IT caught in a vice

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	IT caught in a vice In our last newsletter we started to discuss some of the application delivery trends that we are highlighting in the 2011 Application and Service Delivery Handbook. We will use this newsletter to continue that discussion. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Application-Aware Network Performance Management Riverbed® Cascade© stacks up extremely well against the competition. How well? In particular, Cascade outperforms other application-aware network performance management solutions in such important areas as product strength and cost efficiency. Read Now. In this Issue Silver Peak introduces pay-as-you-go WAN optimization Republican spectrum plan would kill net neutrality Cyberwar and cyber-isolationism Cisco CTO Warrior: We needed better accountability India wants to intercept Skype, Google communications The 8 Unfriendliest Cities for Teleworking Study finds wide racial disparity in smartphone use WHITE PAPER: Extreme Networks Networks in Motion Download this whitepaper today and discover how you can cost-effectively optimize your network for the mobile demands of today's business. Examine how IT can provide: * Personalization and intelligence. * Ease of operation. * Seamless quality of user experience. * Secure on-the-go access to public and private networks. Read now! Silver Peak introduces pay-as-you-go WAN optimization Silver Peak is pushing to deploy its WAN optimization software on a broad range of network devices such as generic servers, routers and storage devices to save customers on capital outlay. Read More Republican spectrum plan would kill net neutrality Public Knowledge criticizes a Republican proposal for spectrum auctions. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Business Value with Network and Application Visibility In this white paper, IDC analyzes the ROI that customers can expect from Riverbed Cascade, based on interviews with Cascade customers. Additionally, IDC lays out the business case for proactively managing network and application performance. Get the visibility you need to achieve your IT objectives. Read Now. Cyberwar and cyber-isolationism There has been a bit of a splash in the press the last few days about a mention by former CIA Director Michael Hayden of the idea of creating new, extra secure internets for government or commerce. Read More Cisco CTO Warrior: We needed better accountability Cisco's massive user show, Cisco Live, is going on this week in Las Vegas. Padmasree Warrior, Cisco's senior vice president of engineering and CTO sat down with Cisco Subnet editor and blogger Julie Bort. They discussed Cisco's progress since Warrior took the helm as CTO, the reorganization of Cisco's engineering groups, Catalyst vs. Nexus, the so-called Cisco "tax" (its prices vs. the competition), network virtualization, Cisco's toe dipping into the brave new world of open source and the future careers of the Cisco CCIE faithful. What follows is an edited transcript of the interview. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Streamline Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Solutions To succeed and thrive, today's organizations must create network environments that enable them to continue operations or recover in the shortest possible time. This paper provides practical advice for maintaining a functional DR strategy, and for streamlining business continuity solutions. Read More India wants to intercept Skype, Google communications The controversy over India's demand that it be allowed to monitor online and mobile communications resurfaced again on Wednesday, with an Indian minister telling reporters that the government had asked Skype, Google, and several other companies to give it access. Read More The 8 Unfriendliest Cities for Teleworking You would think in this day and age all businesses would be doing everything possible to support employees working at home or on the road. But a surprising number of companies in major American cities are still behind the teleworking times, according to a recent Microsoft survey of 4,500 information workers. Here are eight cities that finished at the low end of the teleworker totem pole. Read More Study finds wide racial disparity in smartphone use Black and Latino Americans are far more likely to own a smartphone than are their white countrymen - 44 percent vs. 30 percent -- according to new research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project. What would account for such a wide disparity? "We didn't probe on that question directly but there are a few items in our data that offer some possible answers," Aaron Smith, a Pew senior research... Read More
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