WAN Optimization as a Service Goes Mainstream

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	WAN Optimization as a Service Goes Mainstream With Akamai's uncharacteristic collaboration with Riverbed to embed Steelhead WAN optimization software into its CDN overlay network, the tide has officially turned--WAN optimization as a service is going main stream. It is unprecedented that Akamai, known for a "not invented here" culture, chose an established vendor to deliver its first bona fide WAN optimization service, Steelhead® Cloud Accelerator.... Read More WHITE PAPER: Wildpackets Essentials for Assuring Network and Application Performance As a network professional, it's not enough to be focused on network failures. You need to be able to assure network and application performance. Read this white paper to evaluate performance monitoring and management initiatives and eliminate blind spots. Learn More In this Issue Cisco's collaboration jab IT Operations Needs to Evolve to Support Cloud How to wrangle your virtual machines Review: 7 password managers for Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, and Android NASA faces serious challenges keeping the International Space Station relevant 13 Common ERP Mistakes and How to Avoid Making Them Microsoft Adds 'Core' Version to Server 8 Lineup Is Application Security the Glaring Hole in Your Defense? 7 Great All-in-One Desktop PCs Can you handle Big Data? Is there a 'best' way to set up your private cloud storage? Cisco boosts telepresence system with new collaboration features WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Magic Quadrant Identifies Leaders in WAN Optimization Limited bandwidth, long distances and poor network quality prohibit cost reductions for today's critical IT initiatives. Your IT organization needs WAN optimization that can be deployed anywhere, on any platform, and for the lowest cost. See how the new Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers can help. Read now. Cisco's collaboration jab Cisco's launch this week of video immersed collaboration tools is an attempt to pre-empt the impending integration of Skype with Microsoft Lync. That seems to be the overriding tone of the coverage of the Cisco announcements, which came at this week's Enterprise Connect conference in Orlando. Read More IT Operations Needs to Evolve to Support Cloud To say cloud computing is a big trend today is an understatement. There's not a company I talk to, small or large, that doesn't have cloud on the mind. While much of the focus on cloud has been on lowering the cost of computing, some organizations I have interviewed recently have been focusing on understanding what cloud enables that traditional computing does not. Read More How to wrangle your virtual machines While vendors continue to work toward a single console, or "single pane of glass" tools, customers must choose from products that manage only parts of their environments or focus on specific problems such as the sprawl of unused virtual machines, security or backup. Read More Review: 7 password managers for Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, and Android 1Password and KeePass lead the field in features, flexibility, browser integration, and ease-of-use Read More WHITE PAPER: Wildpackets Beyond Monitoring – Root-Cause Analysis Some monitoring solutions, such as those based on flow-based data like NetFlow, lack the depth of data to perform true root-cause analysis. Read how Network Monitoring for Analysis lets you know when there's a problem and why there's a problem, and gets you to the root of the problem quickly. Learn More NASA faces serious challenges keeping the International Space Station relevant The International Space Station might be a case of "if you build it they may not come" according to a government watchdog report out this week. The report states that the space agency has done a credible job of helping build the ISS (with a $50 billion investment) to last for years to come, but adds that there's a serious question as to whether or not it will be able to service the station and productively... Read More 13 Common ERP Mistakes and How to Avoid Making Them Implementing an ERP system is among the most expensive, time-consuming and complicated tasks an IT department can take on. The potential for delays and unexpected expenses lurk around every corner. To help you avoid costly mistakes, CIO.com asked IT executives, ERP vendors and technology consultants to provide advice on how to avoid becoming an ERP horror story. Read More Microsoft Adds 'Core' Version to Server 8 Lineup Lost in the hoopla of the Windows 8 client release was Windows Server 8, which came out at the same time. This massively updated server OS will be Microsoft's stake in the ground for cloud computing, built on experiences running Azure and on-premise clouds. But it's not all big iron for Server 8. Microsoft is also planning on releasing a Windows Server Core product based on the new server technology,... Read More Is Application Security the Glaring Hole in Your Defense? Organizations on average spend one-tenth as much on application security as they do on network security, even though SQL injection attacks are the highest root cause of data breaches. Experts say educating developers in writing secure code is the answer. Read More WEBCAST: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. WAN Optimization: Why go Virtual? In this 3-minute video, you'll learn from CEO Rick Tinsley about Silver Peak's portfolio of virtual WAN Op solutions – from the high end VRX with 20X the capacity of any other virtual appliance to the self-service free downloads on the VX-Xpress Marketplace. Bonus footage includes real world results from two customers. Learn more. 7 Great All-in-One Desktop PCs Traditional tower desktops have had a good run. All-in-one PCs--expensive upstarts just two or three years ago--have all but usurped the throne. Read More Can you handle Big Data? Big Data is the latest industry buzzword. It's just another way of saying you as a network manager are being inundated with data and you better figure out a way to manage, secure and analyze it. Read More Is there a 'best' way to set up your private cloud storage? Given that cloud computing is still emerging, it shouldn't come as a surprise that opinions vary widely on the best way to architect the storage. In fact, it seems likely that there is no such panacea -- different types of private cloud almost always require different approaches. Read More Cisco boosts telepresence system with new collaboration features Cisco will announce improvements on Tuesday to its Jabber IM, presence and video-conferencing product, as well as to its room-size "immersive" telepresence systems, as the networking giant continues to push its way into the workplace collaboration market. Read More
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