth online interview with Geoff Kreiling, manager of product development at Masergy. Read More Will femtocells ever get their moment? Although femtocells have yet to live up to the hype in terms of sales, femtocell vendor Airvana is still confident that they have a future in the mobile marketplace. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Overcome Two Key Challenges with Virtualization How do you accelerate virtualization for your enterprise - and take IT flexibility and cost savings to the next level? Start by downloading this whitepaper from Riverbed. WAN optimization is a class of technology that has rapidly been adopted across enterprises in order to address the challenges of bandwidth limitations and latency over the WAN. Click here! Database firm reports rising demand for IPv6 Pervasive Software, a Texas maker of embeddable database software, says it is seeing a rise in demand for IPv6 support from its Japanese customers. Read More 54% of Brits will watch World Cup during office hours More than half (54%) of Brits plan to watch the World Cup online while at work, says Eclipse. Read More Cloud-based identity management gets a boost Giving network managers a way to provide access, single sign-on and provisioning controls in cloud-computing environments got a boost today from both Novell and a much smaller competitor, start-up Symplified. Read More Juniper's new network gains traction Yesterday, Juniper Networks made a series of announcements. The company is introducing technologies to flatten and secure the data center network and change the ecnomonic model. Juniper will offer multiple new homegrown and third-party applications built on top of Junos (aka the Junos Space initiative). Read More
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