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	John Chambers on the network The network is more important today than at any time in history.  In the last 25 years it has had a transformative effect on the way we all live, work, learn and play but I believe it will deliver even greater change in the next decade than it has in the last quarter century. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Kingston Technology The VMware vSphere 4.0 Edition The Yin and Yang of Memory Virtualization Click to continue In this Issue 25 tech touchstones of the past 25 years The networked world Hot shots from the past: Paul Severino and the go-go years Network World's Wider Net Dell extends data center line for virtualization HP counters Cisco with new switches, architecture Watson teaches 'big analytics' Man sentenced to prison for defrauding Cisco How should you redesign your data center LAN? WEBCAST: Cisco Implementing Virtualization-Enabled Collaboration Date: May 11th, 2011; Time: 2 PM EST This webcast will examine the challenges that IT organizations face when deploying desktop virtualization technologies and collaboration tools, and offer strategies for addressing implementing a robust, virtual desktop environment that fosters successful collaboration. Learn more 25 tech touchstones of the past 25 years Read More The networked world Cell phones and social media tools help topple Middle Eastern regimes. Telemedicine lets surgeons reach across time and space. Smart grids let power companies reduce fuel consumption and lower pollution. Networking has changed the world. Read More Hot shots from the past: Paul Severino and the go-go years The golden age of networking - the 1980s and 90s that saw the rise of corporate local-area networks and the Internet become woven into the gleaming ribbon of world communication - was the work of entrepreneurs. And Paul Severino, who co-founded a number of start-ups, the best-known being Wellfleet Communications -- personifies that era to the max, having ridden its ups and downs. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Advancing Your Virtualization Journey Organizations can extend their virtualization investments by examining their choice of data protection, disaster recovery, and migration solutions. This paper discusses the need for a single view of heterogeneous physical and virtual environments and the ability to move data between different platforms and recover data to dissimilar architectures. Learn More Network World's Wider Net Network World started its Wider Net stories in 2003 in an effort to lighten up our news pages, acknowledging that there is a lot more to the world of enterprise networking and IT other than speeds and feeds of switches and routers and WAN links. Read More Dell extends data center line for virtualization LAS VEGAS -- At the Interop trade show this week, Dell will expand its networking, server and storage product lines to help users migrate from legacy data centers to those more heavily reliant on virtualization. Read More HP counters Cisco with new switches, architecture At Interop this week, HP unveiled products supporting a new architecture that attempts to unify enterprise data center, campus and branch networks under a common and consistent operating environment. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software A Cost-Effective Solution for ITSM If you're tired of the costly upgrades and difficult implementations other vendors put you through, BMC Remedy OnDemand offers an alternative. It can be implemented in days and significantly lower overall IT Service Management costs. Read the white paper to learn more about BMC Remedy OnDemand. Read More Today! Watson teaches 'big analytics' IBM's Watson's impressive "Jeopardy!" win demonstrated the awesome strides in computing power and ingenuity, but just as impressive was the way in which Watson's creators attacked an avalanche of information to come out victorious. Read More Man sentenced to prison for defrauding Cisco A Maryland man is sentenced to seven years in prison for running a warranty fraud scheme targeting Cisco. Read More How should you redesign your data center LAN? The last few newsletters have discussed LAN design in general and data center LAN design in particular. This newsletter will discuss an RFI for data center LAN switching. Read More
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