NetScout tightens gap between application and network views

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	NetScout tightens gap between application and network views In the old days, if you were to have asked a mixed group of server and switch sorts whether application or network performance analysis is more important, an amiable discussion would have quickly devolved into argument. But just as IT environments are becoming more fluid and dynamic, the management view is maturing as well. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Store 20 Times More Data on Disk HP & Intel provide a comprehensive array of solutions across services, software, servers, storage, and networking. In addition, HP's services expertise can bring all your solutions together and deliver them any way you want. Read More Now! In this Issue The networked world Living legends: Ethernet inventor Bob Metcalfe Living legends: Radia Perlman, Layer 3 wizard Living Legend: Vint Cerf on the Internet and out-of-this-world communications 5 innovative tech companies that got it wrong in the end Data center double duty Size matters for firewall rule sets; small is best SnapLogic offers 'big data' tool for Hadoop users BI must become part of broad IT strategy WHITE PAPER: Netezza, an IBM Company Oracle Exadata and Netezza TwinFin™ Compared This ebook will provide the fundamental differences between the Netezza TwinFin® and Oracle Exadata solutions from the perspectives of query performance, simplicity of operation and value. The ebook will help you determine which solutions best meet your business needs and how to achieve optimal results from your data. Read now 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 Living legends: Ethernet inventor Bob Metcalfe It's hard to overestimate the importance of Ethernet to networking over the past 25 years. When Network World started, the technology had been around a while, but in the last 25 years we have seen Ethernet come to dominate the industry. It has outlasted Token Ring, ATM, FDDI and other competing LAN technologies. It has extended from the LAN into the wide area and wireless realms. Through technologies like switching and QoS controls, Ethernet has become the foundation technology for most networking communications today. Read More Living legends: Radia Perlman, Layer 3 wizard As important as Spanning Tree has been to the acceptance and spread of Ethernet, making it possible to link Ethernet segments without creating loops and packet storms, its inventor, Radia Perlman, says she always thought it was a bad idea. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splice Communications The Benefits of Outsourcing Telecom Management Choosing the right network solutions provider (NSP) will help businesses improve network reliability, service quality, operating efficiency, billing accuracy and better allocation of resources – all reducing the total cost of ownership of your network infrastructure. Many companies have realized the benefits of working with an NSP. Read now! Living Legend: Vint Cerf on the Internet and out-of-this-world communications Vint Cerf is one of the most recognized network engineers of all time. He is often referred to as one of the "fathers of the Internet" for his groundbreaking work as a co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the Internet. He shares that title with colleague Robert E. Kahn. The two have been granted many prestigious awards for helping to build a technology that has arguably altered the course of human history more than any other.  Read More 5 innovative tech companies that got it wrong in the end Successful for a time, but failed in the end: looking back at Digital, WorldCom, Netscape, Nortel and General Magic. Read More Data center double duty New studies indicate that IT workloads are increasing as more technology is added without staff increases. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software It's 9am. Do You Know What Your Directory is Doing? In this new Quest Software white paper, you'll see how to get more information that native logging alone can't provide. See how you can get real time, centralized information, and how doing so maximizes Active Directory performance. Read More Size matters for firewall rule sets; small is best Two research studies have shown there is a direct correlation between firewall rule set complexity and the likelihood of configuration errors. One study shows most firewalls are badly configured and use "very lax rules that constitute gross mistakes." Could yours be among them? Read More SnapLogic offers 'big data' tool for Hadoop users SnapReduce works with Hadoop to enable scalable integration for cloud and on-premise applications Read More BI must become part of broad IT strategy To be of strategic use, BI systems need to be more forward-looking, said IT managers and analysts at the Gartner BI Summit in Los Angeles. Read More
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