Big Switch arrives

	As mobile carriers look to Wi-Fi, Ruckus looks to cash in with IPO | Huawei aims for global domination
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	Big Switch arrives The march toward software-defined networking will be a long slog given current investments in the installed base, but industry forces are coalescing rapidly in anticipation of the huge benefits to be reaped from this fundamental shift in the way we build and run networks. Read More WHITE PAPER: ITinvolve Service Desk Comparative Report Gartner's recently released magic quadrant for IT Service Support Management Tools qualified no vender's as leaders or innovators. Read Now. In this Issue As mobile carriers look to Wi-Fi, Ruckus looks to cash in with IPO Huawei aims for global domination Cisco's Chambers downplays danger of trade war over Huawei U.S. government honored for pioneering work in IPv6 Be a hero for the holidays 15 Best iPad Apps for Newbies (2012) WHITE PAPER: Avaya, Brocade, HP Industry leaders face off and present their fabric solutions The dynamic nature of server virtualization requires a flexible data center network and a better management solution. The growth and importance of east-west traffic – application-to-application and application-to-storage - demands a super-fast and reliable data center network. View Now As mobile carriers look to Wi-Fi, Ruckus looks to cash in with IPO The initial public offering of Ruckus Wireless, set for Friday, will highlight the growing importance of Wi-Fi in mobile networks as service providers try to meet the demands of smartphone and tablet users. Read More Huawei aims for global domination Stockholm hosted the 21st annual Global Forum this week, highlighted by forecasts of a heated-up world market in telecommunications, innovative R&D policy, and burgeoning e-government services. Read More WHITE PAPER: AT&T / AT&T Wireless Cloud Services: It's not just what but how...and who Cloud services can be an effective way to find the needles of value hidden in the Big Data "hay stack." Choosing a cloud provider capable of transport, storage and analysis in a single infrastructure can simplify this process and strengthen return on investment. Learn More! Cisco's Chambers downplays danger of trade war over Huawei The U.S. and China are likely to resolve the conflict over potential security threats from Huawei Technologies' network equipment without a trade war, Cisco Systems chairman and CEO John Chambers said on Tuesday. Read More U.S. government honored for pioneering work in IPv6 The IPv6 Forum on Tuesday presented a special award to four U.S. government officials for their pioneering work in promoting IPv6, an emerging upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Accelerate Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure Deployments To reap the benefits of cloud computing, IT infrastructure must run efficiently. Many IT infrastructures' are based on disparate technologies that often are labor intensive to maintain and difficult to adapt to changing workloads. Learn more Be a hero for the holidays Peruse through Network World's 2012 version of the cool yule tools. Read More 15 Best iPad Apps for Newbies (2012) Got a shiny, new iPad or iPad Mini? The first thing you'll notice is that the tablet itself isn't all that exciting. It's the apps that make the iPad special. Here are 15 must-have apps. Read More
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