SDNs: Love 'em or Leave 'em?

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	SDNs: Love 'em or Leave 'em? Are Software Defined Networks (SDN) on your short list yet? Two recent surveys suggest it depends on where you work. I say that given our recent experiences with SDN, within five years and everyone will adopt or have definitive plans to adopt SDN technology. Here's why: Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. 3 Main Factors Lowering WAN Throughput Upgrading bandwidth does not help improve effective throughput when transferring large amounts of data over a high-capacity WAN. This NetForecast report details the problem's culprits and discusses the effectiveness of TCP acceleration, FEC, packet order correction, and WAN optimization. Learn more. In this Issue How Much Should You Spend on CRM Software? What does the PC need to do in order to survive? The wild world of wearable computers 10 things we love about Microsoft Office 2013 The diehard's guide to making the most of Windows 8 Silver Peak builds WAN optimization directly into major hypervisors WEBCAST: Riverbed Elevate to Intelligent Application Delivery Cut the cost of your application delivery infrastructure by 30 – 50%. Traditional application delivery controller (ADC) architectures focus on load balancing and lack the efficiency required in today's IT environment. Join Kavitha Mariappan, Product Marketing Director at Riverbed Technology, to discuss how an updated ADC can help you Learn more. How Much Should You Spend on CRM Software? With most enterprise software, whether it's on premises or in the cloud, making the business case and determining the optimum investment are straightforward. Not so with CRM systems. Here are four reasons why. Read More What does the PC need to do in order to survive? In a recent interview with BusinessWeek, Intel CEO Paul Otellini stated the obvious: we will always have a personal computer. "The PC is not going to go away anytime soon, if ever. It's going to continue to evolve. Right now, it's the most powerful tool you can have, but it doesn't mean that there won't be tablets or phones or even connected cars," said the chief. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Cisco Wide Area Application Services Software Release 5.0 Cisco® Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) provides the industry's most scalable, highest performance WAN optimization solution. Cisco WAAS is able to improve end user experience and reduce bandwidth for key applications. Learn more. The wild world of wearable computers Imagine wearing shoes that reveal your precise weight distribution when standing, walking, or running (Moticon); a tattoo that vibrates when you have incoming calls and messages (Nokia); or an armband that tracks how many calories you've burned in a day (Nike+ FuelBand). Read More 10 things we love about Microsoft Office 2013 Read More WEBCAST: IBM Make Your Sharepoint Social Date: 8/21/2012 Time: 1:00 pm ET IBM can help extend your current SharePoint implementation to include true social capabilities reducing the friction associated with discovering, sharing and collaborating within a team, across the company or with your business partners and customers. Learn More The diehard's guide to making the most of Windows 8 You may need to break many old habits to get the most out of Windows 8, but it doesn't have to be a cataclysmic event Read More Silver Peak builds WAN optimization directly into major hypervisors WAN optimization vendor Silver Peak announced today that it has integrated its virtual open architecture product directly into VMware vSphere, allowing IT staff who aren't directly involved with the network layer to interact with it via the hypervisor console. Read More
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