Brocade readying 100G Ethernet for data centers

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	Brocade readying 100G Ethernet for data centers Brocade Communications is preparing a 100-Gigabit Ethernet module for its NetIron MLX switch family, breaking the next LAN speed barrier in the flagship hardware line it acquired from Foundry Networks. Read More ARTICLE: Aperture Know, plan and control your…everything. With Avocent MergePoint® Infrastructure Explorer. Its dynamic, interactive graphic interface gives a deep view, down to the individual asset, to provide rich information for day-to-day operations. Plus its concise, two-way information exchange helps you efficiently plan changes, lower operating costs, and create on-target capacity planning. Learn more (and manage it all) In this Issue vSphere rounds into form Cloud storage lives up to the hype Like EMC, HP pushes around smaller rival in bidding war Data center switch maker teams with VMware to optimize gear for virtualization Red Hat extends support options for enterprises 5 indispensable IT skills of the future Back-to-school IT projects reshape campus life SolarWinds wants you to ride the cloud, SaaS wave IDC: Virtualization helps boost switch sales WHITE PAPER: Brocade The State of Data Center and Network Infrastructure Instead of a preparation method of rip and replace, examine how organizations can follow a more cost-effective strategy of evolving their data centers. Go inside the phased network architecture upgrade, which enables new levels of application flexibility and business agility. Read now! vSphere rounds into form VMware's vSphere 4.0 cloud operating system, which we tested last June ushered in new methods to manage virtual machines on internal and external hosts. The 4.1 version, which shipped last month, delivers some much needed polish. Read More Cloud storage lives up to the hype In our continuing series of groundbreaking tests of cloud computing services, we take a look at what enterprises can expect if they decide to entrust data to a cloud storage provider. Read More Like EMC, HP pushes around smaller rival in bidding war The HP/Dell bidding war over storage vendor 3Par is shaping up to be a repeat of last year's high-profile battle between EMC and NetApp. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Top 3 Best Practices for Virtualization Management Get virtualization right and make the most of your investments in the technology. Download this whitepaper today and examine the top 3 best practices for virtual infrastructure management. Read now! Data center switch maker teams with VMware to optimize gear for virtualization Data center switch maker Arista Networks this week is unveiling software designed to improve visibility, configuration and provisioning in virtual environments. Read More Red Hat extends support options for enterprises Red Hat today announced that it will offer enterprises the option to extend their support contracts from seven years to as long as 10 years. These support contracts are available in one-year increments from the time the seven-year subscription runs out. Read More 5 indispensable IT skills of the future In the year 2020, technical expertise will no longer be the sole province of the IT department. Employees throughout the organization will understand how to use technology to do their jobs. Read More WHITE PAPER: Gigamon Systems Gigamon in the Data Center "Downtime in the data center" is a concept that should be forbidden in any organization. Yet the only way to eliminate that unspeakable word is to prevent it from happening at all. How so? Data Access Switches that allow complete visibility and secure access to monitor and analyze all mission critical data, 24/7. Learn More Back-to-school IT projects reshape campus life Technology shifts are shaking up IT priorities in colleges and universities. Here are six areas where schools are redefining needs and finding new opportunities. Read More SolarWinds wants you to ride the cloud, SaaS wave Understanding what's happening on WAN connections is going to get a whole lot hairier as enterprises begin centralizing data in private cloud computing infrastructures or increasing their reliance on applications delivered as services across the network. The deeper the insight into those connections, the better off network managers will be in keeping application performance at acceptable levels. Read More IDC: Virtualization helps boost switch sales Ethernet switch revenue grew by 32.7% year-over-year during the second quarter, helped by the growing popularity of applications such as virtualization and voice over IP, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Networks Tracker. Read More
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