Industry split on data center network standards

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	Industry split on data center network standards The industry appears deeply fractured over the best approach to data center networks, with some vendors backing the IETF's TRILL, some backing the IEEE's SPB, others offering proprietary protocols and still others advocating a combination of approaches. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AccelOps Virtualization & Cloud Blind Spots? Have VM triage and optimization issues? Building private/hybrid clouds? How can you assure service quality, performance reliability, and keep a tab on security? AccelOps integrated monitoring solution offers end-to-end visibility, proactive control, compliance and SLA/service intelligence. See our depth, breath & value with a 14-day trial download. In this Issue Most approve of hosting games on company gear, survey finds Oracle customers using Itanium chips rethink IT upgrades Microsoft: Next level of virtualization unlocks server OS, applications Unisys to help enterprises be smarter about move to cloud Hot technology at the annual CTIA wireless show in Orlando RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: HP Securing Virtualized Data Centers Understand the real need for security solutions that can address the reality of expanding virtualization. Learn how HP TippingPoint's secure virtualization framework allows organizations to gain control of the virtual environment by introducing in-line security policy enforcement. Read now. Most approve of hosting games on company gear, survey finds Only about a third of more than 1,000 respondents to a Network World online survey believe it's always wrong to use company equipment to host private video game sessions for groups of players. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel Xeon Processors Optimizing Server Management Reduce overall server management complexity, respond more efficiently to change and improve ROI. Discover how the combination of HP and Intel Insight Control and Insight Dynamics optimize server management, automating key management processes, thereby freeing IT to spend more time on strategic efforts and business priorities. Read More Today Oracle customers using Itanium chips rethink IT upgrades Oracle customers this week expressed concern about the effort and cost of upgrading IT infrastructures after the software maker said it would stop development for Intel's Itanium chip architecture. Read More WEBCAST: CA Fast-track Your Success with Private Clouds In this webcast you will learn how to kick-start private cloud initiatives while addressing today's concerns: getting applications to market quickly while handling the requirements around performance and scalability, uncompromised security, application portability and interoperability with public clouds. Learn More Microsoft: Next level of virtualization unlocks server OS, applications Microsoft virtualizes apps running on Windows Server ahead of rival VMware. Read More Unisys to help enterprises be smarter about move to cloud Unisys is packaging together existing and a few new consulting and management services in order to help enterprises better manage various cloud implementations. Read More Hot technology at the annual CTIA wireless show in Orlando From HTC's HD7 Windows Phone 7 handset to Sprint's HTC EVO View 4G, CTIA attention grabbers Read More
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