How to address WAN jitter issues for real-time applications

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	How to address WAN jitter issues for real-time applications We continue to cover the broad topic of which of the various technologies – including those that are part of the Next-generation Enterprise WAN (NEW) architecture, like WAN Optimization, WAN Virtualization and Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn LogMeIn Rescue: Remote Support for PCs and mobile devices. Rescue lets you remotely connect, troubleshoot and repair PCs and todays' most popular smartphones. With Rescue, IT can instantly connect, diagnose and solve. This enables IT to do more, and spend time on the tough IT cases. Do more and improve customer satisfaction and outcomes. Find out what IT knows. Do More. Try Rescue today In this Issue Why Cisco should buy Citrix Country's largest 4-year university expels Cisco, saves $100 million Gartner: 10 critical IT trends for the next five years Juniper trimming up for a sale? SDN and virtual networking seen as a key to growing hybrid clouds Baddest Botnets of 2012 Dilbert's Pointy-Headed Boss has his head in the cloud (again) RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! Why Cisco should buy Citrix Earlier this week Cisco and Citrix made some noise when they announced an expanded partnership. The partnership brings together the market leader in networking and data center infrastructure and combines it with the market leader in desktop virtualization. The expanded partnership should be a "win-win-win" for both organizations and their customers, as the two companies can bring their respective strengths... Read More Country's largest 4-year university expels Cisco, saves $100 million A decision to oust Cisco in favor of Alcatel-Lucent is saving California State University $100 million. Read More WEBCAST: Oracle Optimizing Data Center Infrastructure IDC's proven ROI methodology makes the business case, with quantifiable financial benefits, to refresh data center systems infrastructure. Learn more Gartner: 10 critical IT trends for the next five years Trying to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to IT issues is not a job for the faint of heart. That point was driven home at Gartner's IT annual IT Symposium fest here where analyst David Cappuccio outlined what he called "new forces that are not easily controlled by IT are pushing themselves to the forefront of IT spending." Read More Juniper trimming up for a sale? Those layoffs happening at Juniper might be to dress the company up for a sale. Read More WEBCAST: VCE & Xerox Building a Cloud Foundation on IaaS In this exclusive webcast from VCE, you'll learn how IaaS accelerates your business in adaptable approaches, across geographies; and provides granular visibility and access control. Best of all, IaaS assures adoption, productivity and the innovative benefits of truly flexible infrastructure. Learn more. 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 Baddest Botnets of 2012 According to security firm Kindsight, these are the Top Ten Worst Botnets this year. Read More Dilbert's Pointy-Headed Boss has his head in the cloud (again) Cloudwashing has become so rampant that even Dilbert's Pointy-Headed Boss has gotten into the game ... and it's the first time for him, either. You can see the full strip here, but this is now the conversation begins Sunday between PHB and Dilbert: PHB: I need you to cloudwash our software. Read More
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