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	Bandwidth bottlenecks loom large in the cloud InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) CIO Tom Conophy has no reservations when it comes to the cloud. 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 Broadcom makes home network push 5 major changes facing the Internet in 2012 Cisco nemesis facing a mixed quarter? US lawmakers push for Huawei investigation WHITE PAPER: AMD The Accelerated SMB: Moving at the Speed of Virtualization Mid-market corporations increasingly rely on technology to serve as the enablers and accelerators of the business—not just to reduce costs but also to empower new business initiatives and increase the top line. Learn More! Broadcom makes home network push Broadcom will demonstrate silicon that can use the next-generation coaxial home networking standard, with a real-world speed of 400M bps, at the International Consumer Electronics Show next week. Read More WHITE PAPER: SonicWALL Next-Gen Firewall Market Analysis: The SonicWALL Difference The Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) is rapidly becoming an essential element of the modern organization's information security strategy. Not only does it restore control over network activity and provide protection against dynamic threats, it also does so while reducing the cost and complexity of network security infrastructure. Learn more. 5 major changes facing the Internet in 2012 2012 is poised to go down in Internet history as one of the most significant 12-month periods from both a technical and policy perspective since the late 1990s, when this network-of-networks stopped being a research project and became an engine of economic growth. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Growing Your Business Without a Crystal Ball Learn how an upgrade at Opus Interactive allows scalable storage growth with 40 percent less upfront cost. Read Now! Cisco nemesis facing a mixed quarter? Juniper's enterprise business is tracking well but the compnay still may face some challenges in 2012 as four major new products ramp. For Cisco, this is good news - enterprises are spending, which means they'll buy Cisco stuff as well as Juniper's - and its rival's product transition may also open up some opportunity. Read More US lawmakers push for Huawei investigation The U.S. Department of State should investigate Huawei Technologies' reported sale of mobile phone tracking equipment to an Iranian mobile operator and consider sanctions against the Chinese company, six U.S. lawmakers said. Read More
	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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