Next-gen firewalls: Off to a good start

	Next-gen firewalls require external visibility tools | IT shops sifting RIM's bold promises and plans
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	Next-gen firewalls: Off to a good start When we tested four next-gen firewalls strictly on performance, we found that the products could forward packets at impressive rates, but throughput dropped when advanced security features were turned on. We now dive deep into application identification and control - the defining features of next-gen firewalls - to find out what works and what doesn't. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Your Network is Heading for Traffic Chaos The increased use of virtual machine (VM) mobility and new application deployments is significantly increasing traffic levels between servers in the data center. This Gartner report provides recommendations for overcoming these challenges prevalent in most traditional data center networks. Learn more. In this Issue Next-gen firewalls require external visibility tools IT shops sifting RIM's bold promises and plans Five Internet TV cable cutting considerations What is WAN virtualization? Juniper joins Cisco, Enterasys in BYOD management fray Alcatel-Lucent brings 40G to the core Extreme Networks adds heavy dose of copper to 10G switches Hitachi starts all-in-one data center service, covers construction to IT support IBM: The rapidly changing role of top security executives Open-source cloud frameworks: A work in progress How to fight back against privacy pirates Manage software deployments across complex environments WHITE PAPER: Limelight Warp Speed: The Nuts and Bolts of Web Acceleration Solutions Enterprises are quickly realizing that they can't achieve the web performance they need by simply deploying their web server on a high-speed network. Improving page rendering speeds incrementally through content caching is no longer enough. It's time to look for dramatic performance gains by applying optimization techniques right at the browser. Learn More! Next-gen firewalls require external visibility tools Knowing what's happening on your network is a prerequisite to controlling the traffic. We call that visibility because it combines all of the information the firewall knows, including session and application information, traffic volumes, and rate information, into a way to "see" into your network -- to give you visibility. Read More IT shops sifting RIM's bold promises and plans Research in Motion executives and managers practiced staying "on message" at BlackBerry World this week, repeating a series of mantras about the company's directions and product plans. Yet the simple message is running into the hard practicalities of enterprise IT customers, and they want details and nuance. Read More Five Internet TV cable cutting considerations I've been watching video over the Internet since its first days. And, I've been pushing that video from the net to televisions for almost as long. It wasn't until late year though that I finally cut my cable and went to just watching television over the Internet and with a little bit of over-the-air (OTA) for good measure. If you're considering cutting the cable or satellite cord too, here are some things you should know. Read More What is WAN virtualization? Not your father's link aggregation, it delivers reliability plus Internet economics for the enterprise WAN. Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Magic Quadrant Identifies Leaders in WAN Optimization Gartner ranks the top eight vendors in the WAN optimization controller market. See how these products are innovating around cloud, video, multipoint quality of service and quality. Read now. Juniper joins Cisco, Enterasys in BYOD management fray Juniper this week unveiled new and enhanced products designed to secure mobile device access to enterprise networks. Read More Alcatel-Lucent brings 40G to the core Alcatel-Lucent this week at Interop will flesh out its data center fabric vision with 40G Ethernet and higher-density 10G Ethernet capabilities on its core switches, as well as enhanced software for its top-of-rack and core switches. Read More Extreme Networks adds heavy dose of copper to 10G switches Extreme Networks Monday unveiled 10G Ethernet copper modules for its BlackDiamond X8 core switch and new fixed copper versions of its Summit X670 top-of-rack switch. Read More Hitachi starts all-in-one data center service, covers construction to IT support Japanese conglomerate Hitachi on Monday launched a new data center business that includes everything from planning to construction to IT support. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Measuring Private Cloud Payback With 2,000 employees spread across five continents, balancing the tradeoff between complexity and performance is no easy task. See how a natural resources firm leveraged WAN optimization to deploy their private cloud and achieve bandwidth utilization reductions of 70%-90% without having to make changes to routers or QoS configurations. Read now! IBM: The rapidly changing role of top security executives Security issues are exerting a ton of pressure and monetary concerns on the executives in charge of keeping corporate networks and assets safe. Read More Open-source cloud frameworks: A work in progress Here's a look at the growing list of open-source platform-as-a-service providers and how IT managers can decide where the technology fits best in their organizations. Read More How to fight back against privacy pirates Have you Googled yourself lately? Is the information about you accurate or full of inconsistencies, both of which can be devastating? Read More Manage software deployments across complex environments The larger and more complex an organization's processing environments are, including cloud instances, the more challenging the process of application deployment. Automation tools support the best practice of keeping these apps updated for peak performance, capability and security. Read More
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