10 essential data center appliances

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	SLIDESHOWS 10 essential data center appliances With all of the noise in data center networking focused on switches, fabrics and lossless Ethernet standards, appliances like WAN optimizers and application accelerators are often overlooked. But they are important components of the data center/cloud infrastructure, especially as organizations virtualize desktop applications for remote sites. Here's a listing of 10 of the top players, and their products, in data center appliances. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET Everyone who enters will win free training from Webucator. Grand prize: a SharePoint training class worth $2,375. All who enter will be awarded a self-paced class of their choosing. Enter here: http://www.networkworld.com/community/contests. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES Cisco dumps the UMI personal telepresence very quietly 5 major changes facing the Internet in 2012 iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Dec. 31 Up-and-coming tech jobs -- and how to land one Mobility, cloud, analytics to reshape IT in 2012 Users desert Windows XP in near-record numbers 10 programming languages that could shake up IT Two new tools exploit router security setup problem Working out RIM's BlackBerry Bold 9930 over Christmas break Microsoft releases first unscheduled patch of 2011
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