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	Largest Illinois healthcare system uproots Cisco to build $40M private cloud LAS VEGAS -- A healthcare network in Illinois is investing $40 million in Alcatel-Lucent switches to consolidate data centers into a private cloud. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Defining Next-Generation Network Intrusion Prevention This HP newsletter on Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention features a recent report by Gartner, "Defining Next-Generation Network Intrusion Prevention," that outlines their view of what "next-generation" IPS means and the security features it needs to deliver. View Now In this Issue Is your BYOD policy out-of-date? Dell, IBM announce servers with new Intel Xeon chips 5 Key Interop 2012 Takeaways for CIOs and Other IT Pros 8 ways to customize Windows 8 INSIDER Survey: BYOD sparks enterprise investment in Unified Communication and Collaboration Interop panelists debate future of physical WAN optimizers Going Wireless in the Data Center HP has all the ingredients for software defined networking, almost RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap Denver Your IT Career Roadmap This unique session is designed with you, the IT professional in mind. How can you build your personal brand, and properly design a career plan? How do you work with your staff to create a plan that retains your best talent? Come to IT Roadmap Denver for valuable information on how today's IT leaders build successful careers. Click to continue Is your BYOD policy out-of-date? As consumerization continues to spread throughout the enterprise, IT decision makers must remain on their toes, tracking and anticipating end user behavior and deploying technology to protect against productivity losses and data breaches, one researcher says. Read More Dell, IBM announce servers with new Intel Xeon chips Dell and IBM on Monday announced servers with Intel's latest Xeon server chips, which will bring faster throughput and memory allowing servers to take on more complex workloads while reducing data center costs. Read More WHITE PAPER: CenturyLink Network/Cloud Security & Business Continuity eGuide Network security today means much more than simply building a perimeter around the enterprise network to defend from threats. With cloud-computing models becoming more popular, enterprises are extending corporate data and applications outside the four walls of the data center. Learn More! 5 Key Interop 2012 Takeaways for CIOs and Other IT Pros As everything from application delivery to security and monitoring is seemingly shifting to the cloud, IT faces a chaotic and difficult to manage world. The good news is the tools are there, but you just can't go to a single provider as you did in the past. Given this shift, it's no surprise that Interop returned to its interoperability roots last week. Read More 8 ways to customize Windows 8 Read More WHITE PAPER: Condusiv Technologies (formerly Diskeeper Corporation) Best Practices for Using V-locity® on SANs This white paper provides a clear and in-depth look at what's really going on and how to significantly improve performance of SAN storage. Learn More INSIDER Survey: BYOD sparks enterprise investment in Unified Communication and Collaboration The 2012 IDG Enterprise Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC&C) survey was completed with the goal of gaining a better understanding of current and future UC&C investments. The survey highlights the uptick in UC&C adoption and investments in the coming three years — specifically in enterprise organizations — demonstrating the value organizations place on technologies that enable consistent and connected communications between employees, customers and partners. Read More Interop panelists debate future of physical WAN optimizers The need for a dedicated physical appliance to handle WAN optimization tasks, in many cases, is a thing of the past, according to experts who participated in a panel discussion Tuesday at Interop in Las Vegas. Read More Going Wireless in the Data Center Bouncing information around a data center, via 60GHz Wi-Fi, can speed things up by 30% compared to using traditional cables, a group of researchers found. The technique is still being perfected, but it could yield an interesting approach for enterprises in the not-too-distant future. Read More HP has all the ingredients for software defined networking, almost HP says it has all of the necessary orchestration tools for its software defined networking strategy - the big question is, will it build its own controller? Read More
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