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	Juniper at the root of Internet outage? Juniper routers are reportedly behind an Internet outage that affected service providers and Web sites around the globe this morning. Read More WHITE PAPER: MegaPath Today's Network: Make It a Strategic, Future-Proof Asset Today's small and mid-sized organizations support dozens of applications and hundreds of devices and mobile workers. Network congestion has become a risk, as users change offices, work from home and add devices at will. SMBs need simplification in the form of network convergence. And a managed service provider can help. View Now In this Issue Fabric wars: Cisco vs. Brocade vs. Juniper Cisco dials up the mid-market Cisco Buries – and Befriends – the Competition Alcatel-Lucent's saw revenue drop in Q3, but still made a profit WAN optimization hardware vs. WAN optimization services WHITE PAPER: Siemon Cabling Lifecycles and Total Cost of Ownership Network cabling is the backbone of your network that should support 2-3 generations of active equipment over 10 years. This white paper will guide you through the options to help you choose the right cabling. Learn more Fabric wars: Cisco vs. Brocade vs. Juniper The past three years have been very noisy on the data center fabric and architecture front. Every quarter seems to bring about a new convergence blueprint from another vendor - and a variety from one or two. Read More WHITE PAPER: Intel Optimize virtualization with HP & Intel Virtualization has become a powerful enabler for consolidating servers, running applications in multiple operating system environments, simplifying administration and lowering operating costs. This paper describes how to optimize server virtualization using enterprise-class HP Multi-Port Server Adapters and Intel® Ethernet technology. Click to continue Cisco dials up the mid-market Aiming at a multibillion dollar market, Cisco this week revamped its IP PBXes to address midmarket needs. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Mobile Technology: The Productivity Edge IT must devise a workable balance by ensuring security of mobile data without squashing worker productivity. This Mobility KnowledgeVault will walk you through four key factors to build a workable plan and highlights real-world examples of businesses that are succeeding at fulfilling the productivity promise of mobility. View now Cisco Buries – and Befriends – the Competition Cisco's old attitude toward its competitors: "If we can't see them, they aren't there." (Or maybe they were just taking the high road. Who knows?) Cisco's new attitude toward its competitors: "I have met the enemy, and it is us." Cisco finally started to get aggressive, and was naming names. And now, Cisco's new new attitude toward its competitors: "Can't we all just get along?" Read More Alcatel-Lucent's saw revenue drop in Q3, but still made a profit Alcatel-Lucent reported a drop in revenue during the third quarter, but the company still made a €194 million (US$268 million) profit. However, the future looks murky, the company said on Friday. Read More WAN optimization hardware vs. WAN optimization services The two best things about WAN optimization are that it practically guarantees better response times for applications while at the same time either reducing the need for WAN bandwidth or at least staving off for a while the need to boost it. Read More
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