HP takes swipes at Cisco on Interop stage

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	HP takes swipes at Cisco on Interop stage It's not often HP and Cisco share the same stage during a keynote address. But at Interop that's exactly what they did -- and HP didn't share the stage nicely. Read More WHITE PAPER: Belden Going Green With Physical Layer Components IT companies are keeping a keen eye on data center energy efficiency, space savings and the movement to build sustainable LEED-certified, "green" facilities. However, "green" can be difficult to measure at the physical layer. This white paper discusses how physical layer components with innovative, "green" features can lower costs while increasing productivity and health. In this Issue Android's expanded reach casts doubt on future of Chrome OS Microsoft fixes critical worm hole in Windows Server Apple vs. Microsoft by the numbers Juniper: Networks inhibit 'exponential' data center Interop's still got some kick Patching Windows is a major time sink for IT departments Does ARIN have the right to approve all IPv4 address sales? Cisco launches wireless LAN Flex controller Some Verizon users still reporting LTE modem problems Short Take: Will Microsoft/Skype succeed? Neat Net Stories from Vint Cerf and Dan Lynch at Interop Open source foiled Microsoft antitrust case WHITE PAPER: Emerson Network Power Taking the Enterprise Data Center into the Cloud Get a detailed overview of cloud computing technology— common types of architectures and services and perceived risks impacting widespread adoption. Learn best practices for optimizing critical systems for cloud deployment in existing facilities and see how next-generation technologies forge a path toward an integrated DCIM approach. Learn More Android's expanded reach casts doubt on future of Chrome OS The expansion of Android from smartphones to tablets, TVs and desktop computers impressed developers attending the Google I/O conference, with one attendee predicting that Google's other operating system – Chrome OS – is doomed. Read More Microsoft fixes critical worm hole in Windows Server As part of its monthly Patch Tuesday cycle, Microsoft issued a critical patch that fixes a rare hole affecting all versions of Windows Server, even Server Core. Read More Apple vs. Microsoft by the numbers Wall Street thinks one company is a more compelling buy than the other. Read More Juniper: Networks inhibit 'exponential' data center Current networks inhibit large-scale data centers, which require new fabric architectures, a Juniper official said during his keynote address at the Interop conference today. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Kingston Technology The VMware vSphere 4.0 Edition The Yin and Yang of Memory Virtualization Click to continue Interop's still got some kick This week's Interop in Las Vegas is proving why the trade show is still around after 25 years, with some early fireworks and new products that demonstrate just how vital the networking industry remains. Read More Patching Windows is a major time sink for IT departments After asking, if IT departments were too slow to patch Windows, we asked our readers to participate in a survey about Windows patching and the results are in! Despite efforts to automate patches, patching Windows computers, both servers and clients, are still an incredible time sink for IT departments. Read More Does ARIN have the right to approve all IPv4 address sales? A U.S. bankruptcy court in Delaware recently approved Nortel's sale of 666,624 IPv4 addresses to Microsoft for $7.5 million. Despite this precedent, a debate is raging in Internet policy circles about how sales of IPv4 addresses -- particularly the largest blocks of IPv4 address space issued before the Internet became popular -- will proceed in the future. Read More Cisco launches wireless LAN Flex controller Cisco Tuesday unveiled a wireless LAN controller that allows centralized management of up to 500 branch office locations from one data center. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP HP's Prescription for Next-generation Data Center Networks Healthcare organizations of all sizes are expected to expand the amount and types of services they offer without driving up their budgets or jeopardizing data protection.In this paper, we'll lay out the challenges healthcare organizations are facing and how HP is the right partner to help solve them. Read now Some Verizon users still reporting LTE modem problems Even though Verizon Wireless claims its fast LTE network is "up and running" following an April 26 outage, it's still not working for some customers, including 50 Chicago-based users of laptops with LTE modems. Read More Short Take: Will Microsoft/Skype succeed? Keith Shaw talks with CIO.com's Shane O'Neill about Microsoft's $8.5 billion offer to buy Skype, and what it means for Microsoft's consumer and enterprise voice offerings. Read More Neat Net Stories from Vint Cerf and Dan Lynch at Interop Interstellar networks. Padding Statements of Work in US DoD contracts to encourage the development of the Internet. Turning off the old protocols on the Internet, for a day, to encourage the adoption of the "new" TCP/IP protocols. The plan to use OSI Layer 3 protocols (well, kinda) instead of IPv6. All these topics, and more, were part of an interesting pair of discussions at Interop yesterday. Read More Open source foiled Microsoft antitrust case Just over a decade ago, a U.S. District Court judge decided that Microsoft was as much of a threat to the technology sector as Standard Oil was almost a century ago to the oil industry, and with that he ordered Microsoft split into two. Read More
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