Online video traffic surpasses P2P

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	Online video traffic surpasses P2P Cisco has updated its "Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast, 2009-2014" with some Q3 2010 usage results. The most dramatic finding: online video traffic over the Internet, now consuming 26.15% of traffic, has surpassed peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing; P2P represents 24.85% of traffic. Data traffic (including HTTP, HTTPS, VPN and tunneling) still remains the biggest user of network by generating 28.05% of IP traffic. Meanwhile, voice and video communications traffic (including VoIP and voice/video over instant messaging) generates about 2% of all traffic. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CDW Get effective collaboration tools with unified communications solutions from CDW. Click to continue In this Issue Are your skills ready for the opportunities in networking? Asterisk preps assault on unified communications Polycom integrates videoconferencing with Lotus Sametime WHITE PAPER: VMware Virtualizing Business Critical Applications Learn how VMware vSphere 4 and the latest Intel Xeon process-based servers deliver up to 275 percent better virtualization performance than previous generations, with lower overhead and improved scalability. Learn More Now. Are your skills ready for the opportunities in networking? Even though the overall economy is still struggling and companies aren't opening the hiring floodgates yet, opportunities for networking professionals with the right skills are looking good today and into the future. HP has a portfolio of 14 new networking certifications to help you skill up for the converged data center, and Cisco has revamped key certifications in security and voice. Are your skills relevant to today's networking needs? Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers The market for products to improve the delivery of application software over networks remains dynamic and innovative. Vendors focused on solving enterprises' most-pressing application problems have become the top players. Read now! Asterisk preps assault on unified communications Having taken on the IP PBX vendors with its free Asterisk software, Digium is now setting its sights on providers of business-grade unified communications platforms like Avaya, Cisco, Microsoft and Siemens. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sprint Next Wave of Growth for Unified Communications Today's enterprise is undergoing a significant transformation, moving toward becoming a true Anywhere Enterprise®—a company where the workers can access any information from any device over any network. Enterprise mobility has been a crucial component in kicking off the evolutionary process. Learn More Polycom integrates videoconferencing with Lotus Sametime Polycom announced Wednesday that its room and desktop videoconferencing systems have been integrated with IBM Lotus Sametime to offer business customers a fuller range of unified communications tools. Read More
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