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	Riverbed CEO: Cisco can have Layer 2 and 3 networking, we'll take 4 through 7 If you think WAN optimization is a niche market, don't bring it up around Jerry Kennelly. Co-founder, chairman and CEO of Riverbed Technology, Kennelly is a fervent believer that WAN optimization is the foundation for the next generation of IT infrastructure and that Riverbed is poised for a dominant role not only in corporate data centers but in the cloud as well. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CDW Need to optimize network performance? CDW has the experts and solutions that can help. Click to continue In this Issue Stupid data center tricks Chip startup Smooth-Stone raises $48M in bid to rock Intel Lessons from a data center that's got game Are new IETF switching, routing specs needed? Facebook doubles the size of its first data center Dell to buy 3PAR for $1.15B Ways to share spare CPU cycles Virtualization: Not as simple as it sounds WEBCAST: Accelops Why Private Clouds May Prevail Cloud computing's perceived challenges of security, visibility and management may give the upper hand to private clouds. Join Yankee Group for this Webcast that discusses how to ensure you deploy a cloud that meets your organization's security and compliance needs. View Now Stupid data center tricks A university network brought to its knees when someone inadvertently plugged two network cables into the wrong hub. An employee injured after an ill-timed entry into a data center. Overheated systems shut down after a worker changes a data center thermostat setting from Fahrenheit to Celsius. Read More Chip startup Smooth-Stone raises $48M in bid to rock Intel A new startup funded by major chip makers and investment firms is taking aim at electricity bills, the biggest cost in data centers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Eaton Unleashing Stranded Power and Cooling from Data Centers This white paper examines the underlying roots of today's data center power and cooling crisis and outlines five steps businesses can take to support intensifying IT requirements economically by removing inefficiencies from their power and cooling infrastructure. Read More Lessons from a data center that's got game Companies developing latency-sensitive applications for hosting in their data centers could take a lesson from the playbook of OnLive. Read More Are new IETF switching, routing specs needed? Two high-profile specifications winding their way through the IETF promise to boost data center switching and service provider routing, but advances from Cisco and Juniper Networks raise questions about how much the specs are even needed. Read More 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! Facebook doubles the size of its first data center Facebook has decided to double the size of its planned data center in Oregon before the first part of the project is even built, the latest sign of the company's rapid growth. Read More Dell to buy 3PAR for $1.15B Dell has agreed to acquire virtualized storage provider 3PAR for about $1.15 billion, a move that will boost its capabilities for building public and private cloud computing environments. The deal is expected to close later this year. Read More Ways to share spare CPU cycles A network of hundreds of thousands of home computer users recently discovered a rare celestial object by donating their computers' downtime to a worthy cause. Read More Virtualization: Not as simple as it sounds One of the most often touted advantages of virtualization is that it's extremely simple because you don't have to manage the physical entities. In fact, having services "in the cloud" tends to encourage an "out of sight is out of mind" mentality, with the cloud providing the requisite haze. Read More
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