Medical research group skips 40G, makes 'right move' to 100G Ethernet

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	Medical research group skips 40G, makes 'right move' to 100G Ethernet Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), a nonprofit medical research organization, has implemented a 100G Ethernet network to boost bandwidth for advanced data analysis. Read More WHITE PAPER: Blue Coat Systems WAN Optimization Strategies The benefits of IT consolidation have come with a downside – dramatic bandwidth and application performance issues. Making WAN Optimization a priority will result in dramatic gains in bandwidth and performance today, and ensure an optimized network for tomorrow. This paper defines how to defend against the trends that overwhelm the WAN. Read now! In this Issue Avaya beefs up switch architecture to compete with Cisco, HP, others Stanton: Jobs wanted own network with unlicensed spectrum Arista again looks to buck Cisco, others in data center AT&T to add six more LTE cities on Sunday Cisco how-to guides for firewalls, IPv6, contact centers and taking that security exam Aerohive pushes branch networks to cloud 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 Avaya beefs up switch architecture to compete with Cisco, HP, others Avaya this week rolled out extensions to its 4000 series switches and said its year-old virtualized networking architecture is taking hold in campuses and data centers. Read More Stanton: Jobs wanted own network with unlicensed spectrum Steve Jobs initially hoped to create his own network with the unlicensed spectrum that Wi-Fi uses rather than work with the mobile operators, said wireless industry legend John Stanton. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix 8 Reasons Why Citrix Beats F5 Is your network ready for the Cloud? Not with F5. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. Shift up to the Cloud. Download 8 Reasons Citrix NetScaler beats F5. Read now Arista again looks to buck Cisco, others in data center Arista Networks this week has rolled out four switches and enhanced software designed to address the scalability, resilience and density requirements of cloud computing. Read More AT&T to add six more LTE cities on Sunday AT&T plans to add six more cities to its 4G LTE network on Nov. 20, bringing the total to 15 cities in the U.S. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 High-Performance DNS Services in BIG-IP Version 11 To provide high-quality user experiences on the Internet, networks must be designed with optimized, secure, highly available, and high-performance IP services. Domain Name System (DNS) is one of the most difficult, but important, IP services to optimize and secure. Learn More Today! Cisco how-to guides for firewalls, IPv6, contact centers and taking that security exam If you're ready for a technical deep dive in a book, the Cisco Networking Technology Series provides that in its collection of volumes on topics that include Cisco firewalls, Cisco Unity Connection voice-messaging platform, Cisco Contact Center, IPv6 and more. Here's a quick review of the books published in this series by Cisco Press this year. Read More Aerohive pushes branch networks to cloud Aerohive Networks intends to put branch offices' networks in the cloud for a monthly fee starting at US$99. Read More
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