The great data center network debate

	700MHz National Emergency System to Cost Billions: AMTA | Electromagnetic interference and 10GBase-T in the data center
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	The great data center network debate As was discussed in the last newsletter, all of data center network design guidelines and technologies that IT organizations have used for the last decade are now being questioned. The good news is that IT organizations have a lot of new and emerging technology and design options that they can implement. The bad news is that the breadth of available options can be overwhelming. We will use this newsletter to describe a series of discussions on data center networking that we are driving the goal of which is to help IT organization evaluate their options. Read More WEBCAST: Riverbed What Your Network Isn't Telling You Watch as Yoav Eilat, Director of Product Marketing for Cascade, shows you how Cascade can help you truly deliver IT performance for your network. Learn more! In this Issue 700MHz National Emergency System to Cost Billions: AMTA Electromagnetic interference and 10GBase-T in the data center FCC officials: We won't let LightSquared hurt GPS Verizon strike signals shift in telecom business USB devices: The big hole in network security 16 milestones of a million, a billion or more … from just the past month WEBCAST: Riverbed High-Performance Network Traffic Recording See Cascade Shark in action. This Webcast demonstrates how the only network analysis software fully integrated with Wireshark, the world's most popular network protocol analyzer, is capable of sustained, multi-gigabit per second recording of network traffic without packet drops. See how easy this powerful tool is to use. Learn more! 700MHz National Emergency System to Cost Billions: AMTA The federal government should not build a dedicated national emergency services network based on the 700Mhz spectrum and instead, leave it to the private market to supply telecommunications services during disasters, the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) has said. Read More Electromagnetic interference and 10GBase-T in the data center The majority of data center LAN links use 1000Base-T (Gigabit Ethernet) running on unshielded twisted pair structured cabling (Cat5e, Cat6, Cat6a). While increasing demand for bandwidth is driving a shift to 10G Ethernet, that migration is being slowed by the fact that the 10G links being deployed today are based on optical transceivers or SFP+ Direct Attach copper, neither of which is backward-compatible to Gigabit Ethernet. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Realtime Publishers: Making SIM Work for Your Organization This guide examines the most common challenges surrounding Security Information Management (SIM). It offers guidance on choosing and deploying a SIM implementation strategy and discusses the advantages of an in-house solution, an outsourced service, or an on-demand SIM service that combines the benefits of both. Learn more. FCC officials: We won't let LightSquared hurt GPS FCC officials say they will protect GPS from interference by mobile devices. Read More Verizon strike signals shift in telecom business Two unions representing Verizon's wireline workers call a strike as the company shifts away from traditional telephone service. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Using IBM Tivoli Security Management for z/OS Administration can be a complex world where security is concerned. The resources spent on administration, management, auditing and compliance can be considerable. Watch the demo, "Using IBM Tivoli Security Management for z/OS," and see how IBM® can help you protect your business—simply, efficiently and more effectively. Learn More USB devices: The big hole in network security USB devices may be important tools foir business but they have security issues Read More 16 milestones of a million, a billion or more … from just the past month Ranging from the run-of-the-mill million to an astonishing 15 billion Read More
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