WAN optimization market shakeup predicted

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	WAN optimization market shakeup predicted WAN optimization is shaping up to be one of the hottest areas of the network equipment market, prompting industry experts to predict high-profile acquisitions and vendor shakeups in the near future. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CloudPassage CloudPassage CloudPassage Halo is the award winning cloud server security platform that has everything you need to secure your cloud servers - from dynamic firewalls to intrusion detection, and account management. Halo is SaaS and installs in 5 minutes. Halo Basic is free for up to 25 servers. Try Halo In this Issue 2012's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries Juniper acquires BitGravity content technology, engineers Global warming could enable undersea Arctic telecom route Intel agrees to buy Qlogic InfiniBand assets for $125M Cisco expands smart grid portfolio Leading ISPs, websites commit to June 6 start for IPv6 Supreme Court backs privacy over police in GPS case RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Provide instant on-demand remote support with LogMeIn Rescue Without pre-installed software, quickly connect to PCs, Macs, smartphones and tablets anywhere in the world. Get in, solve the problem, and be done in a flash. Plus, Rescue's SaaS-based platform means free upgrades and zero maintenance. Try it free today. 2012's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries This morning we have posted Network World's sixth annual collection of the current year's "25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries," which this time around features technological debuts the likes of Perl, OS/2, SPARC, UUNet and NEXTEL, as well as a geeky selection from popular cultural such as the starts of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "RoboCop." Read More Juniper acquires BitGravity content technology, engineers Juniper Networks has acquired technology and personnel from BitGravity, the content delivery networking (CDN) subsidiary of Tata Communications. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed What's Needed for Cloud Computing Just what is cloud computing anyway? This paper seeks to clarify the definition of cloud computing, identify how far along users are in terms of cloud deployment, and examine the role of the network in the cloud computing model. Read More! Global warming could enable undersea Arctic telecom route "Harnessing Disruption: Global, Mobile, Social, Local," was the theme at the 34rd Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) conference last week in Honolulu. Read More Intel agrees to buy Qlogic InfiniBand assets for $125M Intel on Monday announced that it had agreed to buy parts of Qlogic's InfiniBand business as the chip maker looks to provide storage and server bandwidth that will allow systems to achieve exaflop computing. Read More WHITE PAPER: VCE/VMware Driving Business Value with VBlock Infrastructure Platforms With Vblock Infrastructure Platforms, organizations of any size can rapidly deploy a pervasive virtual infrastructure and implement a private cloud while lowering risk and operating expenses. Learn More Cisco expands smart grid portfolio Cisco this week expanded its smart grid portfolio for utilities with a reference architecture, products and services intended to modernize the electric grid. Read More Leading ISPs, websites commit to June 6 start for IPv6 Several of the world's largest ISPs and websites have committed to permanently enabling IPv6 -- the next-generation Internet Protocol -- on their products and services starting June 6, 2012. Read More Supreme Court backs privacy over police in GPS case Score one for privacy rights in the digital age. The United States Supreme Court in a unanimous 9-0 ruling today issued a resounding rebuke to law enforcement officials who had argued they had carte blanche to place GPS tracking equipment on anyone's vehicle without judicial oversight. (2010's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries) Read More
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