10G top-of-rack switches to surge to $1B in sales this year

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	10G top-of-rack switches to surge to $1B in sales this year Even though sales of Layer 2/3 Ethernet switches declined 12% sequentially in the first quarter, sales of 10 Gigabit top-of-rack switches are expected to jump 51% to $1 billion this year, according to Dell'Oro Group. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Hardware Load Balancing A comprehensive F5 solution readies application infrastructure for a successful implementation of the re-engineered Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. Learn More! In this Issue Cisco: IP traffic to quadruple by 2015 A case for Lou Gerstner at Cisco Cloud-based IT services Meraki Enterprise Cloud Controller Netgear ProSafe wireless LAN system WHITE PAPER: Avaya Tips to Tailor Your Communications Strategy An IP-based communications system helps businesses streamline voice and data improving internal productivity and customer service, but one size does not fit all. Answer 4 easy questions to find out the best strategies to meet your unique voice and data communications needs. Read Now Cisco: IP traffic to quadruple by 2015 Fueled by an explosion of network-connected devices, the total amount of global Internet traffic will quadruple by 2015 and reach 966 exabytes per year, according to an internal study conducted by Cisco. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Converged Communications: People and Applications in Synch Most small and midsize organizations find implementing unified communications a daunting task, between lack of in-house expertise and complex integration issues, it's easy to back burner this project. Find out how to implement a communications strategy in this Collaboration KnowledgeVault. Learn more A case for Lou Gerstner at Cisco Does Cisco need some Lou Gerstner? That's what an investment firm asks in light of Cisco's recent struggles. Read More WEBCAST: Oracle Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation Oracle BI Foundation Suite delivers the broadest end to end BI functionality from reporting, dashboards, scorecards, scenario modeling, forecasting to ad-hoc analysis. Register Today! Cloud-based IT services It is easy to suggest that one of the leaders of the first wave of public cloud computing was salesforce.com. A few years ago, the Salesforce CRM solution was one of a small number of enterprise applications that companies were just beginning to acquire from a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider.  Read More Meraki Enterprise Cloud Controller Meraki's friendly, cloud-managed wireless LAN solution is a fantastic option for small businesses, distributed networks, and overworked admins. Read More Netgear ProSafe wireless LAN system Netgear has a first-rate wireless LAN solution for business networks, as long as you don't need first-rate technical support. Read More
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