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	Thinnest material in the world could boost Internet speeds tenfold-plus Two Nobel Prize winning scientists out of the U.K. have come up with a new way to use graphene – the thinnest material in the world – that could make Internet pipes feel a lot fatter. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Controlling Migration to IPv6: A Gateway to Tomorrow This White Paper describes how the BIG-IP LTM system help organizations migrate to IPv6, and can operate as an IPv4 to IPv6 gateway; operating identically in either environment, and within mixed environments. Learn More! In this Issue Google, OpenDNS deploy DNS tweak for faster browsing Cisco, VMware expand collaboration Brocade caters to cloud customers Stanford's Open Networking Summit to highlight OpenFlow, SDN NSF $450K award goes to researcher who wants to play Tetris with wireless networks Cisco, NEC team up on LTE networks Report: Malicious infections on 99% of enterprise networks Security, regulatory concerns still a challenge in virtualization How the network supports cloud computing WHITE PAPER: BMC How to Choose a SaaS-Based I.T. Service Management Solution All SaaS help-desks are not created equally. From basic ticket logging to full-featured, enterprise-grade service management solutions, there truly is something for everyone. Learn more about the key factors in deciding between a comprehensive or a slimmer selection for your organization. Learn More Today! Google, OpenDNS deploy DNS tweak for faster browsing Nearly 40 million Internet users will experience faster Web browsing starting today, thanks to a protocol tweak being deployed by Google, OpenDNS and several content delivery networks that allows them to more precisely serve up content from the nearest available server. Read More Cisco, VMware expand collaboration Cisco and VMware expanded their 4+ year partnership by unveiling network virtualization extensions designed to expand the mobility range of virtual machines across multiple data centers and cloud environments. Read More Brocade caters to cloud customers Brocade has unveiled an infrastructure procurement model designed for cloud computing, along with additions to its new VDX data center switch line. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Service Assurance Defined This Forrester paper explains the concept of service assurance and highlights how it can address fundamental issues around managing application performance and business services. Learn More Stanford's Open Networking Summit to highlight OpenFlow, SDN Stanford University this October will host the first Open Networking Summit, which will focus on the history, state and future of OpenFlow and software-defined networking technologies. Read More NSF $450K award goes to researcher who wants to play Tetris with wireless networks The National Science Foundation has awarded a 5-year, $450K grant to a Virginia Tech researcher who says she hopes to figure out how disparate wireless networks can better fit together to speed traffic deliver across the Internet. Read More Cisco, NEC team up on LTE networks Cisco and NEC will jointly sell LTE networks to carriers under a deal announced on Tuesday. Read More WEBCAST: Riverbed Eliminate Network Finger-Pointing Cascade Demo: With Cascade, you get visibility into network optimization and analysis, application performance management, IT consolidation, and security. Watch as Jack, the manager of the network team, deals with user complaints about application performance. See how he uses Riverbed Cascade to solve them. Learn more! Report: Malicious infections on 99% of enterprise networks A new breed of cyber-attacks are both sophisticated and successful, leaving 99% of enterprises with a security gap and malicious infections in their networks. According to a new report from FireEye Malware Intelligence Lab, 80% of enterprises were hit with more than 100 new infections per week in the first half of 2011. Read More Security, regulatory concerns still a challenge in virtualization While VMware users harbor little doubt about the cost savings and productivity gains brought by virtualizing their networks, security concerns still exist on many fronts, whether it's figuring out how to meet regulatory compliance with auditors, or evaluating cloud services. Read More How the network supports cloud computing Over the last few years there have been a seemingly endless array of articles and reports written on cloud computing. These articles are helpful in that they identify trends in the growing adoption of cloud computing. However, these articles and reports seldom focus on what all of this means to the network. The next two newsletters will focus on the impact of cloud computing on the network in general and will look at the role of the application delivery controller in particular. Read More
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