The data center network transition

	Clearwire's LTE push highlights growing momentum | Contest shines light on broadband providers' tactics
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	The data center network transition Up until a couple of years ago, the data center network was somewhat staid. Today, however, it is anything but staid as the majority of IT organizations are trying to determine how they should evolve their data center networks to support the demands brought about by the ongoing adoption of technologies such as server virtualization. Read More WHITE PAPER: Motorola Less Cost and Congestion. More Performance and Trust Giving brainpower to WLAN access points results in: • Intelligent direct routing • Network-aware access points that can easily reroute around overloaded components • Detection of RF interference • AP flexibility and options from AP 621 to AP 7181 Read now! In this Issue Clearwire's LTE push highlights growing momentum Contest shines light on broadband providers' tactics Cisco nabs Juniper sales execs Four entering Wireless Hall of Fame this fall CalTech, UCSD bring photonics to silicon New group plans 100,000 broadband-enabled jobs in US IT Consumerization Momentum and Implications 16 milestones of a million, billion or more ... WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Corporation NEW Diskeeper 2011 Pro Premier Edition Diskeeper 2011 Pro Premier edition provides essential performance and efficiency increases for power workstation users as well as all the features of the Professional edition. Learn more! Clearwire's LTE push highlights growing momentum LTE (Long Term Evolution) has picked up steam in the last few weeks, with operators moving forward and auctions taking place, helping the technology become a global standard. Read More Contest shines light on broadband providers' tactics The FCC announces award winners in its competition to design tools to measure broadband network management. Read More WEBCAST: Citrix Systems Forrester Webinar – "Enabling 2011 Business Initiatives" Forrester Webinar – "Enabling 2011 Business Initiatives" – shows how to use virtual appliances to build a network infrastructure that supports top business priorities. Includes expert recommendations for how to optimize your data center for Cloud computing and loads that change with user and business needs. Compliments of Citrix. View now Cisco nabs Juniper sales execs Cisco has nabbed a couple of Juniper Networks sales executives for its own service provider sales force. Read More Four entering Wireless Hall of Fame this fall The Wireless History Foundation this fall will induct four new members into its Wireless Hall of Fame. Read More WHITE PAPER: Enterasys Networks Reliable Wireless for Less: 2 for 1 Controllers Enterasys is now offering a great opportunity to upgrade to a new, resilient wireless network with new wireless controllers, which can be deployed in redundant pairs and operate in either failover and/or load sharing mode to provide uninterrupted productivity with fast and secure roaming. Learn more CalTech, UCSD bring photonics to silicon Researchers at the California Institute of Technology and the University of California, San Diego have developed a silicon-based optical waveguide that could prove to be an instrumental component in building low-cost, all-optical networks in the future. Read More New group plans 100,000 broadband-enabled jobs in US Members of Jobs4America say they plan to add 100,000 U.S. call-center jobs over the next two years. Read More IT Consumerization Momentum and Implications Pick up any tech journal and you still read headlines like, "CIOs must be prepared for IT consumerization." The articles in this genre proceed to warn IT executives that resistance is futile, IT consumerization will eventually impact their organizations. Read More 16 milestones of a million, billion or more ... Quantitative milestones have been a marketing staple since long before McDonald's began counting burgers. So when I saw recently that Huffington Post was boasting of having hosted its 100 millionth comment, I did a little searching to see how many of these pronouncements I could find ... over just the past month. Here's a slideshow featuring the more notable ones with any kind of tech connection. Read... Read More
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