WAN optimization is shifting from strategic to tactical

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	WAN optimization is shifting from strategic to tactical WAN optimization is rapidly moving out of the "nice to have" category and is becoming a "need to have technology". The shift to strategic WAN optimization will raise its visibility with higher-level IT leaders and create some interesting competitive dynamics in the future. 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 In this Issue iPhone fanboys depicted as fad following sheep in new Samsung ad Cisco rival Brocade hitting stride in Ethernet Should Steve Ballmer go as CEO? Shopping at work? More CIOs say it's not allowed Even Wales finds his wall-to-wall Wikipedia pictures 'annoying' DARPA to banish "geeky, formal" way code defects are eradicated Facebook takes credit for shrinking degrees of separation between people around the world A blast from the past - Microsoft accused of monopolistic practices WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Branch on Demand Solution Brief Extending and Securing Access Across the Organization - The Aerohive Branch on Demand™ solution makes it easy to deploy corporate capabilities to employees anywhere, while reducing operational costs. Read now. iPhone fanboys depicted as fad following sheep in new Samsung ad Apple critics like to frequently point out that Apple's success is largely attributable to passing fads. Of course, this argument carried more weight when we were still in the iPod era. But now that Apple has followed up the success of the iPod with the iPhone and iPad, it's hard to really argue that Apple's success is the result of anything other than sleek hardware coupled with intuitive software. Read More Cisco rival Brocade hitting stride in Ethernet Brocade's fortunes are rising in Ethernet switching. After a few initial hiccups following the Foundry acquisition, Brocade is seeing solid traction. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Is the Cloud a Performance Management Crap Shoot? Much of a network professional's time is spent in the weeds-fixing what breaks-and trying to keep infrastructure humming so users don't call the help desk. Read now! Should Steve Ballmer go as CEO? At Microsoft's annual shareholder meeting, Steve Ballmer received votes representing 92% of shares to keep him in place as the company's chief executive. Read More Shopping at work? More CIOs say it's not allowed As scores of Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping deals start piling up, do you know what your end users are up to? Are you being asked to curb your fellow workers' online shopping activities? If so, you're not alone. More companies are taking steps to restrict holiday shopping at work, according to CIOs surveyed by Robert Half Technology. Read More WEBCAST: CA Technologies Business Service Assurance Define and manage IT service quality & delivery based on business impact and priority. View Now Even Wales finds his wall-to-wall Wikipedia pictures 'annoying' You know the old line: "Look up (whatever) in the dictionary and you'll see (whomever's) picture next to it." Well, try that on Wikipedia -- and no matter who or what you look up -- the first picture you'll see is of Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. Read More DARPA to banish "geeky, formal" way code defects are eradicated For every 1,000 lines of code, one to five bugs are introduced. And getting those bugs out of the millions of lines of software code that run today's complex systems is costly and only performed by highly specialized researchers with deep knowledge of software and mathematical theorem-proving techniques. Read More Facebook takes credit for shrinking degrees of separation between people around the world Citing what it calls the largest social networking studies ever, Facebook says the common notion of six degrees of separation between people knowing other people has become outdated. Read More A blast from the past - Microsoft accused of monopolistic practices On November 21, Bill Gates testified in a lawsuit charging Microsoft of monopolistic behavior against WordPerfect. Microsoft is accused of altering Windows 95 to make it more difficult for WordPerfect to produce a product that functioned well under the operating system. Read More
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