Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Application delivery networking update

Comcast begins DNS security rollout | Network feature should extend smartphone battery life

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Application delivery networking update
Our colleague, Robin Layland, has just completed his yearly "Challenge" update in the Application Delivery Networking space. The format for the full challenge, which is available at Webtorials, is that Robin gives an update on the "State of the Industry" in the introduction, and this is followed by several report sponsors responding to Robin's comments and queries. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Blue Coat Systems

2010 Application Delivery Handbook
Learn how IT organizations can develop a solid approach to applications delivery and how next generation acceleration technologies can help reclaim bandwidth from non-essential traffic and optimize critical applications. Free the WAN with Blue Coat. Read now!

WEBCAST: Certeon

Virtualize Beyond the Data Center
Join independent network expert, Jim Metzler, for an in-depth discussion on the nuances among various virtualized network components, the importance of WAN optimization in a virtual data center and an explanation of how WAN optimization virtual appliances can easily integrate into your environment. Learn More

Comcast begins DNS security rollout
Comcast has begun migrating its customers to a new Internet security mechanism that will help protect them from being inadvertently routed to phony Web pages for pharming attacks, identity theft and other scams. Read More

Network feature should extend smartphone battery life
Nokia Siemens Networks and Qualcomm have tested a new standardized feature that will improve smartphone performance while decreasing network congestion, the two companies said Tuesday. Read More


WHITE PAPER: NetApp

Top Considerations for Virtualizing Microsoft Applications
This report describes the reasons for virtualizing Microsoft® applications. It highlights the most important architecture and deployment considerations to help you get started. Read Now.

4G coming to New York, LA, San Francisco this year
Clearwire is launching its 4G WiMax network in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles before the end of the year, it said Monday. Read More

Final IPv4 addresses to be issued within months, NRO warns
The global body in charge of allocating Internet addresses expects to hand out the final blocks of IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) addresses to regional registrars early next year, it said Monday. Read More


WHITE PAPER: HP

Expert Guide to Latest Network Trends
The emergence of 10 Gigabit Ethernet, virtualization and unified switching fabrics is ushering in a major shift in data center network design: three-tier switching architectures are being collapsed into two-tier ones. Review this Network World eGuide to help you build a more reliable, stable and future-proof network. Read Now

Gap between IPv4 depletion, IPv6 adoption widens
The Internet's regional registries, which dole out blocks of IPv4 and IPv6 address space to carriers, will announce on Monday that less than 5% of the world's IPv4 address space remains unallocated. Read More

Fibre networks heading for 'capacity crunch'
Fibre networks could soon hit the limit of the data they can transmit. Read More



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Dell, HTC, LG and Samsung all unveiled smartphones running the Windows Phone 7 OS. In the United States, the GSM phones will be available on AT&T and T-Mobile beginning in November. (CDMA phones, such as the HTC 7 Pro on Sprint, will be available in first half of 2011.) Here's a first look at the new phones. Has Microsoft been successful with its mobile overhaul?

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