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	SDN and virtual networking seen as a key to growing hybrid clouds | Ernst & Young's IT security survey shows struggle to control cloud computing, social media and mobile risks
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	5 things Juniper must do to reignite growth Juniper Networks needs better marketing and execution, among other things, to turn its fortunes around. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn LogMeIn Central: Automate, Monitor and Manage PCs. LogMeIn lets you Monitor and Manage PCs, deliver patches and updates to multiple PCS simultaneously. Central helps IT deliver seamless support that keeps employees productive and up and running. LogMeIn Central - automate routine tasks and do more. Free Trial In this Issue SDN and virtual networking seen as a key to growing hybrid clouds Ernst & Young's IT security survey shows struggle to control cloud computing, social media and mobile risks IPv6 Is Not an All-or-Nothing Proposition 5 Ways to Build Better IT Outsourcing Relationships The geek skills challenge: 10 talents worth mastering Want a security pro? For starters, get politically incorrect and understand geek culture University researchers claim DNS boosting tool can speed Web performance by 40% Cisco network really was $100 million more F5 boosts capacity, transaction capabilities of its application delivery hardware WHITE PAPER: HP Building modern, virtualization-optimized data centers HP offers a flexible, virtualization-optimized data center network architecture that requires far fewer devices, interconnections, layers, and discrete appliances. HP Networking solutions streamline network operations and accelerate application and service delivery; reduce space, power, cooling, and capital requirements. View Now SDN and virtual networking seen as a key to growing hybrid clouds If the OpenStack Summit held this week is any indication, virtual networking is a hot IT topic. Read More Ernst & Young's IT security survey shows struggle to control cloud computing, social media and mobile risks Many CIOS and chief information security officers are struggling to adapt security practices to a changing environment that includes cloud computing, social media and tablets , according to a survey of 1,850 such IT pros. Read More IPv6 Is Not an All-or-Nothing Proposition I have recently met many people who are under the impression that an organization must transition directly from IPv4 to IPv6. Thankfully, this is not the case. You can run IPv4 and IPv6 side-by-side during the interim stage of migration. Only after a long period of running both will you eventually be able to start to disable IPv4. A decade or more from now, IPv6 may be the only network-layer... Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T VoIP Solutions Provide Enterprises With Various Benefits VoIP migration is a top telecom priority for many North American enterprises. Do you know why? Find out in this Forrester study, which reveals the opinions of telecommunications decision-makers like you. Read the report. 5 Ways to Build Better IT Outsourcing Relationships IT leaders may be well-versed in the latest technologies and service provider offerings, but they may need help building a long-term relationship that addresses such ever-changing criteria such as innovation and performance. Here are five key levers that can impact outsourcing costs and lead to a healthier relationship. Read More The geek skills challenge: 10 talents worth mastering From replacing a hard drive to picking a lock, these are the skills you need to earn the name 'geek' Read More Want a security pro? For starters, get politically incorrect and understand geek culture While complaints can be heard far and wide that it's hard to find the right IT security experts to defend the nation's cyberspace, the real problem in hiring security professionals is the roadblocks put up by lawyers and human resources personnel and a complete lack of understanding of geek culture, says security consultant Winn Schwartau. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Scaling Out Data Centers Organizations of all sizes are facing daunting challenges as they struggle to adapt their data center networks to new technologies and applications. The move toward cloud architectures in particular is demanding a high-performance network interconnect that can host servers potentially numbering in the thousands. Read Now University researchers claim DNS boosting tool can speed Web performance by 40% Offerings such as Google Public DNS, OpenDNS and other public domain name system services promise increased security and privacy but can fall short on Web performance, according to a Northwestern University research team that has developed a tool it says can address that shortcoming. Read More Cisco network really was $100 million more The $100 million price differential between the Alcatel-Lucent and Cisco proposals to refresh California State University's 23-campus network that we wrote about earlier this week was based on an identical number of switches and routers in various configurations. Read More F5 boosts capacity, transaction capabilities of its application delivery hardware F5 Networks this week debuted the 4200v version of its BIG-IP line of application delivery controllers -- specialized hardware designed to help lessen the load imposed on network-based services -- significantly bolstering the transaction handling and capacity over its current high-end box. Read More
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