MPLS VPN vs. Public Internet

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	MPLS VPN vs. Public Internet MPLS is the Cadillac of enterprise WAN services, having earned its stripes as the link option of choice because of its reliability, flexibility and controls. But upstarts are saying that, with a little ingenuity, they can use Internet pipes to achieve the same ends at a better price. Read the arguments from Verizon's Peter Konings and Talari's Keith Morris and decide for yourself. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC IT Help Desk Evaluation Guide This 50 page guide also provides step by step instructions so you can try it yourself using the free trial version of Remedyforce. If you are looking for a new help desk solution, BMC's Remedyforce Service Desk may be just the right fit for you. 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Done properly, virtualizing these types of applications will bring compelling benefits, including increased IT agility and lower costs of ownership. Read now Android: An expert guide In this new PDF for Insiders, we have collected the best expert advice from Network World and CIO.com for using Android devices in a business context – including securing those devices and getting the most out of them. Read More The When and How of 100 Gigabit Ethernet I've come to the conclusion that the adoption of 100 Gig to be much bigger than 40 Gig. To me, 40 Gig was really a step on the way to 100 Gig. Ethernet has historically jumped in logarithmic steps and a 4x jump just doesn't seem like the bang is there for the buck spent on new hardware and upgrades. Read More Verizon to add LTE service to 26 more markets Thursday Verizon Wireless will launch its faster 4G LTE network in 26 more cities Thursday, while expanding LTE service in San Francisco, Indianapolis and Cleveland. Read More Windows 8 coming in 2012? 6 reasons why this could derail Windows 7 now Years ago, Microsoft leaked a 2012 target date for Windows Server 8. With developer versions of both out now, 2012 is still being kicked around as the target release date, sources say. At the Microsoft's BUILD conference, the company is being deliberately coy about the date. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM College Goes Green with Energy-Efficient Data Centre Canadian-based St. Lawrence College needed to increase IT capacity to support a growing student base while minimizing risk, reducing energy costs and demonstrating a commitment to environmental sustainability. Learn how they reached their goals. Read now Measuring impact of Wi-Fi denial-of-service attacks A research team at North Carolina State University has proposed a way of measuring the impact of wireless denial-of-service attacks on Wi-Fi networks. It's a step toward building focused counter-measures that can make such attacks costly to pull off. Read More 10 Great Videos from DEMO Fall 2011 As DEMO Fall 2011 wraps up today in Santa Clara, Calif., here's a bunch of videos from the event that our staff has produced (mainly me). There's lots of cool new companies worth exploring, enjoy the show! Read More Living in your parents' basement? So are lots more young adults More young adults are taking up residence in their parents' house after completing school, thanks to a lack of jobs and a lousy economy. It's a trend many people would have suspected, and now the U.S. Census Bureau has numbers to back up those suspicions. Read More Google acquires over 1,000 IBM patents Google has acquired over 1,000 patents from IBM, as part of its strategy to strengthen its patent portfolio to counter litigation, according to records of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Application Delivery 2.0 Handbook This comprehensive handbook offers guidance on ensuring application delivery with a systematic approach. Read More Apple has Scared Microsoft Worse Than We Thought After a day of keynotes and discussions at Microsoft's Build conference, my initial takeaway is Apple has scared the double espresso out of our friends from Seattle, and Windows 8 is shaping up to be almost entirely a consumer play. Read More Cisco's new stance met with guarded approval The new, leaner, more aggressive Cisco met with analysts this week to discuss where it's been, where it's going and how it will get there. Read More Boston buzzes over start-ups at freebie-heavy WebInno Nothing gets people excited about technology start-ups like freebies, and there were plenty for the taking at Tuesday night's Web Innovators Group event in Cambridge, Mass. Read More Mozilla's Rapid Firefox Releases Are Killing Me Mozilla's insistence on releasing new versions of the Firefox browser and Thunderbird e-mail client every six weeks is more than just extremely annoying. It kills compatibility and poses a security threat to businesses and consumers, rants CIO.com's Bill Snyder. Read More
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