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	OpenFlow startup takes aim at Cisco, VMware Big Switch Networks has announced the general availability of its OpenFlow-based software-defined networking products and applications, as well as customers and partners. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Silver Peak WanOp Anywhere. Anytime. "It's like pixie dust for your WAN." That's how one of our customers describes the impact of Silver Peak WAN Optimization. Forrester says Silver Peak is "the best current offering" for WAN Op. But you don't have to take anyone's word for it. Try it yourself. Download your free Silver Peak virtual WAN Op solution today. In this Issue Highlights of Big Switch's long-awaited SDN announcement US mobile users sending fewer text messages: 678 per month Extreme joins Cisco, Brocade, Huawei at 100G US mobile users sending fewer text messages: 678 per month Extreme joins Cisco, Brocade, Huawei at 100G Apple seeks standard to appease angry university net managers AT&T to pay $700,000, refund overcharged customers Sprint to drop Nextel name after Softbank deal How to set up secure Wi-Fi for BYOD Cisco VP to memo leaker: Finding you is now 'my hobby' RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T Voice Transformation: Taking the First Steps Voice has been - and will continue to be - a foundational component in business communications. But the aging, disconnected voice infrastructures of today are doing more than just impeding productivity, they're impeding progress. Find out in this AT&T article how to transform voice communication in your enterprise today. Click Here Highlights of Big Switch's long-awaited SDN announcement This morning, SDN startup Big Switch unveiled its strategy to end what might be the worst job of being in stealth mode in the history of networking. I'm not sure that anyone in the networking industry wasn't at least partially aware of what Big Switch was doing. However, there were gaps in my and others' knowledge, so today's announcement clarifies the strategy. It certainly lived up to the hype,... Read More US mobile users sending fewer text messages: 678 per month Anyone who finds it hard to believe that the average U.S. mobile subscriber sent 696 text messages per month in the second quarter of this year may be relieved to know that this figure fell to 678 per month in the third quarter. Read More Extreme joins Cisco, Brocade, Huawei at 100G Extreme Networks this week unveiled 100G and 40G Ethernet modules as well as SDN application support for its BlackDiamond X8 core switch. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya Delivering game-changing productivity & dependability By creating one contiguous, end-to-end Fabric, Avaya is empowering businesses to achieve unprecedented levels of infrastructure productivity, service agility, and network dependability, the very essence of the fast, flexible, and secure design aspirations. Read Now US mobile users sending fewer text messages: 678 per month Anyone who finds it hard to believe that the average U.S. mobile subscriber sent 696 text messages per month in the second quarter of this year may be relieved to know that this figure fell to 678 per month in the third quarter. Read More Extreme joins Cisco, Brocade, Huawei at 100G Extreme Networks this week unveiled 100G and 40G Ethernet modules as well as SDN application support for its BlackDiamond X8 core switch. Read More Apple seeks standard to appease angry university net managers Under fire from its customers in the higher education market, Apple has proposed creating a new industry standard that would fix problems with its Bonjour zero configuration networking technology that is causing scalability and security problems on campus networks. Read More WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Sophisticated Simplicity The key is to build simplicity and ease of use into these solutions from Day 1. This white paper will demonstrate a clear path to UC simplicity, and to overall success of UC deployments. Learn more. AT&T to pay $700,000, refund overcharged customers AT&T has agreed to pay US$700,000 and refund certain customers said to have been overcharged on smartphone plans, after the Federal Communications Commission found that some customers were moved to more expensive monthly plans without their consent. Read More Sprint to drop Nextel name after Softbank deal Nextel, an upstart mobile operator formed in the 1990s that attracted a loyal following in construction and other trades, looks set to disappear after Japan's Softbank buys 70% of Sprint Nextel. Read More How to set up secure Wi-Fi for BYOD QuickConnect and XpressConnect offer cloud-based methods to automate BYOD client configuration and connection Read More Cisco VP to memo leaker: Finding you is now 'my hobby' Cisco vice president of services Mike Quinn, a former CIA operations officer, believes that whoever recently leaked an internal company memo to a blogger committed corporate treason and violated a "family" trust. In an email sent to Cisco employees, Quinn invites the anonymous leaker to voluntarily step forward, concedes that such a confession is unlikely, and adds, "so I will now make (finding) you... Read More
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