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	Carrier CEOs focus on partnerships Mobile operators highlighted cooperation with developers and other partners, while emphasizing things only they can do, in a keynote session on the opening day of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Read More 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. In this Issue What's hot at RSA 2012 Silver Peak to offer free, downloadable versions of WAN optimization products Small Cell Forum pushes progress beyond femtocells Wireless network demands push carriers to innovate Science: too many connections weakens networks Cisco: Customers drove us to block Microsoft/Skype Carrier Ethernet 2 aims for global connectivity WHITE PAPER: APC Fundamental Principles of Network Security This paper covers the fundamentals of secure networking systems, including firewalls, network topology and secure protocols. Best practices are also given that introduce the reader to some of the more critical aspects of securing a network. Learn More! What's hot at RSA 2012 Read More Silver Peak to offer free, downloadable versions of WAN optimization products After watching customers continually download and install one of the vendor's free, limited products from the company website, Silver Peak CEO Rick Tinsley was interested to see how they would respond to the same access to its more advanced products. Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan Data Center Transformations This paper discusses ways to simplify data center transformation and introduces a new process – BOCA – Build Outs, Consolidations and Acquisitions. Learn the five stages of BOCA and see how the right remote access and IT infrastructure management tools, deployed early and continuously monitored, can dramatically improve overall efficiency. Read now! Small Cell Forum pushes progress beyond femtocells The recently renamed Small Cell Forum gathered several vendors at Mobile World Congress on Tuesday to spotlight advances they are announcing this week in smaller mobile-network gear. Read More Wireless network demands push carriers to innovate Executives from three wireless carriers offered testimony Tuesday showing how an explosion of wireless users and devices are forcing them to expand their networks without necessarily the promise of revenue growth to keep up. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel Fast Track your Access to Business Intelligence Identifying the right configuration and deploying complete, scalable data warehouses can be a time consuming, costly and error-prone process. Success ultimately depends on the ability to deploy a system that can support an expected level of performance — then allow that performance to scale linearly as needed. Learn more Science: too many connections weakens networks When it comes to connecting networks or other systems together, it is best to have many, but not too many, connections, mathematicians have found. Read More Cisco: Customers drove us to block Microsoft/Skype Cisco's appeal of the European Commission's approval of the $8.5 billion Microsoft/Skype union is customer driven, Cisco CEO John Chambers said this week. Read More Carrier Ethernet 2 aims for global connectivity The Metro Ethernet Forum has updated its Carrier Ethernet specification, hoping to standardize the use of Ethernet for global multicarrier services. Read More
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