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	Cisco competitor extends data center fabric line Xsigo Systems this week enhanced its data center fabric portfolio with support for more hypervisors and next-generation servers based on Intel's "Romley" design. Read More WHITE PAPER: BlueCat Networks BYOD: 5 Things You Need to Know This white paper discusses the role of self-service device registration in overcoming the five key challenges associated with BYOD. Learn More In this Issue Dept. of Homeland Security to focus on cyber workforce development Four databases for iOS: Two good, two meh In Search of the Value of Session Management HP unwraps new cloud and convergence products at Discover 2012 IPv6: Five Things You Should Know Gartner: Cloud-based mobile device management (MDM) getting hot AT&T, Verizon, Salesforce.com taking machine-to-machine mainstream Many 'name' sites sitting out today's World IPv6 Launch Exinda targets branch office with new WAN optimization appliances 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! Dept. of Homeland Security to focus on cyber workforce development Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today said the agency will form a cybersecurity workforce task group that will consider strategies such as expanding DHS involvement in cyber competitions and university programs, enhancing public-private security partnerships and working with other government agencies to develop a more agile cyber workforce across the federal government. The new task... Read More Four databases for iOS: Two good, two meh I'm trying to automate my beloved's business and, to this end, I need to create a system to generate receipts and trap client data. What I want to give her is a forms-based application that can run on an iPhone and or an iPad without being connected to the Internet. Read More In Search of the Value of Session Management It's been a couple of weeks since Interop and I've had some time to think about some of the happenings from the conference. One of the sessions I ran was a panel on the value of session management, and I came away disappointed in the panel responses. Session management has been hyped by the vendors as one of the next big things in Unified Communications. On my panel I had a number of representatives... Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive 2012-2013 WLAN Buyer's Guide Today Wi-Fi tends to be the primary network access method for many. This paper discusses key requirements to consider as you plan for a WLAN purchase. It will highlight top 10 features for a WLAN, help you decide on architectural choices and summarize how to use the RFP process to select a vendor. Read now. HP unwraps new cloud and convergence products at Discover 2012 HP is making its annual splurge of enterprise product announcements at the Discover event in Las Vegas this week. The announcements fall into two main categories a converged infrastructure, (including converged storage, networking and Big Data), and hybrid cloud. Read More IPv6: Five Things You Should Know Today is the day IPv6 finally goes live. For as long as there has been an Internet IPv4 has been synonymous with IP and nobody really stopped to think about which version of the protocol it was. But, IPv4 has outlived its usefulness. Read More Gartner: Cloud-based mobile device management (MDM) getting hot To place management controls on mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones used in business, the enterprise has showed preference for acquiring mobile device management (MDM) software where server and management console components are kept on premises. But that's changing, as companies are now buying cloud-based MDM, according to Gartner. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Load Balancing 101: Firewall Sandwiches How to make a ''firewall sandwich''. Read now. Read Now. AT&T, Verizon, Salesforce.com taking machine-to-machine mainstream When David Rudzinsky, SVP and CIO of women's medical device manufacturer Hologic, thinks about investing in a technology upgrade for his business, it has to do at least one of four things: drive new revenue, help reduce costs, improve customer satisfaction, or increase reliability of the products -- or preferably all four. Read More Many 'name' sites sitting out today's World IPv6 Launch The Internet's biggest players -- including Facebook, Google, Yahoo and Bing -- are turning on IPv6 today as part of the World IPv6 Launch Day challenge coordinated by the Internet Society. But which websites are not ready to support the next-gen Internet Protocol? Read More Exinda targets branch office with new WAN optimization appliances Boston-based WAN optimization vendor Exinda today released two new variants of its Edge line of appliances, targeted at branch-office users who need performance enhancement and don't want to spend a lot of time on setup. Read More
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